The regular season 2023 it will close Sunday 9 April. A night of rest and then apnea, with the Play-in play-offs to decree the seventh and eighth seed in the draw NBA Playoff of Eastern and Western Conferences.
NBA Playoffs 2023: teams qualified
As of March 19 Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics e Denver Nuggets (the latter champions of the Northwest division) are the only two teams to already have the mathematical certainty of a playoff berth.
Updated NBA Playoff Pairings: Scoreboard
Seventh and eighth seed in the two Conference NBA reflect what is the current position in the ranking, pending the Play-in verdicts. That said, as of March 19, 2023, in view of a hypothetical NBA Playoff first round, the draw is defined as follows:
Eastern Conference
1st round
(1) Milwaukee Bucks vs. Atlanta Hawks (8)
(2) Philadelphia 76ers vs. Miami Heat (7)
(3) Boston Celtics vs. Brooklyn Nets (6)
(4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks (5)
Western Conference
1st shift
(1) Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (8)
(2) Sacramento Kings vs. Golden State Warriors (7)
(3) Memphis Grizzlies vs. Dallas Mavericks (6)
(4) Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Clippers (5)
NBA Play-in: the teams still in play, coast to coast
Framework updated to 19 March 2023. The playoffs playoffs of the Eastern Conference would currently involve the Miami Heat, Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls respectively. Up for grabs are two postseason tickets. Already eliminated from the chase, however, the Detroit Pistons and the Chalotte Hornets.
Similar situation and if possible even less defined in the Playoff grid of the Western Conference. The Play-in in the West is today, March 19, between the Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz.
A Texan couple, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets have been occupying the bottom of the rankings for months now. For both, nothing more to ask for at the end of the season in terms of results given the elimination, now certified by the arithmetic from the battle for the postseason.
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