The marathon that is the NBA regular season is about to give way to the entirely separate endurance contest that is the league's postseason.
Despite the two-month journey to the Finals that lies ahead, there's been little occasion for many playoff teams to rest their starters.
In the West, there's still one postseason berth to be handed out after the penultimate spot was claimed Monday night. And the Golden State Warriors, having already clinched the conference's top seed, will still need a win in their final game in order to break the Association's 20-year-old record for most wins in one regular season.
In the East, a neck-and-neck seeding battle has reached its zenith while teams vie to jump out of the anointed Cleveland Cavaliers' path to the conference finals.
For those reasons, several storylines around the league are available as an appetizer over the course of the next several days before the conclusion of the regular season on Wednesday and the start of the postseason on Saturday.
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