NBA Power Rankings: San Antonio Spurs Send Message To Warriors And Themselves

Portland Trail Blazers. 18. team. 34. <p>And the Portland Trail Blazers continue to slump. Suddenly, their spot in the Western Conference playoffs isn’t all that guaranteed.</p> <p>The Blazers have now lost seven of their last 10 games and are only one game ahead of the Rockets and Mavericks for the sixth seed in the West playoffs. The Utah Jazz, in ninth, are only two games back of the Blazers.</p> <p>The odds are still that the Blazers will have enough to make the playoffs, but they’re playing with fire right now. Their upcoming game with the Mavericks, whom they just finishing losing to in overtime, will be huge in determining who – between the two – will have the upper hand en route to clinching a playoff spot.</p>. (36-35). Previous: 12th