Nope. This is sports, this is not my life so, no, I cannot join you in "Butt sore" land or whatever it is you are talking about sir. I am not concerned about what place any team is in. I leave that, for novice-nimrods such as yourself lol
Why? You ask.
Because the NBA playoffs are just like the MLB playoffs... its about how HOT YOU ARE when the regular season ends.
Look what just happened in MLB where a wild-card team got to the World Series. Look what happened last year in the NBA, when an 8-seed [MIA Heat] caught fire at the right time --got all the way to the NBA Finals.
Look what happened 2 months ago when the Super Bowl was won by a team that had only 11 regular season victories --which ranked 8th in the NFL!
And had the Lakers beat DEN, last May, it would've been an 8-seed vs. a 7-seed in the NBA Finals. lol
How crazy is that, to think we actually had a chance to witness? lol
So, no pal, I have no concern about if there's a play-in or not... Lebron knows what to do no matter the situation --its his teammates where the concerns exist.
Playoffs are a whooole different animal. lol
Just as we saw 10 months ago. When the Kings owned the Lakers all regular season, Kings had waaay better record than Lakers all regular season, but then... the playoffs happened!

Lakers made it to the WCF, Kings did NOT make it to the WCF.
Read it and weep pal. Especially considering the Kings did pretty good against the Warriors all-season, but... playoffs came! And Warriors showed the Kings who was the boss --and they did it, on the Kings' home-court in a gm7!!