The top four seeds in the Eastern Conference receive homecourt advantage in the best-of-seven first round of the NBA playoffs, which open this weekend. The No. 3 seed also would wind up on the opposite side of the bracket of LeBron James and the Eastern Conference champion Cavaliers in the second round. James' teams have advanced to the NBA Finals each of the previous five years, with the Cavaliers' clinching the No. 1 seed in the East with their Monday victory.