Who’s in First Place in the NBA?

The answer to who’s in first place in the NBA may surprise you. Check out our latest blog post to find out which team is currently leading the pack.

The NBA’s Regular Season

It’s almost the end of the NBA’s regular season, and there’s still a lot of uncertainty about who will end up in first place. As of now, the Golden State Warriors are in the lead, but the Houston Rockets are close behind. It’s going to be a close race to the finish!

The NBA’s regular season standings

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional men’s basketball league in North America, composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). It is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, and is widely considered to be the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world.

The regular season standings are displayed below:

The NBA’s regular season schedule

The NBA’s regular season schedule is 82 games long, and it typically runs from late October/early November to mid-April. The schedule is divided evenly between home and away games, with each team playing 41 games at home and 41 games on the road.

During the regular season, each team plays every other team in its conference four times, and each team in the other conference three times. The remaining two games on each team’s schedule are determined by their final standing from the previous season; teams that finish in the same position in their conference are matched up against each other.

The NBA playoffs start at the end of April, with the top eight teams in each conference qualifying for the postseason. The playoffs are a best-of-seven series, and they follow a traditional tournament bracket.

The NBA’s Playoffs

The 2017-2018 NBA season is coming to an end, and the playoffs are right around the corner. The race for the first seed in each conference is heating up, and it’s anyone’s guess who will come out on top. Let’s take a look at the teams that are in the running.

The NBA’s playoff standings

As the regular season comes to a close, the NBA’s playoff race is heating up.

In the Eastern Conference, the Milwaukee Bucks have clinched the top seed and home court advantage throughout the playoffs. The Toronto Raptors are in second place, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics.

In the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors have clinched the top seed. The Denver Nuggets are in second place, followed by the Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The NBA playoffs will begin on April 13th.

The NBA’s playoff schedule

The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the NBA’s regular season to determine the league’s champion. The tournament winner receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy. Seven teams from each of the league’s two conferences qualify for the playoffs.

The NBA Finals

The NBA Finals are the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion. The winning team of the NBA Finals are awarded the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

The NBA Finals standings

With the regular season over, the stage is set for the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors are the returning champions and they are in first place in the Western Conference. The Warriors will face the winner of the Eastern Conference, which is currently being contested between the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee Bucks.

The Warriors are favored to win the Finals, but anything can happen in a seven-game series. The Raptors and Bucks both have excellent teams and it should be a close series. Whichever team comes out of the East will have their work cut out for them when they face the Warriors.

The NBA Finals schedule

The NBA Finals are the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western conference champions play a best-of-seven game series to determine the league champion.

The winners of the NBA Finals are awarded the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy, which replicates in silver the outline of a basketball. Winners from 1953 to 1983 received the Walter A. Brown Trophy, named in honor of the former owner of the Boston Celtics.

Since 1984, winners have received the Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award. Russell (1956, 1957, 1959–66, 1968, 1969) is the only player to have been named Finals MVP eleven times; his teammates Bob Cousy and Sam Jones each won it nine times. Jerry West (1969) and Michael Jordan (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998) have each been named Finals MVP eight times:West is also The Finals MVP award is given to the best performing player of the entire series.Moses Malone(1983) is the only player to have been named MVP three times; Wilt Chamberlain(1972), Hakeem Olajuwon(1994 and1995), Shaquille O’Neal(2000), LeBron James (2012–2016), and Kawhi Leonard (2019) have each been named MVP twice.”