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Pro Football Network on MSN.com · 17d

2025 NBA Playoffs Picture and Seeding: Eastern Conference Matchups Decided Ahead of Postseason

The NBA playoffs are almost here, and while the Eastern Conference and Western Conference brackets are finalized, where do things stand with the play-in tournament teams? Eastern Conference All Set for the Playoffs Thanks to the Indiana Pacers’ loss to the Orlando Magic and the Milwaukee Bucks’ win over the Detroit Pistons on Friday (April 11) night,
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · 20d

2025 NBA Playoffs Scenario and Seeding: Which Teams Have Yet To Clinch a Postseason Spot?

The NBA playoffs are rapidly approaching, and the playoff picture is becoming a bit clearer. The teams that will participate in this year’s postseason are not yet fully determined, as the play ...
FOX Sports · 8h

2025 NBA playoff bracket: Updated schedule, scores

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · 27d

2025 NBA Playoffs Bracket: Final seedings for all teams

The 2025 NBA Playoffs are fast approaching. With only a couple of weeks left in the regular season, several teams are fighting for playoff seeding and looking to avoid the play-in tournament.
Icon for www.indystar.comThe Indianapolis Star · 22d

What is the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament format? How final playoff seeds will be determined

Who will Cavs play? Cavs' 1st-round playoff opponent will come from NBA Play-In Tournament. Scouting the teams The win-and-advance format is akin to March Madness in college basketball. When is the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament? This year, the NBA Play-In ...
Icon for www.nytimes.comThe New York Times · 19d

Every 2025 NBA playoff scenario at play on last day of regular season

Follow live coverage of the NBA regular-season finale. NEW YORK — Another NBA season has come down to its final day to determine playoff positioning ... improving their seeding in the Play ...
CBS Sports · 2d

2025 NBA playoff bracket: First-round matchups, schedule, game times as Cavaliers join Thunder in second round

NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the Cleveland Cavaliers joined the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round on Monday night. The Cavs finished off a sweep of the Mia
NBC Los Angeles · 19d

What we know about the 2025 NBA play-in and playoffs: Bracket, schedule, more

Which NBA teams are heading to the play-in tournament? And who's locked down a playoff spot? Here's what we know as the regular season winds down.
ESPN on MSN.com · 1d

2025 NBA playoffs: Eastern Conference first-round takeaways

One Eastern Conference semifinals series is set after the No. 4 Indiana Pacers eliminated the No. 5 Milwaukee Bucks in overtime Tuesday. The Pacers advance to take on the No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers, who swept the No. 8 seed Miami Heat on Monday.
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 23d

NBA playoff standings 2025: How NBA playoff picture, NBA play-in tournament look right now

Which teams will make the NBA playoff field? How will the seeding play out? What's the deal with the play-in tournament that begins on April 15? Where do the Phoenix Suns stand in the NBA playoff ...
Icon for gleague.nba.comNational Basketball Association · 17d

2025 NBA G League Playoffs Presented By Google Pixel Bracket & Schedule

12 teams are set to compete in the 2025 NBA G League Playoffs presented by Google Pixel. The top two teams in each conference receive a bye, as teams will compete in a single-elimination tournament based on seeding until the NBA G League Finals presented ...
The Columbus Dispatch · 19d

Detroit Pistons locked in as East's 6-seed in 2025 NBA playoffs

With their loss to Milwaukee on Friday, the Detroit Pistons locked themselves into the 6 seed in the NBA playoffs and will face the 3-seed next week.
CBS Sports · 20d

2025 NBA playoff bracket: First-round matchups, schedule, game times as Pacers, Celtics and Cavaliers advance

The field for the second round is beginning to take shape in the 2025 NBA playoffs. Twelve teams remain in the playoff bracket, and four teams -- the Thunder, Cavaliers, Pacers and Celtics -- have already moved on.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 22d

NBA playoff picture: Latest standings, bracket outlook before 2025 postseason

Editor's note: Standings and playoff matchups have been updated below: The final week of the NBA regular season has ... Never mind that seeding also remains largely up for grabs in the Eastern ...
Icon for www.denverpost.comThe Denver Post · 18d

Nuggets playoff scenarios, explained: Western Conference seeding, tiebreakers, first-round matchups

The final weekend of the NBA regular season has arrived ... Here’s a guide to every seeding scenario and the possible first-round playoff matchups. Nuggets’ relevant games for playoff seeding ...
Icon for www.sportskeeda.comSportskeeda · 29d

Lakers to secure 2nd seed, Nikola Jokic to matchup with Warriors in 1st round | 5 bold predictions for 2025 NBA playoffs seeding

Today, we will analyze the performance of various teams to make five bold predictions for the 2025 NBA playoffs seeding. LeBron James and Co. hold the fourth seed (46-29) in the Western Conference.
The Tennessean · 16d

The 2025 NBA regular season was good, actually

Hi friends! Welcome back to Layup Lines. Thanks for hanging out with us as we get set for the NBA's 2025 play-in tournament and the playoffs themselves starting this coming weekend. We'll do our absolute best to do these next two months proper justice.
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 25d

2025 NBA Playoffs: Updated standings, clinching scenarios on April 6

With one week remaining in the regular season, teams around the NBA ... for playoff positioning in their respective conferences. Sunday features 11 games on the schedule, with several key seeding ...
Icon for sg.news.yahoo.comYahoo News Singapore · Mar 18, 2025

