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The Philadelphia 76ers took over the No. 2 seed on Saturday with their win over Indiana — their eighth straight — and Boston’s loss to Utah. The Sixers at the moment are two video games again within the loss column of the top-seeded Bucks with one head-to-head matchup remaining on April 2.
Below is a complete snapshot of the place issues stand within the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races getting into play on Monday. This put up 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 information engineer Stephen Oh, simulates the whole season 10,000 instances to supply probably 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: 3Current first-round matchup: Winner of Heat/Hawks play-inTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Sixers clinchedProjected seed: 2Current first-round matchup: vs. NetsTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs clinchedProjected seed: 4Current first-round matchup: vs. KnicksTiebreaker vs. Boston: Cavs clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers clinched
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 (42-30)
Projected seed: 5Current first-round matchup: at CavsTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Knicks presently personal through division win share
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Knicks lead 2-0 with two to play
6. Brooklyn Nets (39-32)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at CelticsTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Nets lead 1-0 with two to playTiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks presently personal through division win share
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 (39-34)
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 (35-36)
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 (35-37)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: vs. Bulls (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. Chicago Bulls (33-37)
Projected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: at Raptors (Play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls presently personal through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
11. Indiana Pacers (32-39)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers presently personal through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
12. Washington Wizards (32-39)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers presently personal through convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls presently personal through convention win share
