It's been known for a while, but the Oklahoma City Thunder officially clinched the West's first seed for the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers ' loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday sealed that spot.

With less than one month remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, we are officially into the stretch run. Just about every team and fan is paying attention to the standings at this point, and we're going to be bringing you the most updated picture of where everything stands,

It’s the second straight season the Thunder have been the top seed in the West. Unlike 2023-24, when their playoff seeding was still up in the air until the very last game of the season, they have clinched the No. 1 seed in ’24-25 with 13 regular season games remaining.