The Memphis Grizzlies captured the last NBA playoff spot last night with a win over the Phoenix Suns, who were the surprise NBA team this season. With the elimination Suns exciting backcourt of Goran Dragic, Gerald Green, and Eric Bledsoe from the Western Conference playoff contention, the 2014 NBA Playoffs are all set — no need to talk NBA tiebreakers.
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With 47 wins, the Phoenix Suns are only the 5th NBA team not to make the playoffs with that many wins. The Grizzlies join 15 other NBA teams in the 2014 NBA Playoffs:
Eastern Conference
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Toronto Raptors
- Chicago Bulls
- Brooklyn Nets
- Washington Wizards
- Charlotte Bobcats
- Atlanta Hawks
Western Conference:
- San Antonio Spurs
- Okalhoma City Thunder
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Houston Rockets
- Portland Trailblazers
- Golden State Warriors
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Dallas Mavericks
Print Your NBA Playoff Brackets
Now that all the NBA playoff seeds determined, it’s time to print out your NBA Playoff brackets for your office pool. Far less popular and far fewer upsets than March Madness bracket-filling, the NBA still provides excitement as the top 16 teams battle in a series of 7 -game battles with the team with the better overall record getting the extra home game.
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Many of the major sports websites, such as ESPN, CBS, and even the NBA hasn’t released or updated their playoff brackets yet, but Interbasket was able to find some websites offering up blank, empty and seeded brackets for the 2014 NBA Playoffs.
The following NBA playoff bracket doesn’t come with a PDF version but does have each seeded team, their logo, along with their win/loss records. Comprehensive and aesthetically-pleasing, it’s too bad this printable bracket doesn’t come in a higher-resolution image or PDF.
PrintYourBrackets.com allows you to print out completely fully-fillable, blank NBA Playoff bracket for 2014. To print out this NBA playoff bracket, click on the image to download it in PDF version first.
Similar to the NBA bracket above, I found this fillable, empty 2014 playoff bracket. Though it doesn’t have the 2014 playoff teams filled out, it does come in PDF form for it to be printed out. Right click on the image to “save as” a PDF first, then open it up and print out your bracket.
Another basic blank bracket without a PDF version. If you like bare bones, no frills when it comes to your NBA playoff brackets, this one is for you:
Top NBA Teams in the Playoff Bracket
Yes, there’s 16 teams in the playoff, and though there’s a chance that any of the teams will come out of the bracket as a champtionship. Interbasket makes their predictions of which teams have the best chance of bringing home the 2014 NBA title.
OKC Thunder: The Oklahoma City Thunder were expected to struggle when Russell Westbrook went down with an injury, but all that did was allow Kevin Durant to show just how unstoppable he is on the offensive end. With Westbrook back, Caron Butler in the mix, Steven Adams throwing his muscle around, Jeremy Lamb finding his niche off the bench, and Reggie Jackson continuing to show he could start for almost any other team, the OKC Thunder are bracket favorites. Out of all those factors, the Thunder have already been to the finals.
Miami Heat: The favorites to come out of the NBA playoff bracket this year are the Miami Heat, who are looking for their third consecutive championship. Led by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the Heat have played to expectations, but have faltered as of late and fighting off injuries.
San Antonio Spurs: Isn’t it every year we talk about the San Antonio Spurs finally losing their polish and have an expected fall from grace? Still, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and a crew of support players ignore the expectations and just keep balling. The aging Spurs somehow keep it going, and somehow find a way to win 62 games and locked up the #1 seed in the insanely-tough Western Conference.
Indiana Pacers: Along with the Heat, the Pacers are not playing so hot. The Pacers came out of the gate like gangbusters and are still the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Still, between scoring droughts, inconsistent play from their stars and internal drama, the Pacers have been taken a couple notches down despite their high seeding in the playoff bracket.
Houston Rockets: The Rockets have the makings of a great team. With James Harden and Dwight Howard, they have two of the best at their positions. With Chandler Parsons, they have an underrated third star. Terrence Jones is coming into his own. The problems? Playoff experience. Also, Patrick Beverly is serviceable, but the Rockets need an upgrade on the point guard side. They also need to add a couple other players other than Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik coming off the bench.
With the NBA playoff field set, who are you picking to come out of bracket?
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