What's the scenario?

There is now basically one plausible scenario for us to finish with the 8 seed -- u/blabla1209 alluded to this last night, but I thought it might be helpful to list how we want the remaining games to go (must wins in bold)...
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FRIDAY
LAL over MEM
NO over GS
PHX over SAC
OKC over MIL
(technically we want MIN to lose to ATL but I consider that too implausible since ATL is locked in to the 10 seed)
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SUNDAY
LAL over NO
PHX over MIN
OKC over DAL
SAC over POR
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FINAL STANDINGS
1 - DEN (58-24)
2 - OKC (57-25)
3 - MIN (56-26)
4 - LAC (53-29)
5 - DAL (51-31)
6 - PHX (49-33) -- win H2H tiebreaker 2-1 over NO
7 - NO (49-33)
8 - LAL (47-35)
9 - SAC (46-36) -- win Divisional Record tiebreaker over GS
10 - GS (46-36)
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PHX beating MIN isn't necessary for us to finish as the 8 seed, but I rather play NO than PHX in the 7/8 game, and if win that game I rather play OKC than MIN.
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The OKC wins also aren't necessary for us to finish as the 8 seed -- they're just my preferred 2 seed if we win the 7/8 game.
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Similarly, we don't need SAC to beat POR for us to finish with the 8 seed, but I want SAC to have home court in the 9/10 game since I rather play them if we lose the 7/8 game...