How Warriors can clinch top-10 playoff seed on Sunday initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Bay Space
With a roller-coaster 2023-24 NBA common season coming to a detailed, the Warriors can safe a postseason berth on Sunday.
Golden State (42-35) presently is the Western Convention’s No. 10 seed and sits two video games again of the ninth-seeded Sacramento Kings (44-33) and 4 video games forward of the No. 11 seed Houston Rockets (38-39) for the ultimate NBA Play-In Event spot.
The Warriors can punch their postseason ticket in a number of situations on Sunday. Golden State will safe a top-10 seed with a win over the Utah Jazz (29-48) at Chase Middle or a Rockets loss to the Dallas Mavericks (47-30). The Warriors additionally will likely be postseason-bound with a win over the Jazz and a Phoenix Suns (46-31) win over the New Orleans Pelicans (45-32).
The Warriors, at one level, barely had been hanging on to the No. 10 seed because the then-surging Rockets sat only one sport again of Golden State on March 30.
Houston since has struggled, and misplaced to the Warriors 133-110 on Thursday at Toyota Middle, giving Golden State some additional cushion within the Western Convention standings.
Now the Warriors can put the pesky Rockets away for good on Sunday.
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