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How Sunday's results impact the race for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference

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Kings, Pelicans, and Spurs were in action among the teams in race for the 8th seed in the West.

With just over a month remaining in the 2019-20 NBA season, we've officially entered the stretch run as a number of teams make their final playoff push.

As it stands, the Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans are fighting for the West's No. 8 seed and a likely opening-round meeting with Anthony Davis, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.

At this point of the season, every win and loss matters for the teams fighting for eighth.

Three of the above five were in action Sunday, with Memphis and Portland as the two idle teams.

Here's how each of the three fared.

Sunday's Schedule/Results

New Orleans Pelicans def. Minnesota Timberwolves, 120-107
Cleveland Cavaliers def. San Antonio Spurs, 132-129 [OT]
Toronto Raptors def. Sacramento Kings 118-113

Western Conference Standings

Take a look at the impact the above results had on the Western Conference standings:

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Memphis Grizzlies	32	32	.500	-
9	New Orleans Pelicans	28	36	.438	4
10	Sacramento Kings	28	36	.438	4
11	Portland Trail Blazers	28	37	.431	4.5
12	San Antonio Spurs	26	36	.419	5