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Annie Barker, Deseret News
With less than a week remaining until the NBA’s regular season concludes Sunday evening, standings watch is in full effect as teams jockey for position.
For almost three months, the Utah Jazz were atop the Western Conference standings before the Phoenix Suns caught up, and then they went back-and-forth for a few days. Over the past few days, however, the Jazz have regained control of the top seed and are now two games up on the Suns with just four games to play.
But what needs to happen the rest of the way for Utah to seal the deal for the No. 1 seed? On Sunday night, Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter Mike Trudell laid out the race on Twitter (the Lakers defeated the Suns Sunday), with what needs to happen from the Suns’ perspective to earn the top seed.