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Eight teams advance regardless of conference. The first round begins September 27, and Las Vegas enters with a top-four seed secured.
Las Vegas closed the regular season with 30 wins and a top-four seed. Now the focus turns to the league’s new postseason path: a best-of-three opening round, best-of-five semifinals and best-of-seven Finals.
Kawhi Leonard is headed back to Toronto, while Minnesota has paired Anthony Edwards with one of the league’s most creative point guards.
The Raptors are acquiring the two-time Finals MVP from the Clippers in a deal centered on Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and future draft capital. Leonard returns to the city where he delivered the 2019 championship—this time to an emerging roster built to contend now.