The tiebreaker between the Lakers, Warriors, Suns, Kings and Pelicans explained: Who has the advantage?

The The New Orleans Pelicans gave their hopes of a playoff spot a huge boost on Tuesday thanks to their 110-100 win over the Portland Trail Blazers, Consolidating sixth place in the Western Conference.

How the Pelicans solidified their sixth-place finish in the Western Conference

The PelicansThe LA Lakers' win and losses to the Golden State Warriors and the Phoenix Suns to the LA Clippers mean that they are Now in a strong position to secure a playoff spot and avoid a play-in game.

It was also a good night for the Warriors, which defeated the Lakers 134-120. Steve Kerr's team currently remains in 10th place but has given itself a chance continue to climb up the table in the final games of the regular season.

Suns, Kings and Lakers are chasing Pelicans for the playoff spot

If the Pelicans win their last three games (at the Kings, at the Warriors and at home at the Lakers), They will clinch a playoff spot, no questions asked. And with both the Lakers and Suns losing on Tuesday, that's what it looks like now The Suns are the only team that could realistically stop them.

The Suns are one game back and have three games left (at the Clippers, at the Kings and at the Timberwolves), but crucial The tiebreaker against New Orleans is over the season and won the series 2-1.

The Pelicans will end the regular season Possession of the tiebreaker over the Kingswho are two games behind and also have three games left (against New Orleans, the Suns and the Portland Timberwolves).

The Lakers (two games left) would also need to win their remaining games and hope more results go their way somehow (in a pretty spectacular way) snagging sixth place, which is highly unlikely.

This is the only glimmer of hope for Los Angeles They will play the Pelicans in their final game on Sunday Knowing that a victory would give them the decisive advantage over their opponents.

the Warriors The Pelicans were still able to equalize with 47 wins lost the regular season series. They will compete against each other in the play-in and now hope to finish as high as possible.

When will the 2023/24 NBA Play-in Tournament take place?

The 2023/24 NBA play-in tournament will be will take place between Tuesday 16th and Friday 19th April. The playoffs themselves begin Saturday April 20th.

The The tournament works as followsas described by the NBA itself:

“The No. 7 team from each conference in the standings will host the No. 8 team. The winners secure the number 7 seed in the playoffs. The losers will get another chance to secure a spot in the playoffs.

The No. 9 team from each conference in the standings hosts the No. 10 team. The winners advance to the final stage of the play-in tournament. The losers are eliminated.

The losers of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 matchups host the winners of the No. 9 vs. No. 10 matchups. The winners secure the 8th seed in the NBA playoffs for their conference. The losing teams are eliminated.”