{"id":549907,"date":"2026-03-20T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T22:24:11","slug":"2026-nba-playoffs-standings-bracket-and-clinching-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549907\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Playoffs: Standings, bracket and clinching updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2114983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Playoffs-Picture-2026-3-19-26-16x9-YTThumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/standings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest NBA Standings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Below are the latest playoff clinching, playoff seeding and playoff elimination scenarios for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2026-nba-playoffs-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2026 NBA playoffs<\/a>. The SoFi Play-In Tournament begins April 14 and the NBA Playoffs begin April 18.<\/p>\n<p>Postseason scenarios for March 20<\/p>\n<p>Detroit clinches a playoff spot with a win vs. Golden State<\/p>\n<p>NBA Playoffs bracket<\/p>\n<p>(After games played on March 19)<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder\u00a0vs. (8) Play-In Winner<\/p>\n<p>(2) San Antonio Spurs vs. (7) Play-In Winner<\/p>\n<p>(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Denver Nuggets<\/p>\n<p>(4) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (5) Houston Rockets<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p>(1) Detroit Pistons vs. (8) Play-In Winner<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0Boston Celtics\u00a0vs. (7) Play-In Winner<\/p>\n<p>(3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Atlanta Hawks<\/p>\n<p>(4) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (5) Toronto Raptors<\/p>\n<p>SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament<\/p>\n<p>(After games played on March 19)<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p>(7) Phoenix Suns vs. (8) LA Clippers<\/p>\n<p>(9) Portland Trail Blazers vs. (10) Golden State Warriors<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p>(7) Orlando Magic vs. (8) Miami Heat<\/p>\n<p>(9) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (10) Charlotte Hornets<\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-play-in-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament FAQ and format explainer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When do the playoffs start?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the key dates for the NBA postseason:<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament will take place April 14-17.<br \/>\nThe first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs will start April 18.<br \/>\nGame 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals will be June 3.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2026-nba-playoffs-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full postseason schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which teams have clinched a playoff spot?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the teams that have clinched a playoff berth:<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City Thunder<br \/>\nSan Antonio Spurs<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p>Which teams have been eliminated?<\/p>\n<p>Here are the teams that have been eliminated from postseason contention (listed in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Kings<br \/>\nUtah Jazz<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Nets<br \/>\nIndiana Pacers<br \/>\nWashington Wizards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 Latest NBA Standings Below are the latest playoff clinching, playoff seeding and playoff elimination scenarios for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[213819,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-549907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-2026-nba-playoffs-scenarios-clinchings","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}