NBA Playoffs Bracket Almost Set

The NBA post-season is coming.

There are approximately 10 games left before 16 of the NBA's finest teams, eight from the East and eight from the West, meet for a tournament that will decide the perennial kings of the hardwood this season.

In the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons have already earned home court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs and are bidding for more as they try to take home field advantage throughout the entire playoffs.

Seeds 2 and 3 is where the action's at as of press time. The New Jersey Nets are the hottest team right now in the NBA and with an incredible 12-game winning streak, they are about to challenge the Miami Heat for that second seed.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will finally make their return in the NBA playoffs behind the leadership of their new redeemer, LeBron James. The Cavs, with a first round matchup probably with Washington or Milwaukee, will definitely give LeBron James his first playoff series conquest.

In the Western Conference, two of it's best teams will probably face-off as early as the second round. The San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks are the two best teams in the West but with both playing in the very competitive Southwest Division, NBA fans will see one of these teams exit early because of the league's rules in seeding.

(Three division winners from each conference will earn the top three seeds regardless of win-loss records.)

And that's only half the madness in the West. This year's playoffs will see that ''other'' L.A. team seeded higher than Hollywood's premiere club. Yes, the Clippers are seeded no.5 as of press time and the Lakers, barely making it in this year's playoffs, won't be overtaking the Clips' anytime soon.

There you have it, with 10 more games left to play, teams will be making that last bid to either make it or break it. The NBA playoffs is almost here and playoff basketball has never been as intense.

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