Progsport Basketball Prediction

In the current configuration, the Boston Celtics 2nd, 44 wins - 23 losses will need a miracle to get back on the Detroit Pistons 1st, 48 wins - 19 losses. Indeed, the Celtics are now much more focused on what is happening behind them, like the return of the NY Knicks behind 3rd, 44 wins - 25 losses. Boston must simply continue and assert itself, like this success against the Washington Wizards with a score of 111-100, ending a series of 2 consecutive defeats in the NBA against the OKC Thunder 104-102 and the Spurs 125-116. The Phoenix Suns 7th, 39 wins - 28 losses, not helped by the injury of Dillon Brooks 6 week out, are on their way to try to scratch a place in the top 6 qualifying for the Play-offs in order to avoid a match 7th VS 8th in Play-in probably against Leonard's Clippers. And the icing on the cake, with 6th place, Phoenix would dodge OKC and San Antonio in the 1st round. To do this, like the Phoenix Suns' 4 wins in 5 games, it is important to gain confidence. On the other hand, Phoenix lost its last match, this weekend against the Raptors 122-115. 

The Chicago Bulls suffered a lot after the departures of Vucevic and White, it's no secret. Once 1st at the very start of the season, the franchise was then expelled from the top 10 and today finds itself 12th and far from the play-in. Losing your leaders to recover material in order to rebuild a little something for the years to come, that was the mission of the Bulls this year. Ending its road trip to the West with matches in California in front of the Lakers 142-130 and the Clippers 119-108, Chicago lost both just after beating the Warriors 124-130. The Memphis Grizzlies, for their part, wanted to part ways with Ja Morant, after having already lost Bane in the summer of 2025, and they finally got rid of Jackson Jr in the winter of 2026. The reconstruction objective is well and truly launched for the 11th in the West but for the moment, we still do not know whether Morant will be part of the future project in Memphis or not. On the courts, the Grizzlies lost quietly, calmly, their last 7 games played in the NBA. Even the Nets beat them 126-115, and lost to the Pistons 126-110. 

Although they were disrupted for a time by the departures of Harden and Zubac, the Los Angeles Clippers 8th, 34 wins - 33 losses are back in business. A priori keeping 8th place is the priority at the end of the season, because going for 7th place for the Suns seems very hypothetical now. The Californians had won their last 4 games against the Memphis Grizzlies 120-123, two XXL performances for the receptions of the Knicks 126-118 and the Wolves 153-128 and Bulls 119-108, before falling against... the Sacramento Kings 109-118, yet last in the West. The San Antonio Spurs 2nd, 49 victories -18 defeats, at 3 weeks before the end of the regular season, haven't they killed all the suspense for the top 2? The lead taken over the Lakers 3rd 42 wins - 25 losses seems definitive at this stage of the season. Now Wembanyama's teammates, winners of 17 of their last 20 games, best team in the NBA for 45 days, will try to seek 1st place for the Thunder. Like this magnificent success against the Hornets last weekend 115-102. 

Rotten end of the season for the Wizards as we have already regularly pointed out here. A record of 16 wins - 50 losses with 3 weeks to go cannot be appreciated. However, the 14th in the East have built a nice little squad for 2026-27 with the recruitments of Anthony Davis and Trae Young to give this team a chance to play in the Play-offs. For now, Washington has been beaten in its last 11 duels in the NBA, including the most recent against the Celtics 111-100. The Golden State Warriors are in full decline in this Western conference. Still located for the spots in Play-in 9th but with Portland almost back on level terms, Golden State displays a moribund face without Stephen Curry still injured and whose return is awaited. In addition to the 5 consecutive defeats suffered by the Bay franchise, it is setbacks against teams such as the Utah Jazz 119-116 or Chicago Bulls 124-130 that pose a problem. Note a nice reaction against the Knicks 110-107 24 hours ago despite the defeat suffered.