I found out that they will be surely sitting on 8th seed or even lower than that because the competition in the West is far more intense than the competition in the East.
Doesn't really matter as that was always the scenario of most East teams when we put them on Western Conference standings.
There is even a scenario before where those teams that competing for the final playoff spot in the West, can be in 4th place when put in the East.
What matter is, to secure a playoff spot, would be better if they won't go through a play-in tournament as that was really a hassle game, especially that sitting on either the 6th or 7th spot is still a critical spot to gain a playoff ticket.