Nash played 37 and then 30 mins in his first games back on a back t back and the second was away in Denver at altitude, these are plenty of minutes on his return, he is still smart player but this is desperation by D'Antoni to get wins as the average to make the playoffs is 48.
So with them now below 500 and having played 29 games and with 53 games left they need to go 34-19 for the rest of the season and this has been the easy part of their draw with 27 road games left and With the lakers winning about 1 in three road games and if they keep that up then they end up about 10-17 so will need to then win 24-2 at home. This is obviously ball park but they have been poor on the road for the last season and a half, poor depth and a shooter who shoots first blame others later.
Denver who are in seventh have a lot more home games coming up, Portland in 8th have played 2 games left so while there are plenty of games left they still need results to go their way to keep in touch.
I see a lottery team with no pick, hopefully.
