with 7 games to go, they are in 7th in the west.

denver is one game back and g-state is 2 game back. (the mavs beat them last night)



denver and g-st have to play each other one more time, but each of them still get to play 4 bad teams (kings, clippers, sonics, grizzlies). each team only has to play 2 more good teams.


the mavs have to play:


lakers
suns
sonics
jazz
blazers
sonics
hornets

4 of the games are on the road and the two games with seattle are the only games against bad teams. dallas has won two in a row, but had lost 5 of their last 6. with dirk not 100%, they might be out of the playoffs. they probably need to win at least 4 of their remaining games to get in.

the hornets (as a #1 seed or as a #2 seed) are likely to play one of the above three teams in the first round.