La-La Clip-Clip lead Mamdani City 85-74 late in 3Q.
Assuming the Clip Ship holds on, Mamdani City will be 5.5 games behind Zollner and 3 games behind 2nd Beans. At the top the Least right now is a two-team race between Zollner and Mamdani.
In the middle of the pack the Seven Foot Sixers loss puts them in 8th place, 1.5 behind Miami-a and the same behind Borelando in 6th, the final playoff slot. Diz leads "Heat" for 6th by 2 one-thousandths of a percentage point. But as explained in prior posts the "Magic" effectively have a 2 game and two one-thousands lead over the "Heat" by virtue of head-to-head tiebreaker. Orlando also has two games in hand on the "Heat", which may be an advantage or a disadvantage: Orlando is the most up-and-down team I can remember in years past. But recently, they are gaining some consistency: they're on a 4W and are 7-3 last 10. Miami is 5W and 8-2. To pound this in, the "Heat" must finish one full game ahead of the "Magic" to beat them to the 6th playoff spot.
There are six potential play-IN teams, two of them currently playOFF teams. In descending order: Ontario State, Orlando, Miami, Phila., Pigeons, and Queens.
By my rules there are eight credible play-OFF teams: Top to bottom: Zollner, Beans, Mamdani City, Sensitive City, Ontario State, Orlando, Miami, Phila.
One more check on the LAC-Mamdani City game and it's a night...LAC 106-93, 6:59 left. The assumption above will almost surely be correct and the standings will be as above in the Least.
