NBA Stock Report: The Top Eight Teams and Where They Stand

The seedings for the NBA playoffs are far from settled, but the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Los Angeles Lakers are doing their best to remove any doubt from their positions. Current six-game winning streaks by each team have created a gap in their respective conferences which will be difficult, if not impossible, for any of the teams chasing them to bridge. The drama lies in positions 3-8, and this week's version of NBA Stock Report is a reflection of that as all of the teams after Los Angeles and Cleveland are separated by only two games. In the East, Boston and Atlanta have identical records but the Hawks hold a tie-breaker over the Celtics due to their sweep of the season series. In the West, the difference in the second and third seed is only one half game, as Dallas and Denver are...

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