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NBA playoff rankings: Bubble teams' odds as standings and bracket shape up

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USA TODAY

NBA teams are down to the final week-and-a-half of the regular season to make their respective playoff pushes.

And for teams lumped in or near the play-in window, that means the margins for error are shrinking. Still, with most teams having six or seven games remaining on their schedules, there could still be plenty of movement in the standings, particularly in the Western Conference, where four teams, the Warriors, Grizzlies, Timberwolves and Clippers — the five-through-eight seeds — are separated by just a single game.