With two days left in the NBA's regular season, the playoffs virtually have already begun for a handful of teams.
Meanwhile, some of the league's elite are jockeying not only for top seeds, which decide match-ups, but also for the right to host playoff games. Home-court advantage is determined solely by record, not by seeding or division crowns.
In the Western Conference, Anthony Davis and the resilient Pelicans are tantalizingly close to edging out injury-plagued Oklahoma City for the conference's eighth and final playoff position. It would be New Orleans' first postseason appearance since coach Monty Williams' first season in 2010-11, when he had Chris Paul and David West.