![]() ![]() Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. Without further ado, here's how the West will shake out in the regular season: In addition, we'll examine which teams will make the biggest turnarounds this season and which teams could be in for the most turmoil. Or you can just follow along the next two weeks, we'll also roll out our predictions for the 2013-14 rookie of the year, best newcomer, worst newcomer, MVP, conference champions and NBA champion. To participate in the discussion and perhaps get your opinion published on this page, #ESPNForecast is the Twitter hashtag to use. We'll announce one team every half-hour (from 1 to 15), starting at noon ET. Will the defending champion Spurs finish with the West's best record again?įor our results, we surveyed our ESPN Forecast panel. Today, our Summer Forecast takes a look at how the Western Conference stacks up after a busy offseason. On Monday, we unveiled our projected Eastern Conference standings for 2014-15. NBA, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz ![]() 1 Bucks in the 2019 Eastern Conference finals.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser 1-seeded Bucks in the "playoff bubble" in 2020 the Raptors knocked out the No. Milwaukee eliminated the Bulls in five games in the first round of last year's playoffs the Bucks beat the Heat and Hawks on their way to the NBA title in 2021 the Heat upset the No. The Bucks have recent playoff history with all these teams. 10 Chicago Bulls play in the other opening-round play-in game with the loser eliminated. 7 seed) play the Atlanta Hawks, the eighth seed, in a play-in game, while the No. The winner of the 9-10 matchup plays the loser of the 7-8 game for the right to advance to play the No. The winner of the 7-8 game advances to play the No. The loser of the 9-10 matchup is eliminated. More: Who are the Bucks most likely to face in the first round of the NBA playoffs? How does the NBA play-in tournament work in 2023? Western Conference standings -Phoenix Suns (62-14) y-Memphis Grizzlies (54-23), 8.5 games back x-Dallas Mavericks (48-29), 14.5 Golden State Warriors (48-29), 14.5 Utah Jazz (46-31), 16.5. 2 seeds won't initially know their first-round opponents. But now that the NBA has implemented a play-in tournament the last few seasons, the No. The 4-5 and 3-6 matchups of the first round will be known after the regular season is over on Sunday, April 9. That's unclear due to the many scenarios of the play-in tournament but it's down to four teams. Who could the Bucks play in the first round as the No. Games 1 and 2 of that best-of-seven series will be played at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks' first-round series begins Sunday, April 16. Teams in the 7-10 seed range will compete in a play-in tournament beginning April 11. The Bucks did not have home-court advantage when they won the NBA title in 2021 over the Phoenix Suns. The Bucks will have home court throughout the playoffs and will host the first two games of the NBA Finals if they get there. The West-leading Denver Nuggets finished with a 52-29 record. Do the Bucks have the best record in the NBA? Teams 1-6 have qualified for the playoffs, while teams 7-10 are competing in a play-in tournament this week. What teams in the Eastern Conference made the playoffs or in the play-in tournament? Tatum reached the 40-point mark again, while Jaylen Brown added 30 on 13 of 20 shooting. 14 behind 40 from Jrue Holiday, with many of Boston's stars out of the lineup, and the Celtics just trounced the Bucks March 30, 140-99, at Fiserv Forum. The Celtics defeated the Bucks, 139-118, in a Christmas Day showdown at TD Garden as Jayson Tatum scored 41 points the Bucks won, 131-125, in overtime on Feb. But since the Bucks have a three-game lead over the Celtics with two games to play for both teams, Milwaukee will finish with at least a one-game edge. ![]() 1 seed if both teams had finished the regular season with the same records. Thanks to winning the season series over the Bucks, 2-1, the Celtics would have earned the No. Who had the tiebreaker if both the Bucks and Celtics had finished with the same record? It's the same seed they had last year on their way to the NBA Finals. The reigning Eastern Conference champion Celtics will be the No. Who is the Eastern Conference's second-best team? The playoffs begin for the Bucks on Sunday, April 16, at Fiserv Forum in Game 1 of a first-round series. The Bucks are 32-9 at home this season and 26-15 on the road. ![]()
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