The NBA's playoff chase will end Sunday. Here's a look at what's happening

With one day left, the NBA playoff picture is still not in complete focus.

It’s crystal-clear in the Eastern Conference, where two playoff matchups are known, the top six seeds are set and the four play-in spots are all locked in.

In the Western Conference, there’s still much to be decided. The top three seeds are known, one of the two play-in matchups is set, and the rest will be decided on the final afternoon of the regular season.

It's as clear as things can be going into the play-in tournament.

—No. 1 Cleveland will find out its first-round opponent on Friday.

—No. 2 Boston will play either Orlando or Atlanta in Round 1. The Magic and Hawks play in Orlando on Tuesday to decide the No. 7 seed.

—No. 3 New York will play No. 6 Detroit in Round 1, starting next weekend.

—No. 4 Indiana will play No. 5 Milwaukee in Round 1, starting next weekend.

—Chicago will host Miami on Wednesday. The winner will play at the Orlando-Atlanta loser on Friday to decide the No. 8 seed and who'll face the Cavaliers. The loser of Bulls-Heat is eliminated.

—Toronto, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Charlotte and Washington are eliminated and will see their seasons end Sunday.

—No. 1 Oklahoma City will find out its first-round opponent on Friday.

—No. 2 Houston will find out its first-round opponent on Tuesday.

—The Los Angeles Lakers are the No. 3 seed.

—Sacramento and Dallas will meet in an elimination play-in game on Wednesday, site still TBD. The winner moves on to another elimination game Friday to decide the No. 8 seed and who'll play the Thunder in Round 1. Wednesday's loser is eliminated.

—Denver, the Los Angeles Clippers, Golden State and Minnesota are vying for three playoff spots in the West. The team that doesn't get one of those three guaranteed spots will play against Memphis, site TBD, on Tuesday to decide the No. 7 seed in the play-in tournament.

—Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, New Orleans and Utah are eliminated and will see their seasons end Sunday.

Everybody is off on Saturday.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State — Massive for both teams, and may affect where other West teams land as well. Both teams would escape the play-in with a win.

Dallas at Memphis — Mavericks will visit Sacramento for play-in game with a loss. Grizzlies are in the 7-8 play-in game and could move to No. 7 (and get home-court) with a win.

Phoenix at Sacramento — Kings will host the 9-10 play-in game with a win or a Dallas loss to Memphis.

Denver at Houston — Nuggets would be No. 4 and have home-court in Round 1 with a win.

Utah at Minnesota — Timberwolves avoid play-in with a win, though could fall as far as No. 8 with a loss.

Orlando at Atlanta (a prequel to the play-in Tuesday in Orlando), Charlotte at Boston, New York at Brooklyn, Indiana at Cleveland, Washington at Miami, Chicago at Philadelphia, Detroit at Milwaukee, Oklahoma City at New Orleans, Toronto at San Antonio, L.A. Lakers at Portland.

Sunday has the Milwaukee-Detroit and L.A. Clippers-Golden State games on ESPN.

Oklahoma City (+175) is favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed closely by Boston (+220) and Cleveland (+550), then Golden State and the Lakers (both +1200) and Denver (+2200). Nobody else has odds shorter than 30-1.

Saturday — No games.

Sunday — All 30 NBA teams play, end of regular season. All games start at either 1 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. Eastern.

Tuesday — The No. 7 and No. 8 finishers in both conferences play to start the play-in tournament. Atlanta at Orlando is one of those games. Winners are the No. 7 seed for the playoffs; losers will host play-in elimination games on Friday.

Wednesday — The No. 9 and No. 10 finishers in both conferences play; one of those games will be Sacramento vs. Dallas. Winners move on to Friday; losers are finished for the season.

Friday — The Tuesday game losers play host to the Wednesday game winners. Winners are the No. 8 seed for the playoffs; losers are finished for the season.

April 19 — NBA playoffs begin.

—The NBA record for total 3-pointers made in a season fell last weekend. The 99th 3-pointer on Sunday will be the 33,000th of the season. The previous record for a season was 31,579.

—For the first time, the NBA has three players with 300 3-pointers in a season. Minnesota's Anthony Edwards has 313, Detroit's Malik Beasley has 312 and Golden State’s Stephen Curry has 304. There have been 10 instances of a player making 300 3s in a season. Curry has six. Edwards, Beasley, James Harden and Klay Thompson each have one.

—There had been four instances of teammates each having 250 3-pointers in a season: Curry and Thompson did it four times when they were the Warriors' “Splash Brothers.” Boston is now the first team ever to have three players reach that number in a season: Derrick White has 265, Payton Pritchard has 251 and Jayson Tatum has 250.

—The Thunder are on the brink of setting an NBA record for point differential. They’re winning by an average of 12.8 points per game; the record is 12.3 by the 1971-72 Lakers. Oklahoma City has outscored teams by 1,040 points so far; three teams — the 1971-72 Lakers (1,007), the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (1,005) and the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls (1,004) are the only teams to enjoy a 1,000-point differential over a full season. This means all the Thunder need to do to break the record on Sunday is not lose by 33 or more points to New Orleans.

—Denver’s Nikola Jokic has clinched a triple-double average for the season. He's the third player to do it, joining Nuggets teammate Russell Westbrook and Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson.

Not much of a race for the scoring, rebound and assist titles. They're locked up.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder will be the scoring champion, Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis will win the rebounding title for the third straight year — he'll be the seventh player in NBA history to do that — and Atlanta's Trae Young will win the assist title.

Miami became the first team in NBA history to have 11 players score at least nine points in a game. It happened Friday in a 49-point win at New Orleans — one of an NBA-record five blowouts by more than 30 points in the same day.

