Starting Final Day, NBA Hasn't Decided Any Playoff Matchups

The NBA plays the final day of its regular season on Sunday, having settled—over the course of six months and 81 games—precisely none of its playoff and postseason matchups. There are 10 teams locked into specific seeds in the Eastern and Western conferences, there are 10 other teams that know their seasons will end on Sunday, and 10 more still have some level of uncertainty going into the day, the AP reports. By the end of Sunday, four first-round series matchups—those starting next weekend—will be known, as will the first four play-in tournament matchups that will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday.

"We're just excited to be in this situation," said Atlanta coach Quin Snyder, whose Hawks are playoff-bound—but don't know if they'll be the No. 5 or No. 6 seed in the East, so they don't know their first-round matchup either. "Whoever we play is going to be really good," he said. No team needs to win on Sunday to extend its season. There are 10 teams eliminated from postseason contention that all know Game 82 is the end of the road. But for the other 20 teams, there will be an 83rd game, either in the play-in this coming week or in the playoffs that start next weekend. That doesn't mean those 20 teams all have nothing to play for Sunday. The AP breaks down what's up for grabs here.