Clinched playoffs ** Clinched division *** Clinched conference Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each ...

LOS ANGELES — With two weeks remaining in the NBA regular season ... gained a game on them in the Western Conference standings and a half game on the No. 3 Denver Nuggets (47-28).

With just eight games remaining in the regular season, they look to climb higher in the Western Conference standings ... in a pivotal matchup. "The Kia NBA Defensive Players of the Month for ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder have been on another level in the Western Conference this season. They currently sit at 63-12 and are the only team in the conference to clinch an NBA playoff spot thus far.

The Grizzlies only have six games left until the NBA postseason. Those six games will go a long way toward determining where the Grizzlies end up and whether they head straight to the NBA playoffs ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves are gearing up for an exciting 2024-25 NBA season with an amazing ... after leading the Wolves to the 2024 Western Conf. Finals. The Timberwolves are determined to ...

Taking their place at third in the standings is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have already secured a spot in the NBA postseason ... In many ways, the current Western playoff picture is the ideal ...

Matt Levine works as a contributing writer for Newsweek based in California. His expertise is in covering the NBA but he also covers multiple other sports. He has been with Newsweek since 2024.

forward Kevin Durant has been named the Western Conference Player of the Week for March 17-23, the NBA announced today. "This marks Durant’s 33rd career NBA Player of the Week honor, second as a ...

Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the Kia NBA Western Conference Player of the Month Award for games played in March. Across 14 games in March — in which the Thunder finished a white ...

Santa Cruz Warriors forward Jackson Rowe celebrates a dunk against the Valley Suns on Tuesday during the first round of the NBA G League Western Conference playoffs. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz ...

SAN ANTONIO — The NBA announced Stephon Castle as the Western Conference KIA Rookie of the Month for the month of March. Castle now joins David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Victor Wembanyama as the ...