article_snippet.sent: The teams finished with identical records, but New Orleans Pelicans held the tiebreaker on head-to-head results.
article_snippet.sent: the Thunder needed to a win in the regular-season finale and a loss from New Orleans Pelicans to make the Western Conference playoffs.
article_snippet.sent: That means the Thunder will miss the Western Conference playoffs for the first time since Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook's rookie season in 2008-09.
article_snippet.sent: The Brooklyn Nets clinched the final Eastern Conference playoff spot, beating the Orlando Magic 101-88 and getting help when Memphis knocked off Indiana.
article_snippet.sent: Brooklyn earned the No 8 seed and will visit top-seeded Atlanta on Sunday for their play-off opener.
article_snippet.sent: If Indiana won, The Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets would have missed the post-season for the first time since moving to Brooklyn in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Memphis earned the Western Conference's fifth seed with the victory and home-court advantage in a series with fourth-seeded Portland, winners of the Northwest Division.
article_snippet.sent: Over in the East, The Brooklyn Nets are through to the play-offs after beating the Orlando Magic 101-88 .
highlights_snippet.sent: New Orleans pipped Oklahoma City Thunder's to eighth seed in the West via tiebreaker .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Results meant that Brooklyn took the No 8 seed via the better tiebreaker .