LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will stay in New Orleans for a couple more days. Stephen Curry and Golden State will return to Sacramento to once again face an elimination game and the Miami Heat are back in the play-in, where they began their path to the NBA Finals last year.
The confrontations are ready. On Tuesday, the Lakers will face the Pelicans for the number seven seed in the Western Conference, then the Warriors and Kings in elimination play. On Wednesday, the Heat will travel to Philadelphia to decide seventh place in the Eastern Conference, followed by Atlanta in Chicago in a loser-bye matchup.
Of the 20 postseason seeds, 15 were decided Sunday, as were three of the four play-in matchups and three of the four first-round series.
The final order in the East: Boston, New York, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Orlando, Indiana, Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago and Atlanta. In the West, the order from 1 to 10 is Oklahoma City, Denver, Minnesota, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas, Phoenix, New Orleans, the Lakers, Sacramento and Golden State.
The only first-round series set before Sunday was Clippers-Mavericks in the West. Added to the list: Bucks-Pacers and Cavaliers-Magic in the East, along with Timberwolves-Suns in the West.
The games did not provide drama on the last day of the regular season. Of the 15, only one was decided by a possession, and it was at Madison Square Garden, where New York was victorious. The Knicks held off Chicago 120-119 in overtime, a result that allowed them to overtake Milwaukee for second place in the East.
Oklahoma City beat Dallas by 49 to secure the No. 1 seed in the West, Indiana stayed out of the play-in by beating Atlanta by 42, Sacramento defeated Portland by 39, San Antonio beat Detroit by 28 and Orlando, which could have been in the play-in with a loss, beat Milwaukee by 25.
Orlando won 47 games to capture the Southeast Division and return to the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
The only spot that changed in the East on Sunday was between the Knicks and Bucks for second and third. The West saw two changes: Denver passed Minnesota for second and helped send the Timberwolves to third, while Phoenix moved up one spot to sixth and the Pelicans fell one to seventh.
2024-04-15 02:19:00
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