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17.04.2014 Sports News

NBA: regular season rankings and combinations of playoffs

17.04.2014 LISTEN
By Moutakilou MUMUNI - en.africatopsports.com

Qualified forces for the playoffs in the NBA were known before the last day of the regular season played last night. The aim of this last act of the first phase of the North American basketball championship was therefore to know the rank of each franchise to establish combinations for the first round of the playoffs.

The race to succeed the Miami Heat will begin on April 20.

After 82 games for each franchise, here is the photo finish for the Top 8 of the two conferences.

Qualified for the play- offs
Eastern Conference : 1st Indiana ( 56v , 26d ), 2nd Miami ( 54v , 28d ) , 3rd Toronto ( 48v , 34d ), 4th Chicago ( 48v , 34d ) , 5th Washington ( 44v , 38d ), 6th Brooklyn ( 44v , 38d) 7th Charlotte ( 43v , 39d ) and 8 Atlanta ( 38v , 44d) .

Western Conference : 1st San Antonio ( 62V , 20d ), 2nd Oklahoma City ( 59V , 23d ), 3rd LA Clippers ( 57v , 25d ), 4th Houston (54v , 28d ) , 5th Portland ( 54v , 28d ), 6th Golden State ( 51v , 31d), 7th Memphis ( 50v , 32d ) and 8 Dallas (49v , 33d).

Posters for the first round of playoffs
Eastern Conference: Indiana-Atlanta / / Miami-Charlotte / / Toronto-Brooklyn / / Chicago-Washington.

Western Conference: San Antonio-Dallas/ / Oklahoma City- Memphis/ / LA Clippers -Golden State/ / Houston- Portland.

See complete ranking of the regular season here. http://africa.global.nba.com/stats/league/teamConfStandings.xhtml?locale=en

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