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Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley claps after a shot clock violation against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) loses the ball as Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks (9) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, right, Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a person in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle while trying to make an arrest Wednesday, federal officials said.

The shooting took place about 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) north of where an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on the social media platform X that federal law enforcement officers stopped a person from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally. The person drove away and crashed into a parked car before taking off on foot, DHS said.

After officers reached the person, two other people arrived from a nearby apartment and all three started attacking the officer, according to DHS.

“Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life,” DHS said.

The two people who came out of the apartment are in custody, it said.

A large group of officers wearing gas masks fired tear gas into a crowd gathered at a north Minneapolis intersection near where Wednesday's shooting took place.

Earlier Wednesday, a judge gave the Trump administration time to respond to a request to suspend its immigration crackdown in Minnesota, while the Pentagon looked for military lawyers to join what has become a chaotic law enforcement effort in the state.

Plumes of tear gas, bursts of chemical irritants and the screech of protest whistles have become common on the streets of Minneapolis, especially since Good's shooting.

Agents have yanked people from cars and homes and been confronted by angry bystanders who are demanding that officers pack up and leave.

“What we need most of all right now is a pause. The temperature needs to be lowered," state Assistant Attorney General Brian Carter said during the first hearing in a lawsuit filed by Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Local leaders say the government is violating free speech and other constitutional rights with the surge of law enforcement. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez promised to keep the case “on the front burner” and gave the U.S. Justice Department until Monday to file a response to a request for a restraining order.

The judge said these are "grave and important matters,” and that there are few legal precedents to apply to some of the key points in the case.

Justice Department attorney Andrew Warden suggested the approach set by Menendez was appropriate.

The judge is also handling a separate lawsuit challenging the tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal officers when they encounter protesters and observers. A decision could be released this week.

During a televised speech Wednesday evening, Gov. Tim Walz described Minnesota as being in chaos, saying what's happening in the state “defies belief.”

“Let’s be very, very clear, this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement," he said. "Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.”

Walz added that “accountability” will be coming through the courts.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has made more than 2,000 arrests in the state since early December and is vowing to not back down. The Pentagon is preparing to send military lawyers to Minneapolis to assist.

CNN, citing an email circulating in the military, says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is asking the branches to identify 40 lawyers known as judge advocate general officers or JAGs, and 25 of them will serve as special assistant U.S. attorneys in Minneapolis.

Pentagon spokesperson Kingsley Wilson appeared to confirm the CNN report by posting it on X with a comment that the military “is proud to support” the Justice Department.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press seeking more details.

It’s the latest step by the Trump administration to dispatch military and civilian attorneys to areas where federal immigration operations are taking place. The Pentagon last week sent 20 lawyers to Memphis, U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said.

Mark Nevitt, an associate professor at Emory University School of Law and a former Navy JAG, said there's concern that the assignments are taking lawyers away from the military justice system.

“There are not many JAGs but there are over one million members of the military, and they all need legal support,” he said.

Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who killed Good, suffered internal bleeding to his torso during the encounter, a Homeland Security official told The Associated Press.

The official spoke to AP on condition of anonymity in order to discuss Ross’ medical condition. The official did not provide details about the severity of the injuries, and the agency did not respond to questions about the extent of the bleeding, exactly how he suffered the injury, when it was diagnosed or his medical treatment.

There are many causes of internal bleeding, and they vary in severity from bruising to significant blood loss. Video from the scene showed Ross and other officers walking without obvious difficulty after Good was shot and her Honda Pilot crashed into other vehicles.

She was killed after three ICE officers surrounded her SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from her home.

Bystander video shows one officer ordering Good to open the door and grabbing the handle. As the vehicle begins to move forward, Ross, standing in front, raises his weapon and fires at least three shots at close range. He steps back as the SUV advances and turns.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said Ross was struck by the vehicle and that Good was using her SUV as a weapon — a self-defense claim that has been deeply criticized by Minnesota officials.

Chris Madel, an attorney for Ross, declined to comment on any injuries.

Good’s family, meanwhile, has hired a law firm, Romanucci & Blandin, that represented George Floyd’s family in a $27 million settlement with Minneapolis. Floyd, who was Black, died after a white police officer pinned his neck to the ground in the street in May 2020.

The firm said Good was following orders to move her car when she was shot. It said it would conduct its own investigation and publicly share what it learns.

“They do not want her used as a political pawn,” the firm said, referring to Good and her family, “but rather as an agent of peace for all.”

Waving signs reading “Love Melts ICE” and “DE-ICE MN,” hundreds of teenagers left school in St. Paul and marched in freezing temperatures to the state Capitol for a protest and rally.

The University of Minnesota, meanwhile, informed its 50,000-plus students that there could be online options for some classes when the new term starts next week. President Rebecca Cunningham noted that “violence and protests have come to our doorstep.” The campus sits next to the main Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis.

Associated Press reporters Julie Watson in San Diego, California; Rebecca Santana in Washington, D.C.; Ed White in Detroit; Giovanna Dell’Orto in Minneapolis; Graham Lee Brewer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

Federal immigration officers at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A woman confronts a federal immigration officer at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

People react after a firework was set off near the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Federal immigration officers shoot pepper balls as tear gas is deployed at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Law enforcement officers stand amid tear gas at the scene of a reported shooting Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Federal immigration officers are seen Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Hundreds of protesters gather in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in response to the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Protesters gather in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in response to the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Protesters gather in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in response to the death of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Federal officers stand guard after detaining people outside of Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

People visits a makeshift memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A person is detained by federal agents near the scene where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)