East:
1. Bulls
2. Heat
3. Hawks
4. Knick's
5. Pacers
6. Celtics
7. 76ers
8. Magic
(The Bucks, and the Bobcats might get a seed, the bucks are the most likely to get the seed, however, the Bobcats won the seat in last year's game. So the Charlotte Bobcats have a better reputation for winning aganst the Milwaukee Bucks in big situations for playoff opportunities. But it could go either way.).)
In 2011 here are the teams that made the playoffs:
From the East:
(1) Chicago Bulls
(2) Miami Heat
(3) Boston Celtics
(4) Orlando Magic
(5) Atlanta Hawks
(6) New York Knicks
(8) Indiana Pacers
From the West:
(1) San Antonio Spurs
(3) Dallas Mavericks
(4) Oklahoma City Thunder
(5) Denver Nuggets
(6) Portland Trail Blazers
(7) New Orleans Hornets
Parenthesis represent seed numbers
pacers
name the nba teams from last year playoffs
Larry Brown led seven NBA teams (Nuggets, Nets, Spurs, Clippers, Pacers, 76ers and Pistons) to the NBA Playoffs.
Oklahoma city
8 in the eastern conference and 8 in the western conference so a total of 16 teams make the playoffs ervy year
16 teams total make the NBA playoffs, 8 teams from the Western Conference and 8 teams from the Eastern Conference. The teams with the eight best records in each conference will play in the playoffs. Division leaders are placed within the top four, and the next best record is also in the top four.
The bad ones?
16 teams. 8 from the western conference and 8 from the eastern conference.
Well, there are 16 teams who makes it to the NBA playoffs each season. So Mathematically, in 12 years multiplied to 16 teams per year, that would be 192 teams. But of course there's only one team is being declared as the NBA champion each season.
espn/nba bracket
The top eight teams from each conference make the playoffs. If you win your division you're almost always guaranteed a playoff spot.
Nets And Wizards