The N-B-A Board of Governors is expected to approve a league proposal today for a 22-team restart of the season in Orlando, Florida (Thursday 11:30 a-m).
The plan calls for 13 Western Conference and nine Eastern Conference teams to begin an eight-game schedule to determine playoff seeds.
When the N-B-A suspended its season on March 11 because of the coronavirus, the Milwaukee Bucks held the best record in the league.
In the West, Memphis, New Orleans, Portland, San Antonio, Sacramento and Phoenix would still have a mathematical chance of earning a spot in a play-in series.
In the East, Washington would have to close to within four games of Orlando or Brooklyn to trigger a play-in series on that side of the bracket.
