MIAMI (AP) — There’s one day left in the NBA’s truncated regular season, and only two of the eight first-round postseason matchups opening this weekend have all the particulars decided.
Indiana has home-court over Orlando, and San Antonio has it against Utah.
Just about everything else related to the playoff bracket — plus the scoring race and Charlotte’s quest to avoid becoming the NBA’s worst team ever — gets decided over the course of 13 games Thursday night. Anyone want to play the Chicago Bulls or Miami Heat? Who’ll host Game 1s in the Celtics-Hawks and Clippers-Grizzlies series? Will Dallas open its title defense against Oklahoma City in a Western Conference finals rematch?
When the season’s final whistle blows, all those answers will be known. Some first-round schedules may come out Thursday as well.
