NBA playoff picture, standings, magic numbers: Warriors at No. 8, factoring big into race for top overall seed

Also, Miami can clinch a top-six seed with a win over Boston on Tuesday

The Golden State Warriors could factor heavily into the top of the Western Conference playoff picture. On Monday, Golden State beat the Utah Jazz, which pulled the No. 2 Phoenix Suns within one loss of Utah, with the tiebreaker in hand, for the No. 1 overall seed. And who do the Warriors play on Tuesday? The Phoenix Suns.  If the Warriors beat the Suns, Utah will be back to a two-loss lead with three games to play. If the Suns beat the Warriors, this is going to get very interesting over the season's final week.  Also set for Tuesday night, the Lakers will be facing the Knicks, and LeBron James will not be playing as he''s instead chosen to give him ankle one more day of rest and target a return on Wednesday vs. the Rockets. The Lakers are pretty much in must-win territory if they want to keep their hopes alive to crawl out of the play-in tournament and into a top-six seed.