Who Is In Nba Playoffs 2021?

Who is in the NBA playoffs 2021? The answer may surprise you. Check out our blog for the full list of teams and their chances of winning the championship.

Eastern Conference

The Eastern Conference is home to some of the best basketball teams in the NBA. The conference is made up of the Atlantic and Central divisions. The top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs. The Eastern Conference has been home to some of the most dominant teams in NBA history. The Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls have all made the playoffs in recent years.

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Fiserv Forum. Former senators Herb Kohl and Graydon Forster were the original owners of the franchise; Forster remained the owner until his death in 2019. The team is currently owned by Wes Edens and Marc Lasry.

The Bucks have won four conference titles (1971, 1974, 2001, and 2020), two division titles (1970 and 1971), and 17 playoff appearances. They have featured such notable players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sidney Moncrief, Oscar Robertson, Bob Lanier, Junior Bridgeman, Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen, Sam Cassell, Michael Redd, Terry Cummings, Vin Baker, Jon McGlocklinm Paul Presseym Alec Brownm Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are a basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played their home games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum from 1972 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 2012.

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 76ers play their home games at the Wells Fargo Center, which they share with the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers.

Washington Wizards

The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at the Capital One Arena, in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

The organization was established in 1961 as the Chicago Packers based in Chicago, Illinois, and were renamed to the Chicago Zephyrs the following season. In 1963, they relocated to Baltimore, Maryland, and became the Baltimore Bullets, taking on the name of a previous team of the same name that played in that city from 1947 to 1954. In 1973, the team changed its name to the Capital Bullets to reflect their move to Washington, D.C., after which they reverted to their old name seven years later. In 1997, they rebranded themselves as the Wizards.

The Wizards have appeared in four NBA Finals: in 1971 (as the Bullets), 1975 (also as the Bullets), 1978 (still as the Bullets), and 1979 (still as the Bullets). They have won one conference title (in 1971), and seven division titles (in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979 1980). Their best season came in 1975 with a record of 60–22.

Western Conference

As the regular season comes to a close, the playoff picture is becoming clearer. In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers have clinched the top spot, with the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers, and Utah Jazz rounding out the top four. The Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies, and Dallas Mavericks are currently fighting for the final spot.

Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA; they hold numerous franchise records, including winning a record-tying 17 NBA championships, having made more appearances in the NBA Finals than any other team, and owning an all-time regular season winning percentage of .625.

Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Clippers compete in the Western Conference’s Pacific Division. The team plays its home games at the Staples Center, an arena shared with fellow NBA team the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974.

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference, Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The franchise began play as an expansion team in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in the league in their early years. In 1985, they traded star player Adrian Dantley to the Detroit Pistons for Mark Aguirre, and things slowly started to turn around.

In 1988, they picked up John Stockton and Karl Malone; between them, Stockton and Malone spent more than 20 seasons with the Jazz and are considered among the best point guard–power forward duos of all time. They also picked up Jeff Hornacek during that time; he would go on to have a successful career with them as well. In 1996, after losing Stockton and Malone to free agency, they rebuilt around rookie point guard Daron Williams and eventually returned to prominence by 2005 when they reacquired Malone currently; They have made the playoffs every year from 2005 to 2019 except one. They ranked first in defensively efficiency during that time frame; Williams went on to be co-runner up for Rookie of The Year that season. With Hall of Fame head coach Jerry Sloan at the helm for 23 seasons from 1988 to 2011, they became one of only six NBA franchises with 1,000 wins during that time period; this included two trips to conference finals in 1997 and 1998 where they narrowly missed out on qualifying for NBA Finals both times. After Sloan left late in 2010/11 season, Tyrone Corbin became head coach but was let go halfway through his fourth season when the franchise once again failed to make playoffs.

Quin Snyder was then hired prior to 2014–15 season whereupon he led Jazz to three consecutive playoff berths including a conference semifinal appearance in 2017 where they narrowly lost 4–3 series against eventual NBA runner-up Golden State Warriors despite being down 0–3 in series at one point; This was followed by another conference semifinal appearance under Snyder in 2018 where they lost 4–2 against Houston Rockets