Why are the second-tier West teams trying to lose?

The Nuggets, Jazz, Mavericks and Thunder all played Monday. None seemed interested in winning to improve their seeding.

Aug 11, 2020

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The Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder are all in a seeding fight in the Western Conference. None of the four teams seemed to want to win on Monday to help their seeding situations. Only the Mavericks, who faced the Jazz, won. All of them rested healthy players. Why?

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