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Houston Rockets center Josh Smith goes to the basket as Utah Jazz forward Trey Lyles (41) defends during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Blazers, Jazz, Rockets: What you need to know about the West playoff race

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The Utah Jazz defeated the Houston Rockets in overtime Tuesday night, while the Portland Trail Blazers won yet again, this time over the Brooklyn Nets. As these three teams brace themselves for the final seven weeks of the regular season, here’s what you need to know about each team’s previous journeys and upcoming challenges: * […]

<> at TD Garden on March 4, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics defeat the Jazz 85-84. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

Utah Jazz appear ‘committed’ to trading PG Trey Burke

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The Utah Jazz have been busy working the phone lines with the 2016 NBA trade deadline coming up this afternoon. They have been very busy and one of their main trade chips throughout the entire process has been talented point guard Trey Burke. He has never seemed to fit in Utah, which has them appearing […]

Feb 6, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots the ball in front of Golden State Warriors forward Harrison Barnes (40) in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

The most important games of the first half: Northwest Division

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At the All-Star break, we take stock of what’s gone before us, waiting for trades to pop and for the second half to begin. Here are the five games — one per team — which captured the story of the Northwest Division. * DENVER NUGGETS: Tuesday, December 22 vs. L.A. Lakers — L, 111-107 The […]

Route 56: It all began to go wrong for the Kings when Boogie danced

0 comments by on 2/4/2016

The race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference is hardly a done deal. The competition will almost certainly linger into April with no clear resolution. This year’s 8 seed in the West will not be a 45- or 48-win team, as we’ve seen in past seasons. It will be a team near […]

PORTLAND, OR – APRIL 11: Meyers Leonard #11 of the Portland Trail Blazers gets introduced before a game against the Utah Jazz on April 11, 2015 at the Moda Center Arena in Portland, Oregon. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2015 NBAE (Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images)

The sad and intriguing race for the eighth seed in the West

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How much worth is there in obtaining a chance to be demolished by the Golden State in the first round of the playoffs? It depends on whom you ask. For a team like Sacramento, which has gone nine straight seasons without a playoff berth, reaching the postseason as the eighth seed in the Western Conference […]

Portland’s portal of opportunity is open after a wild Wednesday

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The Portland Trail Blazers have not been at the forefront of the race for the No. 8 playoff seed in the Western Conference this season. That might soon change. Heck, Wednesday night might have already altered the dynamic in the wild, wild West. While the extremely bipolar Sacramento Kings — winners in Toronto, Indiana, and […]

at Pepsi Center on November 5, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. The Jazz defeated the Nuggets 96-84. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.

The wayward West: The No. 8 seed might not win 40 games

0 comments by on 12/31/2015

The 2015 portion of the current NBA season has reached the end of the line. The Roman god Janus looks back at the year which is in the history books, and forward to the coming 365 days. As January arrives, the All-Star break comes into distant view. We are confronted with the reminder that as […]

The Jazz or the Suns: Which team will regret this season less?

0 comments by on 12/17/2015

On the morning of Thursday, December 17, two losing teams occupy the final two playoff spots in the Western Conference. As disappointing as they’ve been so far this season, the Houston Rockets — conference finalists last May — figure to hang on and nab the No. 7 or 8 seed in the West by the […]

The Spurs crush the Jazz — a result which shouldn’t be taken too seriously

0 comments by on 12/15/2015

First things first: The San Antonio Spurs certainly look like the real deal this season. Their 21-5 mark would lead the NBA in most seasons, but the Golden State Warriors are not “most teams.” The Dubs are not doing what is generally done in “most seasons.” It’s San Antonio’s rotten luck that the Warriors fired […]

Nov 15, 2015; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts after making a 3 point shot against the Boston Celtics during the first quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

Russell Westbrook does something incredible (again)

0 comments by CC Locker on 12/13/2015

Russell Westbrook, Remarkable Athlete. The latest installment of this richly entertaining NBA series: Sunday evening against the Utah Jazz, beating the buzzer at the end of the second quarter in a game the Oklahoma City Thunder won in overtime.

Notes from a Friday night: Wins and losses raise questions for several teams

0 comments by on 12/12/2015

Nearly six whole months of gamenights fill an NBA regular season. Plenty of nights are sifted through and forgotten, especially in the earlier stages of the season. It is very easy — and not terribly unreasonable — to write off individual gamenights before Christmas as random occurrences. Many will turn out to be just that: […]

One year later: How the West is different

0 comments by on 12/10/2015

If the Eastern Conference is extremely bunched up, the Western Conference is as well — you just have to exclude the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs from the picture first. Yes, the East is a bumper-car battle, with the top 10 teams separated by three games and the second through eighth seeds separated […]

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