At the end of the NBA regular season, the Thunder topped the West again after 11 years, and the playoffs and play-off matchups were released
The NBA regular season ushered in the closing day, Beijing time on April 15, 15 games all ended, in the Thunder's home game against the Mavericks, the Mavericks' main forces were suspended, the Thunder won 135-86 bloodless victory, this season the Thunder achieved 57 wins and 25 losses, and entered the playoffs again with the first place in the West after 11 years. The Suns' win over the Timberwolves on the road, coupled with the Pelicans' heavy defeat to the Lakers, led to the playoffs and finished sixth in the West, against the Timberwolves, who are third in the West.
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Playoffs against >>>
west
Thunder (1) vs Continental Winner (Warriors/Kings/Lakers/Pelicans)
Nuggets (2) vs Playoff Winner (Lakers/Pelicans)
Timberwolves (3) vs Suns (6)
Clippers (4) vs Clippers (5)
eastern
Celtics (1) vs. Playoff Winner (Hawks/Bulls/Heat/76ers)
Knicks (2) vs Playoff Winners (76ers/Heat)
Bucks (3) vs Pacers (6)
骑士（4）vs 魔术（5）
NBA play-off matchups:
West: Pelicans vs Lakers (winner vs. Nuggets), Warriors vs. Kings (winner vs. Lakers-Pelicans loser fights again, winner vs. Thunder)
East: Heat vs. 76ers (winner vs. Knicks), Hawks vs. Bulls (winner vs. Heat 76ers loser in another game, winner vs. Celtics)
The play-offs will kick off on Wednesday (April 17) Beijing time.
Western Conference play-off matchup - Lakers (8) VS Pelicans (7), Warriors (10) VS Kings (9), Lakers and Pelicans compete for 7th place in the West, the winner will advance to the playoffs and the defending champion Nuggets in the first round, this year's regular season meeting, the Lakers have a 3-1 record against the Pelicans, and they will stay in New Orleans to fight the Pelicans to fight a life-and-death battle. The loser of the Lakers-Pelicans matchup will battle the winner of the Warriors-Kings game for a playoff spot eighth in the West.
The Eastern Conference playoff schedule has also been released, with the 76ers (7) and Heat (8) battling it out for seventh place in the East, with the winner of the Bulls (9) and Hawks (10) games battling the 76ers against the losers of the Heat game for the eighth spot in the East in the playoffs.
With the end of the NBA regular season, the data king of the regular season has also been released, the Mavericks' Doncic won the regular season scoring champion with an average of 33.9 points per game, the Pacers' Haliburton was elected the assist king with an average of 10.9 assists per game, the Kings' Fox became the steal king with an average of 2 steals per game, the three-point king undoubtedly fell to Curry, he averaged 4.8 three-pointers per game, the Kings' Sabonis Jr. was elected the rebounding king with an average of 13.7 rebounds per game, and the Spurs' top pick Wembanyama was elected the block king with an average of 3.6 blocks per game.
Edited by Cheng Li