{"id":682593,"date":"2026-03-27T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:20:13","slug":"clinching-scenarios-and-standings-on-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/682593\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinching scenarios and standings on March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2026, 12:08 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With less than three weeks left to play in the 2025-26 regular season, teams are in the midst of heated battles in the standings ahead of the start of the NBA playoffs on April 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The top six teams in each conference will earn an outright playoff berth at the conclusion of the regular season. The next four teams will compete in the play-in tournament on April 14-17 for the last two seeds in each conference, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With 8-10 games remaining on the schedule, 22 teams remain in contention to qualify for the postseason, via either a playoff berth or a spot in the play-in tournament. The action is set to heat up as teams battle for playoff positioning down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Friday features 10 games on the schedule, with several key matchups set to take place and a couple of scenarios to monitor throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p>What are the matchups on Friday?Updated StandingsWhich teams have clinched a playoff berth?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Western Conference:<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:12|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Oklahoma City Thunder (57-16)San Antonio Spurs (55-18)<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eastern Conference:<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Pistons (53-20)Which teams have been eliminated from postseason contention?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Western Conference:<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Pelicans (25-49)Memphis Grizzlies (24-48)Dallas Mavericks (23-50)Utah Jazz (21-52)Sacramento Kings (19-55)<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Eastern Conference:<\/p>\n<p>Washington Wizards (17-55)Brooklyn Nets (17-56)Indiana Pacers (16-57)Western Conference ScenariosThe Warriors are locked into the play-in tournament with a loss and a win by the RocketsEastern Conference ScenariosThe Celtics can clinch a playoff berth with a win and a loss by the RaptorsThe Bulls are eliminated from postseason contention with a loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 27, 2026, 12:08 p.m. ET With less than three weeks left to play in the 2025-26 regular&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[72400,7,6,11,72761,72762,72404,73014,72444,72422,72405,72483,72526,72439,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-682593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-playoffs","12":"tag-sstssportsnbarookie","13":"tag-sstsnrookie","14":"tag-tagbasketball","15":"tag-tagexclude-from-home-front","16":"tag-tagnational-sports","17":"tag-tagnba","18":"tag-tagoverall-positive","19":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","20":"tag-tagsmg-timely","21":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","22":"tag-tagsports-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116302526762133728","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}