NBA Power Rankings: Regular season ends; playoff picture mostly set

After Sunday's hoopla of games, the 2025-26 regular season is finally over. We figured out what the NBA playoff picture mostly looks like. The only undecided parts left are the play-in tournament winners.

The Oklahoma City Thunder captured the first seed. With time to spare, too. They'll enter the NBA playoffs as the title favorite.

Finally together for the first time this season, the last couple of weeks helped their championship starters gain chemistry. We also learned which side of the playoff bracket the Denver Nuggets landed on. They will potentially face the San Antonio Spurs in a Round 2 series.

That was determined in their surprise win over the Spurs in the regular-season finale, who have been the NBA's second-best team at worst all year. Every week, Thunder Wire will release updated 2025-26 NBA Power Rankings. Here is the Apr.