NBA Daily Playoff Image: The image where the West can be seen more clearly

Between now and the end of the regular season on Sunday, the picture of the NBA playoffs will become clearer every day. In the meantime, we will provide daily detailed updates on the landscape, including magic numbers, relevant tiebreakers and the stakes for the daily playlist.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Playoff spot secured

• Net valuation: 6.8

• Magic number for the top 2 placement:3

• Remaining schedule: @DEN, ATL, PHX

• Highest possible finish: No. 1 seed (not lower than No. 3)

• Own tiebreakers against: Thunder, nuggets

2. Denver Nuggets (55-24)

Playoff spot secured

• Net valuation: 5.4

• Magic number for the top 2 placement:3

• Remaining schedule:MIN, @SAS, @MEM

• Highest possible finish: No. 1 seed (not lower than No. 3)

• No relevant tiebreakers

Playoff spot secured

• Net valuation: 6.2

• Magic number for the top 2 placement: Don't control fate

• Remaining schedule: SAS, MIL, DAL

• Highest possible finish: No. 1 seed (not lower than No. 3)

• Own tiebreakers against: Nuggets

Playoff spot secured

5. Dallas Mavericks (49-30)

Playoff spot secured

• Net valuation: 2.8

• Magic number for seed #5: 1

• Remaining schedule: @MIA, DET, @OKC

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 4 (not lower than No. 6)

• Own tiebreakers against: suns, pelicans

7. Phoenix Suns (46-33)

• Net valuation: 2.8

• Magic number for the top eight:2

• Remaining schedule: @LAC, @SAC, @MIN

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 6

• Own tiebreakers against: Pelicans, warriors

8. Sacramento Kings (45-34)

9. Los Angeles Lakers (45-35)

• Net valuation: 0.4

• Magic number for seed number 9: Don't control fate

• Remaining schedule: @MEM, @NOP

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 6

• Own tiebreakers against: Clippers, Suns

10. Golden State Warriors (44-35)

• Net valuation: 2.4

• Magic number for seed number 9:3

• Remaining schedule: @POR, NOP, UTA

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 6

• Own tiebreakers against: Lakers

The important games on Wednesday (all times Eastern)

Mavericks at Heat (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Spurs at Thunder (8 p.m.)

Timberwolves at Nuggets (10 p.m., ESPN)

Sunning at the Clippers (10:30 p.m.)

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Won No. 1 seed and first-round playoff series against No. 8 seed series (determined by play-in tournament)

Playoff spot secured

• Net valuation: 3.0

• Magic number for the No. 2 seed:2

• Remaining schedule: ORL, @OKC, @ORL

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 2 (not lower than No. 6)

• Own tiebreakers against: Curtsy

3. New York Knicks (47-32)

• Net valuation: 2.3

• Magic number for the top 4 placement:3

• Remaining schedule: @MIL, @PHI, MIL

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 2 (not lower than No. 8)

• Own tiebreakers against: Knicks, Pacers

5. Cleveland Cavaliers (46-33)

• Net valuation: 2.5

• Magic number for the playoff spot:2

• Remaining schedule: MEM, IND, CHA

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 2 (not lower than No. 8)

• Own tiebreakers against: Heat

6. Indiana Pacers (46-34)

• Net valuation: 2.6

• Magic number for the playoff spot:2

• Remaining schedule: @CLE, ATL

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 3 (not lower than No. 8)

• Own tiebreakers against: Bucks, Knicks, 76ers, Heat

7. Philadelphia 76ers (45-35)

• Net valuation: 2.8

• Magic number for the playoff spot: Don't control fate

• Remaining schedule: ORL, BKN

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 5 (not lower than No. 8)

• Own tiebreakers against: Magic

• Net valuation: 1.7

• Magic number for the playoff spot: Don't control fate

• Remaining schedule: DAL, GOAL, GOAL

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 3 (not lower than No. 8)

• Own tiebreakers against: Cavaliers, magic

Free playground

10. Atlanta Hawks (36-43)

Free playground

• Net valuation: -1.6

• Magic number for seed number 9: Don't control fate

• Remaining schedule: CHA, @MIN, @IND

• Highest possible finish: Seed No. 9

• No relevant tiebreakers

The important games on Wednesday (all times Eastern)

Grizzlies at Cavaliers (7 p.m.)

Hornets at Hawks (7:30 p.m.)

Mavericks at Heat (7:30 p.m., ESPN)

Magic at Bucks (8 p.m.)

• ORL secures a guaranteed playoff spot with a win, a CLE loss and an MIA loss

• ORL is eliminated from the fight for number 2 with a defeat

• MIL secures the tiebreaker against ORL with a win