NBA Day by day Playoff Image: The one the place Brooklyn’s playoff life is on the road

The NBA playoff image will come into clearer view every day between now and the tip of the common season on April 14. Within the meantime, we’ll present detailed every day updates on the panorama, together with magic numbers, energy of schedule, related tiebreakers and the stakes for each day’s slate of video games.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

1. Denver Nuggets (53-23)

Clinched playoff berth

2. Minnesota Timberwolves (52-23)

Clinched playoff berth

3. Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (52-23)

Clinched playoff berth

4. Los Angeles Clippers (47-28)

5. Dallas Mavericks (45-30)

6. New Orleans Pelicans (45-30)

7. Sacramento Kings (44-31)

8. Phoenix Suns (44-31)

9. Los Angeles Lakers (43-33)

10. Golden State Warriors (41-34)

11. Houston Rockets (38-37)

Wednesday’s video games of consequence (all occasions Japanese)

Lakers at Wizards (7 p.m.)

Thunder at Celtics (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Raptors at Timberwolves (8 p.m.)

Magic at Pelicans (8 p.m.)

Cavaliers at Suns (10 p.m., ESPN)

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. Boston Celtics (59-16)

Clinched No. 1 seed and first-round playoff collection vs. No. 8 seed (decided by play-in match)

2. Milwaukee Bucks (47-28)

3. Cleveland Cavaliers (46-30)

4. Orlando Magic (44-31)

5. New York Knicks (44-31)

6. Indiana Pacers (43-33)

7. Miami Warmth (42-33)

8. Philadelphia 76ers (41-35)

9. Chicago Bulls (36-40)

Clinched play-in berth

10. Atlanta Hawks (35-40)

11. Brooklyn Nets (29-47)

Wednesday’s video games of consequence (all occasions Japanese)

Pistons at Hawks (7:30 p.m.)

Pacers at Nets (7:30 p.m.)

Grizzlies at Bucks (8 p.m.)

Magic at Pelicans (8 p.m.)

Cavaliers at Suns (10 p.m., ESPN)