NBA: Predicting which teams will make the Play-In Tournament in the West

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Predicting the four teams that will qualify for the Play-In Tournament in the NBA’s Western Conference.

With roughly 20 games remaining in the regular season for most teams, the push for the NBA Playoffs is already here. Teams at the top of the standings are hoping to take a stranglehold on their respective leads while teams toward the bottom are either trying to move up or maintain their current seeding.

Either way, especially in the Western Conference, it should make for an interesting last few weeks of the regular season. Considering the addition of the Play-In Tournament, it only adds to the intrigue.

In the Play-In Tournament, four eligible teams battle it out for two playoff spots. With still much to be figured out, we try to predict what that tournament could look like by the end of the season.

Let’s try to predict the four teams that will qualify for the Western Conference Play-In Tournament.