STANDINGS
Standings have been arranged to reflect how the teams will be determined for the playoffs. The three division winners from each conference will be the top three seeded teams and the next five teams with the best records will be seeded fourth through eighth. However, if the fourth-seeded team has a better record than the second- or thirdbest division leader, it will move up to second or third. The top eight teams in each conference make the playoffs, and the top-seeded team would play the eighth-seeded team, the seventh team would play the second, etc. Head-to-head competition is the first of several tiebreakers, followed by conference record. (Western Conference divisions: S-Southwest; P-Pacific; N-Northwest; Eastern Conference divisions: A-Atlantic; C-Central; S-Southeast)