While the Eastern Conference's playoff picture is mostly shaping into form, the standings resemble much more chaos in the wild, wild West. With two games remaining for all teams in the Western Conference, just one game separates the No. 4 seed Denver Nuggets from the No. 8 seed.

The Houston Rockets are officially locked in as the Western Conference's No. 2 seed in the 2025 NBA playoffs. With three games left to play in the regular season, the Rockets clinched the No. 2 spot on Tuesday night when the third-place Los Angeles Lakers lost to the West's top seed,

Who are those teams, what do the current standings look like, and which team became the first to clinch their conference? Find out with this playoff preview. The current Eastern Conference Playoff Standings are: Z (clinched conference);

Three days remain in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, and there is still plenty of for grabs in terms of playoff seeding -- especially in the league's wild West -- as every team has two games remaining on its regular-season schedule.

Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst canvass the league ahead of a potentially wild ride through the West playoffs.

The rest of the season (and Play-In) could shake things up, but as of now, some intriguing first-round series loom.

Four days remain in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, and there is still plenty of for grabs in terms of playoff seeding -- especially in the league's wild West. The Thunder, Rockets and Lakers have clinched playoff berths in the West,

Based on current records, players missing due to injury, remaining opponents and other factors, here's a final projection of the 2025 NBA playoff bracket. The Pacers are getting hot at the right time,

Owen Michaels scored his second goal 26 seconds into the second overtime and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 on Thursday night to advance to its first Frozen Four title game.Brian Kramer also scored and freshman Hampton Slukynsky stopped 20 shots for a veteran-laden Western Michigan team making its Frozen Four debut in its 10th NCAA tournament appearance.

Owen Michaels scored his second goal 26 seconds into the second overtime and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 on Thursday night to advance to its first Frozen Four title game.

Jack Hughes and Cole Eiserman scored as Boston University beat Penn State 3-1 to advance to its first final in 10 years.

To set up that matchup, Western Michigan, making its first Frozen Four appearance, beat reigning champion Denver in an instant classic, 3-2, in double overtime in the first game of the doubleheader on Thursday night in St.

Owen Michaels scored the game winner and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 to advance to its first Frozen Four title game.

Denver, which has won a tournament-leading 10 titles and two in the previous three years, failed in its bid to become the NCAA’s ninth team to repeat as champions, and first since Minnesota-Duluth in

Coach David Carle and the Denver Pioneers were sent packing in the semifinal game of the Frozen Four and their quest for a third championship in four years has come to an end.

Western Michigan (33-7-1), which has won nine in a row, will face Boston University (24-13-4) for the championship at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Boston U. beat Penn State 3-1 in Thursday's other semifinal. Sports-talk radio station KFNS to be sold and change format,