The scenarios of the last day in the NBA – Who are the Bucks playing?

The regular season curtain call at NBA it falls tonight In the East, everything has been decided in terms of ranking, both for the playoffs and for the play ins, unlike the West, where there is a lot to do.

The western games all start at 22:30 Greek time and four of them will decide the ranking: Timberwolves-Pelicans, Lakers-Jazz, Blazers-Warriors and Suns-Clippers.

The Nuggets will definitely be first, the Grizzlies second, the Kings third, the Suns fourth and the Thunder tenth. From there, positions 5 to 9 are up for grabs. The Clippers may be fifth, sixth or seventh, the Warriors from fifth to eighth, the Lakers from sixth to eighth, the Timberwolves from seventh to ninth and the Pelicans they can be from fifth to ninth.

The 16 possible scenarios are 16. Let’s look at the simplest of them:

-The Warriors they’ll be fifth (and play the Suns) or sixth (and play the Kings) with a home win over the indifferent Blazers. If the champs win and so do the Clippers at home to the indifferent Suns, then Golden State is sixth. If the Warriors win and the Clippers lose, Steve Kerr’s team takes fifth place.

-The Clippers with a win at home to the indifferent Suns they will surely be fifth and play Phoenix again in the first round.

-The Lakers with a win over the indifferent Jazz they’ll be sixth or seventh, unless they beat the Pelicans, Warriors and Suns at the same time, in which case they’ll be eighth. They will also be eighth if they lose tonight to the Jazz.

– His loser Timberwolves-Pelicans will be ninth and host the Thunder in the first of two play-in games that they must win to make the playoffs.

-The Pelicans they finish fifth with a win at Minnesota and simultaneous Suns and Blazers wins.

Clearly in the East

In the East, everything has been decided and the games that start at 20:00 (Greece time) are of a procedural nature. The Bucks they are first, the Celtics second, the Sixers third, the Cavaliers fourth, the Knicks fifth and the Nets sixth, with a sure place in the playoffs. In the play-in, seventh-ranked Miami will play eighth-ranked Atlanta on Wednesday morning and ninth-ranked Toronto will play tenth-ranked Chicago on Thursday morning. The winner of the pair Hit-Hawks will play in the first round of the playoffs against the Celtics, while the loser will play the winner Raptors-Bulls and whoever survives this Saturday morning matchup will find the Bucks on their way.

If Giannis Antetokounmpo’s team passes the first round of the playoffs, they will face the winner of the Cavaliers-Knicks, while the Celtics, if they qualify, will play the winner of the Sixers-Nets. For now, the Cavaliers-Knicks and Sixers-Nets they are the only sure pairings in the playoffs.