The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.

The midway point has arrived in the 2025-26 NBA season. Teams are hitting the 41-game threshold this week, and various races are becoming more clear in the NBA standings. Today, we're focusing on the Western Conference.

With more than half the NBA having reached the halfway point of their seasons, it’s high time we assess how teams are traveling in relation to their internal expectations.

No one is catching the Thunder for the best defense in the league this season. But the battle for No. 2 is hot.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Jay Huff scored 29 points and posted nine rebounds to lead the Pacers to a 127-119 win over the Pelicans on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a battle between the last place teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences.

Tyrese Maxey could easily begin rattling off several games that the 76ers had already let slip away this season. Both visits to the Chicago Bulls. Both contests against the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons,

The NBA action on Saturday, Jan. 17 features many of the top teams in the league and plenty of games that will have a lasting effect on the playoff standings.

The Denver Nuggets scored 100-plus points in 136 consecutive games in the 1980s. Check out other high-scoring teams throughout NBA history now.