[EricaLubarsky]

Mavs have played 64 games and 8 games remain

Standings
1) Jazz - 10.5 games behind the Jazz for 1st
2) Suns - 10 games behind the Suns for 2nd
3) Nuggets - 6.5 games behind the Nuggets for 3rd
4) Clippers - 6.5 games behind the Clippers for 4th
5) Lakers - 0.5 games behind the Lakers for5th
6) Mavs
7) Blazers - 0.5 games behind the Mavs for 6th
8) Warriors - 3.5 games behind us
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9) Grizzlies - 4 games behind the Mavs
10) Spurs - 5 games behind us


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The difficulty of remaining schedule
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1 - Spurs - 1st hardest schedule (.624)
7 - Blazers -7th hardest schedule (.533)
11 - Lakers - 11th hardest schedule (.523)
12 - Denver - 12th hardest schedule (.513)
15 - Suns -15th hardest schedule (.506)
17 - Warriors - 17th hardest schedule (.497)
22 - Jazz - 22nd hardest schedule (.457)
26 - Mavs - Mavs have the fourth easiest schedule (.441)
27 - Clippers - 27th hardest schedule (.432)
29 - Memphis - 29th hardest schedule (.422)

The 5/6/7 is pretty favorable if we can beat bad teams. Portland has a brutal schedule to finish the season. Lakers have a tough schedule too while the Mavs have an incredibly easy final 8 games.

Memphis and Warriors have an easy schedule down the stretch, but with only 8 games left, I think the lowest we can go is 7th and the highest 5th.