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The NBA postseason is finally here.

NEW YORK — Jacque Vaughn played for Doc Rivers as a point guard on the 2002-03 Orlando Magic. On Saturday, Vaughn and Rivers will compete against each other as head coaches as the Nets and 76ers kick off their first-round playoff series in Philadelphia.

From Rookie of the Year to MVP, here are all of this season’s awards picks.

Nikola Jokic's reign as NBA MVP is set to be over as Joel Embiid has been heavily favoured by early voters, with Giannis Antetokounmpo also expected to miss out

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Board of Ethics on Monday sued a political committee and a nonprofit supporting Jeff Brown’s bid for mayor and accused Brown of violating the city’s campaign finance law by illegally coordinating with those groups, which are supposed to operate independently from his campaign.

Here’s a final look at how all 30 teams stacked up this season before the play-in tournament starts.

NEW YORK — Doc Rivers made no attempts to skirt around the meaninglessness of the 76ers’ regular-season finale against the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday afternoon.

MIAMI — The narrative about this Miami Heat regular season is that the season got away because of losses to bottom feeders such as the Magic, Pistons, Pacers, Trail Blazers, Spurs and, twice apiece to the Wizards.

NEW YORK — It sounds like Nets star Mikal Bridges will tie a long-standing NBA record of 83 games played in an 82-game season on Sunday in the finale against the Philadelphia 76ers.

ATLANTA — The 76ers, at least some version of them, arrived Friday evening at the State Farm Arena.

NEW YORK — Friday night was merely a formality.