The second round has started out with a series of upsets on the road, showing things are even at the top of the NBA.

Denver came out on top in Thursday's Game 6 on its home court to send up a winner-take-all matchup on Sunday in Oklahoma City. A second-half surge allowed the Nuggets to pull away by double digits and keep their season alive.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.