Wemby Watch: Trail Blazers bow out of play-in race, but can they improve their Victor Wembanyama odds?

Oh, you thought March Madness was confined to the college ranks? Not so fast my friend. Take a look at how things have played out this month…

The Nuggets only have one more win than the Spurs.The Rockets have as many wins as the Suns.The Thunder have the second-best record in the NBA.The Blazers have the third-worst record in the NBA.

If the race for Victor Wembanyama started on March 1, we’d have to wonder how he might fit alongside Nikola Jokic in Denver or Luka Doncic in Dallas. Fortunately for the bottom of the league, lottery odds are determined by an 82-game sample, not a single month.

As such, the wild month of March has offered us some clarity on that front. The Detroit Pistons, now two wins behind Houston for the NBA’s worst record, are almost assured the top slot in May’s lottery. Houston and San Antonio will finish second and third. Charlotte is only a few games away from officially clinching No. 4. There’s a compelling race between the 29-43 Magic and the 31-40 Trail Blazers for No. 5 now that even Damian Lillard has thrown in the towel on this season, but otherwise, we’re still waiting for the play-in races to sort themselves out to tell us who will truly be in the hunt for Wembanyama when lottery night arrives.

Watching Wemby

Mets 92 and Wembanyama had the week off from action after facing ASVEL — Wembanyama’s former team — on March 14. The Mets lost that game 86-69, with Wemby getting a double-double — 15 points and 11 rebounds — in 32 minutes of action. The loss pushed Mets 92 back another game in the Pro A standings to 17-7 in league play behind first-place Monaco, which has a 20-4 record.

Mets 92’s stretch run to try and catch Monaco picks back up on Friday with a 3 p.m. tip vs. Le Portel, a rematch from a game earlier this season in which Mets 92 won by 10 points and Wembanyama had 19 points and six rebounds. They then have a quick turnaround to face Le Mans on March 28 in a rematch of a game Mets 92 won by five in a thriller earlier this season.

Race to the bottom

Each week, we’ll rank the seven teams…


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Author : Sam Quinn

Publish date : 2023-03-23 15:53:20

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