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Warriors Earn No. 8 Seed, Will Face Lakers in Play-In

Warriors will face Lakers or Blazers in play-in as No. 8 seed originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea

The Warriors earned the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference with a 113-101 win Sunday over the Memphis Grizzlies. Now, they play know their opponent.  

Golden State will face the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday in the NBA play-in tournament at Staples Center.

The Warriors play the Lakers and as the Portland Trailblazers won their final regular season game and clinched the No. 6 seed in the NBA playoffs.

The winner of Wednesday's game becomes the No. 7 seed and will play the No. 2 seed Phoenix Suns in the first round of the playoffs. 

Steph Curry led the Warriors with 46 points in the Warriors' win, dominating in fitting fashion to end the regular season. He made some history in doing so as well. 

With his final scoring flury of the regular season, Curry clinched his second career scoring title and passed Hall of Famer Rick Barry on the NBA's all-time scoring list. Curry also joined Michael Jordan and others in elite company with scoring titles, MVPs and championships and became the second-oldest player to win a scoring title behind just MJ. 

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Golden State went 1-2 against L.A. this season. 

The Warriors finished the regular season with a 39-33 record. 

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