Grizzlies loss guarantees play-in game for final Western Conference playoff spot

Postseason seeding is still being sorted out inside the NBA bubble with restart games left on the schedule, but one thing is now for sure.

The league will officially have an 8-9 play-in game to determine the final Western Conference playoff spot after the Memphis Grizzlies fell Sunday to the defending champion Toronto Raptors, 108-99.

Toronto won its 50th game for the fifth straight season while Memphis guaranteed the battle of the eighth and ninth seeds out West.

Memphis has a 62% chance to get the No. 8 seed in Western Conference, according to ESPN's BPI.

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"I'm not worried about no play in game right now," said rookie guard Ja Morant, after finishing with 17 points and 10 assists versus Toronto. "Our focus now is learning from our mistakes from this game against the Raptors and try to fix them when we go out and play Boston."

ABC will air the NBA's Western Conference play-in game on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 2:30 p.m.

If the eighth seed team wins Saturday's game, that team will advance to the playoffs. However, if the ninth seed wins, a second contest will get played on ESPN at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16.