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Tim BontempsESPN
The NBA regular season’s final weekend is here, and all we know is 48 hours of chaos lie ahead.
Thanks to a jumbled seeding picture in both conferences, only a handful of seeds are decided. Here’s a quick rundown of all of it, beginning with the crowded top of the Eastern Conference standings.
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Who will finish 2-3-4 in the East?
The Miami Heat clinched the top seed in the East playoffs Thursday night. However, the three teams behind them — the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers — can still finish in just about any order.
After beating the Detroit Pistons Friday night, the Bucks are in control of their own destiny. A win Sunday over the Cleveland Cavaliers — more on them below — or a loss by the Celtics in Memphis against the Grizzlies would guarantee Milwaukee gets the second seed.
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A loss to Cleveland, however, would open the door for the Celtics to get No. 2 with a victory over Memphis. That combination would see Boston earn the second seed based off the fifth tiebreaker: having a better record than Milwaukee against fellow East playoff teams.
Philadelphia, meanwhile, needs to win both of its remaining games — against Indiana on Saturday and Detroit on Sunday — and Milwaukee or Boston to lose one of its remaining games to finish higher than fourth.
The 76ers can’t, however, finish higher than third, as they lose the head-to-head tiebreaker with Milwaukee (which won the season series) and now can only tie them in wins. Philadelphia also loses the tiebreaker to Boston, (which has a better division record).
The Toronto Raptors clinched the fifth seed with a win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night, meaning the Chicago Bulls will have the sixth seed. The need to be fully vaccinated to play in Toronto could impact the 76ers. (Matisse Thybulle, who has not publicly commented on whether he is vaccinated against COVID-19 — was listed as “ineligible to…
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