With Sunday night’s loss against the Mavericks, the Blazers moved 12.5 games behind the Thunder with only 12 games remaining on Oklahoma City’s schedule, meaning for the 5th time in the last 6 seasons, the Thunder will win the Northwest Division title — all during the Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook era.
A division championship used to guarantee home court in the first round of the playoffs, but with a rule change this year, this isn’t the case anymore (although with Oklahoma City’s current record, they will almost certainly have home court in the first round).