The NBA playoff image will come into clearer view every day between now and the tip of the common season on April 13. Within the meantime, we’ll present detailed day by day updates on the panorama, together with magic numbers, power of schedule, related tiebreakers and the stakes for on daily basis’s slate of video games.
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
1. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (64-13)
• Clinched No. 1 seed and first-round playoff collection vs. No. 8 seed (decided by play-in match)
2. Houston Rockets (51-27)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 5.5
• Magic number for No. 2 seed: 2
• Remaining strength of schedule: .599
• Highest attainable end: No. 2 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 4)
3. Los Angeles Lakers (47-30)
• Web score: 0.9
• Magic number for top-six seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .647
• Highest attainable end: No. 2 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
4. Denver Nuggets (47-31)
• Web score: 3.7
• Magic number for top-six seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .579
• Highest attainable end: No. 2 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
5. Golden State Warriors (46-31)
• Web score: 3.0
• Magic number for top-six seed: 5
• Remaining strength of schedule: .509
• Highest attainable end: No. 2 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
6. Minnesota Timberwolves (45-32)
• Web score: 4.6
• Magic number for top-six seed: 5
• Remaining strength of schedule: .392
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
7. Los Angeles Clippers (45-32)
• Web score: 4.4
• Magic number for top-six seed: 5
• Remaining strength of schedule: .527
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
8. Memphis Grizzlies (45-32)
• Web score: 4.5
• Magic number for top-six seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .496
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 8)
9. Dallas Mavericks (38-40)
• Web score: -0.6
• Magic number for top-10 seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .534
• Highest attainable end: No. 9 seed
10. Sacramento Kings (37-40)
• Web score: 0.4
• Magic number for top-10 seed: 4
• Remaining strength of schedule: .601
• Highest attainable end: No. 9 seed
11. Phoenix Suns (35-42)
• Web score: -2.4
• Magic number for top-10 seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .591
• Highest attainable end: No. 9 seed
12. Portland Path Blazers (34-44)
• Web score: -3.1
• Magic number for top-10 seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .456
• Highest attainable end: No. 10 seed
13. San Antonio Spurs (32-45)
• Web score: -2.7
• Magic number for top-10 seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .486
• Highest attainable end: No. 10 seed
Saturday’s video games of consequence (all instances Jap)
• Timberwolves at 76ers (7 p.m.)
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• Grizzlies at Pistons (7 p.m., NBA TV)
• Mavericks at Clippers (10:30 p.m.)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
1. Cleveland Cavaliers (62-15)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 9.6
• Magic number for No. 1 seed: 1
• Remaining strength of schedule: .552
• Highest attainable end: No. 1 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 2)
2. Boston Celtics (57-20)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 9.2
• Magic number for No. 1 seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .366
• Highest attainable end: No. 1 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 2)
3. New York Knicks (48-28)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 4.1
• Magic number for No. 3 seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .560
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 5)
4. Indiana Pacers (46-31)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 2.1
• Magic number for No. 4 seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .584
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 6)
5. Detroit Pistons (43-34)
• Clinched playoff berth
• Web score: 2.5
• Magic number for No. 5 seed: 5
• Remaining strength of schedule: .560
• Highest attainable end: No. 3 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 6)
5. Milwaukee Bucks (42-34)
• Web score: 1.8
• Magic number for top-six seed: 1
• Remaining strength of schedule: .450
• Highest attainable end: No. 4 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 7)
7. Orlando Magic (38-40)
• Web score: -0.5
• Magic number for top-eight seed: 3
• Remaining strength of schedule: .572
• Highest attainable end: No. 7 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 10)
8. Atlanta Hawks (36-40)
• Web score: -1.7
• Magic number for top-eight seed: 5
• Remaining strength of schedule: .405
• Highest attainable end: No. 6 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 10)
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9. Chicago Bulls (35-42)
• Web score: -2.4
• Magic number for top-eight seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .405
• Highest attainable end: No. 7 seed (clinched no decrease than No. 10)
10. Miami Warmth (35-42)
• Web score: -0.1
• Magic number for top-eight seed: Don’t management personal future
• Remaining strength of schedule: .359
• Highest attainable end: No. 7 (clinched no decrease than No. 10)
Saturday’s video games of consequence (all instances Jap)
• Knicks at Hawks (3 p.m.)
NYK can clinch a house playoff seed with a win
ATL can be locked into the play-in match with a loss or a MIL win
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• Grizzlies at Pistons (7 p.m., NBA TV)
DET can be eradicated from competition for the No. 3 seed with a loss
• Bucks at Warmth (8 p.m.)
MIL can clinch a assured playoff berth with a win or an ATL loss
