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The Milwaukee Bucks misplaced to the Indiana Pacers on Thursday to provide a sport again to Boston and Philadelphia within the race for the East’s No. 1 seed. Milwaukee now leads the Celtics and Sixers by two within the loss column. It may get fascinating with Boston and Milwaukee nonetheless having one matchup left, which may even resolve the season tiebreaker.
Also of word, with the Brooklyn Nets’ loss to the Sacramento Kings, the Miami Heat now management their very own future to climb above the play-in line and into the No. 6 seed. The Heat path the No. 6 Nets by two within the loss column with two head-to-head matchups remaining. If Miami have been to win these two, they’d, because it stands, additionally win the tiebreaker by the use of being a division winner.
Below is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races getting into play on Friday. This publish will replace each 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 sport will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 sport for the No. 8 seed.
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NOTE: Our SportsLine mannequin, developed by predictive information engineer Stephen Oh, simulates your complete season 10,000 occasions to supply probably the most unbiased and exact projections conceivable.
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: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs clinchedProjected seed: 3Current first-round matchup: vs. NetsTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs lead by way of convention win shareProjected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. KnicksTiebreaker vs. Boston: Cavs clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Cavs lead by way of convention win share
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 CavsTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Knicks presently personal by way of division win share
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Knicks lead 2-0 with two to play
6. Brooklyn Nets (39-31)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at SixersTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Nets lead 1-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks presently personal by way of division win share
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Nets lead 2-0 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
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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: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Washington: Heat leads 2-1 with one to play
8. Atlanta Hawks (34-35)
Projected seed: 8Current first-round matchup: at Heat (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Miami: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Hawks clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Hawks 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 presently personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls presently personal by way of convention win share
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
11. Indiana Pacers (32-38)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers presently personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
12. Chicago Bulls (31-37)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls presently personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
