It’s wild that we are about three-quarters of the way through the 2025-26 NBA regular season. Pretty soon, we’ll be seeing the best of the best go toe-to-toe night in, night out in an effort to claim the Larry O’Brien Trophy.<\/p>\n
Are the Thunder fated to repeat as champions<\/a>? Will the Eastern Conference produce another unexpected representative? Are the Spurs and Nuggets legitimate title contenders?<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n These are all questions that NBA fans have been dying to know for months now, but there is still more than a month to go before the postseason begins on April 14.<\/p>\n There’s still time for your favorite teams to make a push for the play-in, and possibly shock the world. However, it’s still nice to look ahead at what could happen, or what would happen if the playoffs were to begin today.<\/p>\n Here’s what the postseason would look like if the season were to end today:<\/p>\n NBA playoff standingsEastern Conference<\/p>\n 1. Detroit Pistons<\/a> (45-16)<\/p>\n 2. Boston Celtics (41-21)<\/p>\n 3. New York Knicks<\/a> (40-23)<\/p>\n 4. Cleveland Cavaliers (39-24)<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n 5. Toronto Raptors<\/a> (35-27)<\/p>\n 6. Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> (34-28)<\/p>\n Western Conference<\/p>\n 1. Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> (49-15)<\/p>\n 2. San Antonio Spurs<\/a> (45-17)<\/p>\n 3. Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> (40-23)<\/p>\n 4. Houston Rockets<\/a> (38-23)<\/p>\n 5. Denver Nuggets<\/a> (39-24)<\/p>\n 6. Los Angeles Lakers (37-25)<\/p>\n NBA play-in teamsEastern Conference<\/p>\n 7. Orlando Magic (33-28)<\/p>\n 8. Miami Heat (34-29)<\/p>\n 9. Charlotte Hornets (32-31)<\/p>\n 10. Atlanta Hawks (32-31)<\/p>\n Western Conference<\/p>\n 7. Phoenix Suns<\/a> (35-27)<\/p>\n 8. Golden State Warriors (32-30)<\/p>\n 9. Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> (30-31)<\/p>\n