NBA Playoff Standings 2026 for Final Regular-Season Records, Seedings and Bracket

The NBA regular season has concluded, and the next phase of the schedule will start Tuesday with the beginning of the play-in tournament.

Here is a look at the final regular season standings with win-loss records, playoff seeds and the bracket matchups.

Eastern Conference

	Team	W	L	Status
1	DET	60	22	Clinched No. 1 Seed
2	BOS	56	26	Clinched No. 2 Seed
3	NYK	53	29	Clinched No. 3 Seed
4	CLE	52	30	Clinched No. 4 Seed
5	TOR	46	36	Clinched No. 5 Seed
6	ATL	46	36	Clinched No. 6 Seed
7	PHI	45	37	Clinched No. 7 Seed
8	ORL	45	37	Clinched No. 8 Seed
9	CHA	44	38	Clinched No. 9 Seed
10	MIA	43	39	Clinched No. 10 Seed
11	MIL	32	50	Eliminated
12	CHI	31	51	Eliminated
13	BKN	20	62	Eliminated
14	IND	19	63	Eliminated
15	WAS	17	65	Eliminated

First-Round Matchups

• No. 1 Detroit Pistons vs. No. 8 Seed
• No. 2 Boston Celtics vs. No. 7 Seed
• No. 3 New York Knicks vs. No. 6 Atlanta Hawks
• No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. No. 5 Toronto Raptors
• Semifinals: 1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner; 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner

Play-In Information

• Winner of No. 7 Philadelphia 76ers vs. No. 8 Orlando Magic play-in will be No. 7 seed.
• Loser of No. 9 Charlotte Hornets vs. No. 10 Miami Heat will be eliminated.
• Loser of 76ers/Magic vs. Winner of Hornets/Heat will be No. 8 seed.
• Semifinals: 1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner; 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner

Western Conference

	Team	W	L	Status
1	OKC	64	18	Clinched No. 1 Seed
2	SAS	62	20	Clinched No. 2 Seed
3	DEN	54	28	Clinched No. 3 Seed
4	LAL	53	29	Clinched No. 4 Seed
5	HOU	52	30	Clinched No. 5 Seed
6	MIN	49	33	Clinched No. 6 Seed
7	PHX	45	37	Clinched No. 7 Seed
8	POR	42	40	Clinched No. 8 Seed
9	LAC	42	40	Clinched No. 9 Seed
10	GSW	37	45	Clinched No. 10 Seed
11	NOP	26	56	Eliminated
12	DAL	26	56	Eliminated
13	MEM	25	57	Eliminated
14	SAC	22	60	Eliminated
15	UTA	22	60	Eliminated

First-Round Matchups

• No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder vs. No. 8 Seed
• No. 2 San Antonio Spurs vs. No. 7 Seed
• No. 3 Denver Nuggets vs. No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves
• No. 4 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 5 Houston Rockets

Play-In Information

• Winner of No. 7 Phoenix Suns vs. No. 8 Portland Trail Blazers play-in will be No. 7 seed.
• Loser of No. 9 Los Angeles Clippers vs. No. 10 Golden State Warriors will be eliminated.
• Loser of Suns/Trail Blazers vs. Winner of Clippers/Warriors will be No. 8 seed.
• Semifinals: 1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner; 2/7 winner vs. 3/6 winner

The NBA has already released its schedule for Game 1 of each first-round matchup.

The Oklahoma City Thunder lead the NBA championship odds ledger at +125 overall, per FanDuel Sportsbook. The San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics are next at +550 apiece, and the Denver Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers then sit at 11-1. The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons round out the top seven at 20-1.

The Thunder are looking to become back-to-back NBA champions, marking the first team to do so since the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018.

OKC leads the NBA championship odds ledger at +125 overall, per FanDuel Sportsbook. The San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics are next at +550 apiece, and the Denver Nuggets and Cleveland Cavaliers then sit at 11-1. The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons round out the top seven at 20-1.

All of those teams can make a case for being the NBA champion. OKC is the favorite for a reason and just won an NBA-high 64 games. The upstart Spurs' time could be now, and they did quite well against OKC, winning four of five games.

The Celtics are the Eastern Conference favorites with Jayson Tatum back in the mix from a torn Achilles. The 60-win Pistons could be a problem, and like the Spurs, they may announce their early arrival to the league amid a rapid rebuild.

The Cavaliers have a shot with the talented superstar backcourt of James Harden and Donovan Mitchell leading the way. The Knicks strongly threatened to win the Eastern Conference title last year and run it back with the same starting five and an arguably better bench.

The Nuggets, of course, are led by arguably the league's best player in center Nikola Jokić, who could very well pilot this team to a second championship in four years.

It should be an exciting postseason. The No. 7 and No. 8 seeds still need to be decided, though, but that will happen soon enough before the playoffs get going Saturday.