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NBA playoffs intel: Examining Lakers, Warriors, West contenders

All 30 NBA teams have two regular-season games remaining, but there is still plenty left to be decided.

The Eastern Conference seeding is largely sorted out -- the top six are virtually locked into place -- and lottery races are mostly decided, but the Western Conference playoff picture remains in chaos, with Nos. 3 through 8 separated by just 2 games entering Friday.

And even after the West order is set behind the runaway No. 1 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, no one knows where that side of the playoff bracket could be headed. "It's matchup dependent and then it's rock, paper, scissors from there," a West executive told ESPN.