In the early hours of this morning, the NBA regular season ended the last day of competition, and the final regular season standings were finally settled. The top 10 rankings in the East and West are:
Western Rankings
Eastern Rankings
With the finalization of the rankings, the NBA's playoff matchups are also released, ie
west
Pelicans (7) vs Lakers (8), the battle starts at 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on April 17;
Kings (9) vs Warriors (10), the game starts at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 17.
eastern
76ers (7) vs Heat (8), start at 7:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 18;
Bulls (9) vs Hawks (10), the game starts at 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on April 18.
The play-off rules are attached at the end of this article!!
Play-off matchups
The NBA also officially announced the roster for the first round of the playoffs today (the play-offs will produce the seventh and eighth in the East and West):
West: Suns-Timberwolves, Timberwolves-Clippers, Nuggets - 7th in the West, Thunder - 8th in the West
East: Magic - Cavaliers, Bucks - Pacers, Knicks - 7th in the East, Celtics - 8th in the East
NBA playoffs matchups
NBA Play-in Rules:
Round 1: 7th vs. 8th (G1) and 9th vs. 10th (G2).
The winner of G1 will enter the playoffs in seventh place, and the loser will play the winner of G2;
The loser of G2 goes straight home, and the winner will play the loser of G1;
Round 2: G1 loser vs. G2 winner, the winner of this match will enter the playoffs in eighth place, and the loser will go home.
NBA
The playoffs have finally begun, who can win the cup this year? Let's look forward to it together~ [Bixin] [Bixin] [Bixin]