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Sixers/Lakers Schedule - Tank Battle 2015

The grand prize has already been claimed by the Zen Master and his mighty New York Knicks.
No one will catch them down the stretch for the "top" spot. Once they decided to tank, they are a tanking machine!

Minnesota is also pretty much locked in at #2 so the heated race is the Sixers and and Lakers for #3 and #4.

Unless one of the Sixers or Lakers goes on a win streak down the tear neither team should drop 'below' Orlando to the #5 spot. So the Tank Battle of 2015 is coming down to Sixers Lakers for the coveted #3 spot. The key to #3 spot is that even without lottery luck the team is mostly likely to pick top 4 at least and get one of Towns, Russell or Mudiay based on the draft ranking.

The Sixers hold the #3 spot now but based on the way the teams are playing and remaining schedule the #4 spot looks equally as likely for Philly. http://nbatanking.com
By "the way they are playing" I mean that the Lakers appear to be VERY deliberately sitting down their best players like Boozer, Davis and Lin when they normally should be playing while Brown and the Sixers seem to be playing every game to try their best for a win. GASP!

The Monday game could well be the difference where the loser of that game is really the winner.
Overall though

Sixers Schedule:

  1. @ Cleveland Cavaliers Sunday, March 29 2015 4:30 PM EDT
  2. Los Angeles Lakers Monday, March 30 2015 7:00 PM EDT APRIL
  3. @ Washington Wizards Wednesday, April 01 2015 7:00 PM EDT
  4. @ Charlotte Hornets Saturday, April 04 2015 7:00 PM EDT
  5. @ New York Knicks Sunday, April 05 2015 7:30 PM EDT
  6. Washington Wizards Wednesday, April 08 2015 7:00 PM EDT
  7. @ Chicago Bulls Saturday, April 11 2015 8:00 PM EDT
  8. Milwaukee Bucks Monday, April 13 2015 7:00 PM EDT
  9. Miami Heat Wednesday, April 15 2015 8:00 PM EDT

Lakers Schedule:

  1. Sun 29 @ Brooklyn Nets Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 12:30 PM
  2. Mon 30 @ Philadelphia 76ers Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 4:30 PM
    April
  3. Wed 1 vs New Orleans Pelicans Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30 PM
  4. Fri 3 vs Portland Trail Blazers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30 PM
  5. Sun 5 vs Los Angeles Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 6:30 PM
  6. Tue 7 @ Los Angeles Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30 PM
  7. Wed 8 @ Denver Nuggets Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 6:00 PM
  8. Fri 10 vs Minnesota Timberwolves Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30 PM
  9. Sun 12 vs Dallas Mavericks Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 6:30 PM
  10. Mon 14 @ Sacramento Kings Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00 PM
  11. Wed 15 vs Sacramento Kings Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30 PM

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