The 2021-22 NBA regular season has come to a close, and only one team moved up in the standings from where it started the day: the Boston Celtics, who jumped to No. 2 in the East by way of their victory over the Memphis Grizzlies and the Milwaukee Bucks’ loss to the Cavaliers.
The play-in tournament begins on Tuesday. First-round games start on Saturday.
Reminder on how the play-in tournament works: No. 7 plays No. 8 and No. 9 plays No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 game gets the No. 7 seed, while the loser plays the winner of the 9-10 game for the No. 8 seed.
Below are the final seeds and the corresponding first round and play-in matchups.
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Eastern Conference
1. Miami Heat
- First-round opponent: No. 8 seed (play-in results)
2. Boston Celtics
- First-round opponent: Brooklyn/Cleveland play-in winner
3. Milwaukee Bucks
- First-round opponent: vs. Bulls
4. Philadelphia 76ers
- First-round opponent: vs. Raptors
5. Toronto Raptors
- First-round opponent: at 76ers
6. Chicago Bulls
The Bulls are locked into the No. 6 seed.
- First-round opponent: at Bucks
East play-in matchups
- April 12: No. 8 Cleveland Cavaliers at No. 7 Brooklyn Nets
- April 13: No. 10 Charlotte Hornets at No. 9 Atlanta Hawks
- April 15: Winner of Charlotte/Atlanta vs. Loser of Cleveland/Brooklyn
Western Conference
1. Phoenix Suns
- First-round opponent: No. 8 seed (play-in results)
2. Memphis Grizzlies
- First-round opponent: vs. Timberwolves/Clippers play-in winner
3. Golden State Warriors
- First-round opponent: vs. Nuggets
4. Dallas Mavericks
- First-round opponent: vs. Jazz
5. Utah Jazz
- First-round opponent: at Mavericks
6. Denver Nuggets
- First-round opponent: at Warriors
West play-in matchups
- April 12: No. 8 Los Angeles Clippers at No. 7 Minnesota Timberwolves
- April 13: No. 10 San Antonio Spurs at No. 9 New Orleans Pelicans
- April 15: Loser of Clippers/Minnesota vs. Winner of San Antonio/New Orleans
