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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 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 all the season 10,000 occasions to supply essentially the most unbiased and exact projections conceivable.
Clinched top-four seedProjected seed: 1Current first-round matchup: TBDTiebreaker vs. Boston: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers lead 2-1 with one to playClinched top-four seedProjected seed: 2Current first-round matchup: vs. Heat-Hawks play-in winnerTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs clinchedClinched top-four seedProjected seed: 3Current first-round matchup: vs. NetsTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Boston: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Sixers clinchedClinched playoff spotProjected 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: Tied 1-1 with one to play
5. New York Knicks (44-33)
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 clinched
6. Brooklyn Nets (41-35)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at 76ersTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks presently personal by way of division win share
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Nets clinchedTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
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7. Miami Heat (40-37)
Projected seed: 7Current first-round matchup: vs. Hawks (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks clinchedTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets clinchedTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Heat leads 2-1 with one to play
8. Atlanta Hawks (38-38)
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 (38-38)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: vs. Bulls (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Raptors clinched
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 (36-40)
Projected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: at Raptors (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls presently personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
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Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker 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
12. Indiana Pacers (33-44)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers presently personal by way of convention win shareTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
