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NBA Western Conference standings, explained: Updated scenarios for Lakers, Nuggets and more in logjam

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Here's how the final set of games can shape up for four Western Conference teams battling for playoff seeding.

NBA Western Conference standings, explained: Updated scenarios for Lakers, Nuggets and more in logjam originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . With the 2025-26 NBA season set to finish on Sunday night, four Western teams are still pending final playoff seeds.

This season, two teams in each of the Western Conference playoffs and the play-in will have reason to play well, just before the playoffs. The Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Lakers make up the last two teams in the playoffs to await either a No. 3 or No.

4 seed. For the play-in, the Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers will round out the pecking order for the No. 8 and No.

9 seeds. Here's how the final set of games can shape up for four Western Conference teams battling for their bona fide playoff seeds. SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule NBA Western Conference standings, explained Here is a look at the Western Conference standings through Saturday.

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