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If the NBA season was to be resumed, the Los Angeles Lakers would have a good chance of finishing the season with a good seed, says shooting guard Danny Green.

As it stands right now, the Lakers are first in the Western Conference with 49 wins and 14 losses. They are trailed by Staples Center co-tenants the Clippers, who are 44 and 20.

With 19 games left to play in the regular season, anything could happen but, according to Green, thanks to the cushion they have, the Lakers can afford to lose some games and still remain in a high place.

Per Mike Trudell of NBA.com:

“The biggest thing that most people are thinking about, especially contenders, is we have a really good opportunity here – we built the chemistry – and we could be one of the last teams standing. For that momentum, for that rhythm, for all that to be deterred or re-routed could change things. That kinda sucks. But I think with the cushion we have for first place, I think we feel pretty confident that we could finish out the season with a good seeding. But we just want to be healthy, and keep our rhythm so that we’re the same team when we start back up that we were when things shut down.”

Danny Green