But we did get some clarity on Friday night as the Los Angeles Lakers clinched the No. 3 seed with their blowout win over the Houston Rockets. The West's top three seeds are now locked at the Oklahoma City Thunder,

The top six teams in the East are set after the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Detroit Pistons on Friday. The Western Conference could be poised for one final day of chaos on Sunday afternoon. Four teams are within one game of each other in the race for fourth, fifth and sixth place.

The Lakers guaranteed their playoff spot with a win over the Mavs in Luka Dončić's emotional return to Dallas on Wednesday night. The Warriors, meanwhile, suffered a crucial loss as the Spurs stunned Golden State on Harrison Barnes' game-winner.

The Lakers and Warriors are among several teams tied up in the Western Conference standings with limited games before the playoffs.

What follows is an attempt to make the playoff picture a little less fuzzy: A breakdown of the various probabilities (per PlayoffStatus.com) for teams currently seeded No. 4 to No. 8, followed by each team's remaining schedule and tiebreaker status.