The 2024 NBA playoffs will quickly be right here and groups are starting to guide their postseason spots earlier than the common season ends April 14.
The highest six groups from every convention can be assured playoff spots, whereas crew Nos. 7-10 within the standings will enter the play-in match (April 16-19). Two groups in every convention will then emerge to fill out the eight-team area, with the primary spherical of the playoffs beginning April 20.
Get the updates forward of the playoffs right here because the street to the NBA Finals kicks into full gear.
Who’s clinched within the East: Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks*, Cleveland Cavaliers*Who’s clinched within the West: TBD
Who’s eradicated within the East: Detroit Pistons, Washington WizardsWho’s eradicated within the West: Portland Path Blazers, San Antonio Spurs
*a minimum of clinched a spot for the play-in match, however not but the playoffs
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What they’ve clinched: A minimum of a playoff spot
Boston turned the primary crew to clinch a postseason spot in 2024. Even when the Celtics had been to lose each remaining sport within the common season, they’d be assured a minimum of the No. 6 spot within the Jap Convention playoffs.
The Celtics have made the playoffs the earlier 9 seasons, shedding to the Miami Warmth within the convention finals final season. The final time they had been the highest total seed within the East was after the 2016-17 season, after they misplaced to the Cleveland Cavaliers within the convention finals.
What they’ve clinched: A minimum of a play-in spot
The Bucks have locked up a minimum of an Jap Convention play-in match spot even when they had been to lose all their remaining common season video games.
Milwaukee has made the playoffs the earlier seven seasons. The Bucks had been the highest seed final yr however suffered a first-round exit by the hands of the Miami Warmth. In 2022, they had been additionally the highest seed within the East, however they misplaced to the Boston Celtics within the convention finals.
What they’ve clinched: A minimum of a play-in spot
The Cavs are additionally into the postseason (a minimum of the Jap Convention play-in match) even when they had been to drop their remaining regular-season video games.
Cleveland made the playoffs final season, shedding within the first spherical to the New York Knicks. It was the Cavs’ return to postseason after lacking the earlier 4 editions, and their first look since profitable the 2016-17 NBA Finals, led by LeBron James.