Led by LeBron James and Luka Dončić, the Lakers are currently third in the Western Conference with a 49-31 record. If they win at least one of their final two games, it will mark their first 50-plus-win season since 2019-20 as well.

The NBA postseason is rapidly approaching, as there are just a few weeks left in the regular season. Therefore, the playoff picture is taking shape, as teams are getting a better of idea of where they fall in the season's standings.

Friday's slate features every team in action, with several seeding matchups and clinching scenarios to monitor throughout the evening.

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.

In an attempt to expand the field of teams eligible for the NBA playoffs, the Play-In Tournament was launched before the 2021 postseason and has injected some competition and excitement to the bottom quarter of the respective brackets in the Eastern and Western conferences.

The top six teams in each conference automatically make the playoffs. Teams in positions 7-10 qualify for the play-in tournament starting April 15.

The 20 postseason-bound teams in the NBA are set. Another playoff spot has been clinched. Another postseason seed has been clinched. And we even know one of the matchups that’ll happen next week in the play-in tournament.