The Portland Trail Blazers' are inching closer to the fifth seed in the Western Conference, but are still just short after Tuesday night.
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday to stay a half-game ahead of the Blazers, who got a road win over Sacramento Kings a few hours later.
Since the Grizzlies (42-36) and Blazers (42-37) split the season-series, if they were to end up with the same record at the end of the season, the seeding tiebreaker would come down to conference record where Portland currently holds a slight edge.