The Oklahoma City Thunder dominated their way through the regular season and that continued into the first round of the playoffs. Oklahoma City was matched up against Memphis Grizzlies in the first round, and the series was never a close one. The Thunder dominated Game 1 by 51 points before blowing out the Grizzlies by 19 points in Game 2.

Just like that, arguably the Oklahoma City Thunder's biggest threat in the West is gone. The early elimination will surely dominate the airwaves for the next couple of days. As th

The Los Angeles Lakers were projected to compete for the championship this year after acquiring Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks in February. However, the Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round despite having Doncic and LeBron James.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.

All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-seven, and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the better regular-season record in each series will have home-court advantage for that series.