While the Eastern Conference's playoff picture is mostly shaping into form, the standings resemble much more chaos in the wild, wild West. With two games remaining for all teams in the Western Conference, just one game separates the No. 4 seed Denver Nuggets from the No. 8 seed.

What follows is an attempt to make the playoff picture a little less fuzzy: A breakdown of the various probabilities (per PlayoffStatus.com) for teams currently seeded No. 3 to No. 8, followed by each team's remaining schedule and tiebreaker status.

Here's an updated look at where the Grizzlies stand in the NBA playoff race after their loss to the Timberwolves on Thursday at FedExForum.

There are many possibilities for playoff positioning in the West, so here's a -- hopefully -- digestible way to understand what's at stake during the final weekend of the NBA season. This was the easiest thing to understand.