The Philadelphia 76ers bought 64 mixed factors from Joel Embiid and James Harden in defeating the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday. The Sixers stay tied within the loss column with the No. 2 Celtics with 14 video games to play.
If the playoffs have been to begin immediately, the No. 5 Knicks would face the Cavs within the first spherical.
Below is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races coming into play on Thursday. This publish will replace day by day all through the rest of the common season or till all seeds are clinched.
Reminder on how the play-in match works: No. 7 performs No. 8 and No. 9 performs No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 recreation will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 recreation for the No. 8 seed.
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NOTE: Our SportsLine mannequin, developed by predictive knowledge engineer Stephen Oh, simulates your complete season 10,000 occasions to provide essentially the most unbiased and exact projections possible.
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 through convention win proportionProjected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. New YorkTiebreaker vs. Boston: Cavs clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Cavs lead through convention win proportion
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 (41-30)
Projected seed: 5Current first-round matchup: at ClevelandTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Knicks at present personal through division win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Knicks lead 2-0 with two to play
6. Brooklyn Nets (39-30)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at PhiladelphiaTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Nets lead 1-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks at present personal through division win proportion
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Nets lead 2-0 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
7. Miami Heat (38-33)
Projected seed: 7Current first-round matchup: vs. Hawks (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks lead 2-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Miami clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Washington: Miami leads 2-1 with one to play
8. Atlanta Hawks (34-35)
Projected seed: 8Current first-round matchup: at Miami (Play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Miami: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Atlanta clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Atlanta leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls lead 2-1 with one to play
9. Toronto Raptors (33-36)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: vs. Wizards (Play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Hawks clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Raptors clinched
10. Washington Wizards (32-37)
Projected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: at Raptors (Play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers at present personal through convention win proportionTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls at present personal through convention win proportion
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
11. Chicago Bulls (31-37)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls at present personal through convention win proportionTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
12. Indiana Pacers (31-38)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers at present personal through convention win proportionTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
