It wasn't quite the Indiana Pacers against the New York Knicks, but the Dallas Stars orchestrated a nice comeback of their own against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final Wednesday night.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.

It's OK to feel some deja vu at the NHL Western Conference Final because it's a rematch of last year. The Stars had home-ice advantage in 2024, but it didn't matter as the Oilers won in six games. It's the same this year as Dallas will host Games 1 and 2 before heading north to Edmonton for Games 3 and 4.

The Dallas Stars have clinched a spot in the Western Conference Final for the third consecutive season after defeating the Winnipeg Jets in seven games. To finally break through that proverbial glass ceiling,

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Dallas and Edmonton in the playoffs for the eighth time, dueling it out in another Western Conference finals that starts here at the AAC at 7 on