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by Sean Keeley • Apr 15, 2010 1:14 AM EDT
Between the teams that tried, the teams that rested their stars and the teams that already knew what was up, we finally figured out who's going to play who in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Eastern Conference
No. 1 Cleveland vs. No. 8 Chicago
No. 4 Boston vs. No. 5 Miami
No. 3 Atlanta vs. No. 6 Milwaukee
No. 2 Orlando vs. No. 7 Charlotte
Western Conference
No. 1 L.A. Lakers vs. No. 8 Oklahoma City
No. 4 Denver vs. No. 5 Utah
No. 3 Phoenix vs. No. 6 Portland
No. 2 Dallas vs. No. 7 San Antonio
The playoffs begin Saturday, April 17th. Start planning now for the five or six commercials you'll be watching five-hundred times over the course of the next few weeks.
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