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Eric WoodyardESPN
Postseason seeding is still sorted within the NBA bubble, with restart games on the schedule, but one thing is for sure now.
The league will officially have an 8-9 play-in game to determine the final playoff spot of the Western Conference after the Memphis Grizzlies fell Sunday to defending champions Toronto Raptors 108-99.
Toronto won its 50th game for the fifth straight season, while Memphis guaranteed the battle of the eighth and ninth seed in the west.
Memphis has a 62% chance of getting the No. 8 seed in Western Conference, according to ESPN’s BPP Playoff Odds.
“I’m not worried about a play – in game now,” rookie Ja Morant said after defeating Toronto with 17 points and 10 assists. “Our focus now is to learn from our mistakes from this game against the Raptors and try to fix them as we go out and play Boston.”
The Western Conference play-in game is set for August 15 (14:30 ET, ABC).
If the 8-seed wins Saturday’s game, that team will advance to the playoffs. However, if the 9-seed wins, a second game will be played August 16 (4:30 pm ET, ESPN).
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