The NBA regular season wraps up this week. What's at stake? - ESPN

The NBA regular season has now entered the final week, but there's still plenty of play ahead of Sunday's last slate of games and the ensuing play-in tournament — which goes from April 16 to 19.

Several teams are still fighting to clinch playoff spots and home-court advantage through at least the first round of the playoffs, which will begin April 20.

In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics have long since secured the top spot. The Milwaukee Bucks are barely holding onto the No. 2 seed, while teams like the Philadelphia 76ers (and reigning MVP Joel Embiid) are trying to move up the standings.

Things couldn't be tighter in the Western Conference. Three teams — the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets and the Oklahoma City Thunder — are fighting for the top spot. Meanwhile, star-laden teams like the Los Angeles Lakers (led by LeBron James) and the Golden State Warriors (led by Stephen Curry) will likely have to emerge from the play-in tournament to make a postseason run.

Our NBA insiders look at the key games and big storylines to watch for as the NBA regular season wraps up.

Tim MacMahon: Timberwolves at Nuggets. The West's top seed could be decided Wednesday night in Denver, when these teams will both be on back-to-backs after playing lottery-bound teams the previous nights. Minnesota would claim the tiebreaker with a victory. The Timberwolves are already responsible for one of the Nuggets' eight home losses this season, winning March 29 — a game that Denver guard Jamal Murray missed due a knee injury.

Jamal Collier: Not only could that Timberwolves-Nuggets game ultimately determine the No.1 seed in the West, it will give the teams in the bottom half of the bracket an idea where Denver will be seeded and set