2025 NBA playoff picture: Updated standings, bracket, projected matchups

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.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementNowhere is that more evident than in the middle of the Western Conference, where one game separates the No. 4 team from the No. 8 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 standingsThe top six teams in each conference automatically make the playoffs. Teams in positions 7-10 qualify for the play-in tournament.Eastern ConferenceSeedTeamRecordGames back1.Cleveland Cavaliers - c64-17...