The NBA playoff bracket is taking form in the final week of the 2026 regular season with both the Eastern Conference standings and Western Conference standings.
The Detroit Pistons have locked up the 1-seed in the East, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are close to clinching the 1-seed in the West and home-court advantage in the 2026 NBA Finals − should they get there for their title defense.
But the Play-In Tournament in both conferences is fluid, and is particularly crazy in the East.
Here is a look at the 2026 NBA playoffs, NBA standings and the Play-In Tournament entering Tuesday’s games.
Eastern Conference standings
All 10 teams in each conference have already secured either a playoff berth or an NBA Play-In Tournament spot. Teams seeded 7-10 in each conference will participate in the play-in to determine the Nos. 7-8 seeds.
According to PlayoffStatus.com, the Hawks are 92% to finish with the 5-seed or 6-seed, the Raptors are 56% to stay out of the play-in and the Sixers are 33% to avoid it. The Sixers own tiebreakers over the Raptors, Hornets and Magic. The Heat are 87% to finish in the 9-seed or 10-seed. The Raptors host the Heat on Tuesday and on Thursday. The Hornets visit the Celtics on Tuesday.
Western Conference standings
The Clippers lead the season series over the Blazers, 2-1, but play at Portland on Friday.
NBA playoffs bracket 2026
Here are the matchups entering Tuesday, April 7, with six days left in the regular season:
Eastern Conference bracket
Western Conference bracket
The NBA does not re-seed after the first round, so in each conference, the 1/8 winner will play the 4/5 winner, and the 2/7 winner will play the 3/6 winner in the conference semifinals.
NBA Play-In Tournament bracket
Entering play on Tuesday, April 7:
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
How does NBA Play-In Tournament work?
How does the 2026 NBA Play-In Tournament work? It features eight teams, four from each conference.
The tournament, first instituted in 2020 with its current version adopted in 2022, involves the Nos. 7-10 teams in each conference battling for the seventh and eighth playoff seeds.
Tuesday, April 14
Winners secure No. 7 seed in the playoffs in their respective conferences. Losers will host win-or-go-home game for No. 8 seed.
Wednesday, April 15
Winners advance to final game of Play-In Tournament. Losers are eliminated.
Friday, April 17
Winners in each conference earn No. 8 seed in the NBA playoffs. Losing teams eliminated.
How to watch NBA Play-In Tournament
Prime Video will broadcast all six games of the NBA Play-In Tournament. The game schedule will be announced after the regular season ends Sunday, April 12.
Watch the NBA on Prime Video
Who will Pistons play in first round of NBA playoffs?
The Pistons will face one of six teams who qualify for the playoffs as the 8-seed in the East: Hawks, Raptors, 76ers, Hornets, Magic or Heat.
The Pistons have already clinched the No. 1 seed, earning home-court advantage through the first three rounds.
NBA playoff schedule 2026
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: NBA playoff bracket, Eastern Conference standings for Play-In Tournament
Reporting by Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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