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Below is a comprehensive snapshot of where things stand in the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races entering play on Monday. This post will update daily throughout the remainder of the regular season or until all seeds are clinched.
Reminder on how the play-in tournament works: No. 7 plays No. 8 and No. 9 plays No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 game gets the No. 7 seed, while the loser plays the winner of the 9-10 game for the No. 8 seed.
READ: Western Conference playoff picture
NOTE: Our SportsLine model, developed by predictive data engineer Stephen Oh, simulates the entire season 10,000 times to produce the most unbiased and precise projections imaginable.
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 playoff spotProjected 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 (42-33)
Projected seed: 5Current first-round matchup: at CavsTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Knicks currently own via division win percentage
Tiebreaker vs. Miami:…..
