Editor's note: Standings and playoff matchups have been updated below.
The final weekend of the 2024-25 NBA regular season is looming, as teams launch their final pushes for playoff seeding.
And while the No. 1 seeds in the respective conferences are locked in – with the Oklahoma City Thunder rolling out West and the Cleveland Cavaliers clinching the East – the standings could otherwise see plenty of movement in the final stretch.
Nowhere is that more evident than in the middle of the Western Conference, where one game separates the No. 4 team from the No. 7 team.
With each team still having three games left, here are the NBA standings at the end of the regular season and the current projection for this year's playoff bracket:
Latest NBA playoff standings
The top six teams in each conference automatically make the playoffs. Teams in positions 7-10 qualify for the play-in tournament.
Eastern Conference
| Seed | Team | Record | Games back |
| 1. | Cleveland Cavaliers - c | 64-17 | -- |
| 2. | Boston Celtics - x | 60-21 | 4 |
| 3. | New York Knicks - x | 50-31 | 14 |
| 4. | Indiana Pacers - x | 49-32 | 15 |
| 5. | Milwaukee Bucks - x | 47-34 | 17 |
| 6. | Detroit Pistons - x | 44-37 | 20 |
| 7. | Orlando Magic - pi | 41-40 | 23 |
| 8. | Atlanta Hawks - pi | 39-42 | 25 |
| 9. | Chicago Bulls - pi | 38-43 | 26 |
| 10. | Miami Heat - pi | 37-44 | 27 |
| 11. | Toronto Raptors - o | 30-51 | 34 |
| 12. | Brooklyn Nets - o | 26-55 | 38 |
| 13. | Philadelphia 76ers - ...
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