It's the last night of the regular season and all 16 playoff teams are set. But the regular season drama is anything but over.
No less than eight teams are still playing with a chance for a better playoff seed.Around the NBA
Wednesday's action
- Spurs stun Hornets, seize 3 seed
- Cavs rest LeBron, fail to tie record
- Celtics don't need Big 3 for 62nd win
- Mavs rally, cost Rockets a high seed
- Blazers earn 4th seed with rout
- Bulls lose to Raptors, drop to 7th seed
- Without Wade, Heat beat Pistons in OT
- Down 17, Pacers storm back vs. Bucks
- Lee has 65th double-double for Knicks
- Magic snap skid, tune up for playoffs
- Suns going to lottery despite 46th win
- Hawks rest starters, fall to Grizzlies
- Thunder avoid season sweep by Clips
- Kings beat Wolves, if anyone cares
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In the Rockets' case, they could wind up anywhere from the No. 2 seed in the West to No. 5 and opening the playoffs on the road.
The East is mostly set, with only the Sixers and Bulls jockeying for the sixth seed and a chance to avoid the Celtics in the first round.
But in the West, the only thing set in stone is the top-seeded Lakers will face the Jazz in Los Angeles when the playoffs begin.
Here's a team-by-team breakdown of how tonight's games affect playoff seedings:
Bulls
Will be No. 6 seed with a win or Sixers loss.
Will be No. 7 with a loss and a Sixers win.Sixers
No. 6 seed with a win and Bulls loss.
No. 7 with a loss or a Bulls win.Nuggets
No. 2 with a win or Rockets loss
No. 3 with a loss and Rockets winRockets
No. 2 with a win and Nuggets loss
No. 3 with a win and Nuggets win OR Spurs and Blazers losses.
No. 4 with a loss and either Spurs or Blazers win (but not both)
No. 5 with a loss and both Spurs and Blazers win.
Blazers
No. 3 with a win and Rockets and Spurs losses.
No. 4 with a win and either Rockets or Spurs win (or both win) OR if Blazers and Spurs both lose.
No. 5 with a loss and Spurs win.Spurs
No. 3 with a win and Rockets loss.
No. 4 with a win and a Rockets win and a Blazers loss.
No. 5 with a loss OR if Rockets and Blazers both win.Hornets
No. 6 with a win OR a Mavericks loss.
No. 7 with a loss and a Mavericks win.Mavericks
No. 6 with a win and a Hornets loss.
No. 7 with a loss or a Hornets win.
