NBA playoff picture, standings, magic numbers: Knicks lose grasp on home court; Blazers jump up to No. 5

If New York loses out and Boston wins out, the Knicks would fall into the play-in tournament

After losing to the Warriors on Monday, the Utah Jazz turned into Golden State fans on Tuesday as they watched Stephen Curry and Co. take down the Phoenix Suns to push Utah's lead for the No. 1 overall seed back to two games with three to play.  Also, the Portland Trail Blazers are the West's new No. 5 seed by way of the Dallas Mavericks' loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday (Portland has the head-to-head tiebreaker). The Los Angeles Lakers, after beating the New York Knicks in an overtime thriller, remain in the No. 7 spot, one game back of both the Mavericks and Blazers, but that gap is effectively two as the Lakers have already lost the tiebreaker to both.  In the case of a three-way tie, in which case the tiebreaker rules change, the Lakers would get a bump to No. 6 by way of having a better conference record than Portland, which would fall to No. 7, while Dallas would get No. 5 by way of being a division winner.