The Philadelphia 76ers got 64 combined points from Joel Embiid and James Harden in defeating the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. The Sixers remain tied in the loss column with the No. 2 Celtics with 14 games to play.
If the playoffs were to start today, the No. 5 Knicks would face the Cavs in the first round.
Below is a comprehensive snapshot of where things stand in the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races entering play on Thursday. This post will update daily throughout the remainder of the regular season or until all seeds are clinched.
Reminder on how the play-in tournament works: No. 7 plays No. 8 and No. 9 plays No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 game gets the No. 7 seed, while the loser plays the winner of the 9-10 game for the No. 8 seed.
READ: Western Conference playoff picture
NOTE: Our SportsLine model, developed by predictive data engineer Stephen Oh, simulates the entire season 10,000 times to produce the most unbiased and precise projections imaginable.
Projected seed: 1Current first-round matchup: TBDTiebreaker vs. Boston: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers lead 2-1 with one to playProjected seed: 2Current first-round matchup: Winner of Heat/Hawks play-inTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Boston clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs clinchedProjected seed: 3Current first-round matchup: vs. BrooklynTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Boston clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs lead via conference win percentageProjected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. New YorkTiebreaker vs. Boston: Cavs clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Cavs lead via conference win percentage
Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 1-0 with two to play
5. New York Knicks…
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Author : Brad Botkin
Publish date : 2023-03-16 05:56:42
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