2024-25 NBA Playoff Preview
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2025 NBA playoff picture: Final standings, bracket, first-round matchups
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The final weekend of the 2024-25 NBA season culminated Sunday with all 30 teams playing across 15 games, providing the first official look at the playoff field.
Seeding in the East was mostly ironed out headed into the final day of the season , but it was a far different story out West .
The top six teams in each conference automatically make the playoffs.
Teams in positions 7-10 qualify for the Play-In Tournament to decide the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds in their respective conferences.
This year , the play-in tournament begins April 15 and concludes April 18 .
The first round of the NBA playoffs begins April 19 .
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