NBA playoffs 2025 seeding, standings, record: Do the Lakers' have enough to get to the NBA Finals?

they are Marcus Morris’ pick to dominate all the way to the NBA Finals. Having traded key players to go all-in with Luka, the Lakers have placed a significant wager on this recalibrated formula. As the playoffs inch closer, L.A.'s gamble becomes enormous ...
Icon for www.freep.comDetroit Free Press · 24d

Who will Pistons play in NBA playoffs? Schedule, seeds, format and more

The Pistons will be back in the playoffs for the first time in six years, completing a historic turnaround season — No. 6 in NBA history. We ran down the top-five reasons they were able to do it. And so, to answer your questions looking ahead to seeding ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 24d

2025 NBA Playoffs: Updated standings entering play on April 7

With less than one week remaining in the regular season, teams around the NBA ... playoff positioning in their respective conferences. Monday features two games on the schedule, with some seeding ...
Icon for www.statesman.comAustin American-Statesman · 20d

NBA playoff scenarios: How Detroit Pistons can grab No. 5 seed from Bucks

The Detroit Pistons' 115-106 win over the New York Knicks on Thursday was the team's third win in a row in that matchup, and brought them one step closer to securing their first-round NBA playoff matchup. Had the Pistons lost on Thursday, it would have ...
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · 22d

Miami Heat’s dream, nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for 2025 NBA Playoffs

Here we will discuss the Miami Heat’s dream, nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. In an ideal outcome, the Heat would enter the Play-In Tournament as the 8th seed.
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · 23d

NBA tiebreakers, explained: How playoff standings are determined for 2025 play-in games, seeding

As the NBA season is winding down, teams are jockeying for playoff positioning ahead of the ... how the NBA will determine tiebreakers for the 2025 season. Before any standings tiebreakers ...
Icon for www.indystar.comThe Indianapolis Star · 2d

NBA playoffs standings: Indiana Pacers lock up homecourt advantage in first round

The Indiana Pacers have one regular-season game remaining, but they already know their playoff position. After the Pacers lost to the Orlando Magic on Friday, Indiana secured the No. 4 seed.
The Denver Post · 25d

Nuggets attempting to balance playoff seeding, rest in final games: “We don’t fear anybody”

Nikola Jokic is playing a career-high in minutes per game. Here’s why he still might be better-rested for the playoffs than last year.
Icon for www.mercurynews.comMercury News · Mar 31, 2025

Warriors face key game for West playoff seeding in Memphis

Or at least until the next one. And the one after that, and the one after that . . . On the line Tuesday night is a potential playoff seeding advantage over the host Memphis Grizzlies in the fifth game of a six-game trip outside the Bay Area. The Warriors ...
Icon for www.yardbarker.comYardbarker · 23d

Orlando Magic’s dream, nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for 2025 NBA Playoffs

Here we will discuss the Orlando Magic’s dream, nightmare seeding, matchup scenarios for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Keep in mind that while four teams in the East are set for the play-in ...
Icon for www.desmoinesregister.comDes Moines Register · 2d

Detroit Pistons locked in as East's 6-seed in 2025 NBA playoffs

The Detroit Pistons' seeding for the 2025 NBA playoffs has been locked in. The Pistons will enter the postseason as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed, following their 125-119 loss to the ...
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 19d

NBA playoff seeding scenarios headed into final day of regular season

The NBA playoff scenarios are not infinite headed into the final day of the regular season Sunday. But the permutations for seeding in the Western Conference playoffs are numerous as all 30 teams ...
Icon for packerswire.usatoday.comPackers Wire · 18d

What’s at stake for OKC Thunder entering last day of NBA regular season

Pelicans, which will tip-off at 2:30 p.m. in New Orleans, is not a game of consequence in a still chaotic Western Conference playoff picture ... has already clinched the best record in the NBA. And in franchise history. With one more win, though ...
Athlon Sports on MSN.com · 16d

5 Big Predictions for the NBA Playoffs

Athlon Sports taps veteran writer Mark Medina to gaze into his crystal ball to envision the upcoming postseason.
Icon for bleacherreport.comBleacher Report · 15d

Explaining NBA Playoffs 2025 Play-in Format, Bracket Seedings and More

For most NBA teams, the next few days will offer a chance for them to catch their breath in between the 82-game marathon that just completed and, for those who qualified for the playoffs ...
Bleacher Report · Mar 30, 2025

NBA Playoff Picture 2025 Predictions for Complete Seedings for East and West Brackets

The race to the 2025 NBA playoffs has been an absolute doozy. In the Eastern Conference, the top three seeds should remain unchanged, but there's potential for the 4, 5, and 6 seeds to all flip. Then, there's the Wild Wild West, and boy, are things hectic there.
Icon for www.newsweek.comNewsweek · 19d

Every NBA Playoff Seeding Scenario Entering Final Days of Regular Season

Seth Quinn is a contributing sports writer based in Massachusetts. His focus is on sports, primarily the NFL and NBA. He has in depth knowledge of the NFL and NBA as a whole, being a fan of both ...
NBC Bay Area · 1d

Has a No. 7 seed ever defeated a No. 2 seed in the NBA playoffs?

The No. 7 Warriors have pushed the No. 2 Rockets to the brink of elimination in the first round of the NBA playoffs.