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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 Tuesday. (There are no games Monday.) This post will be updated 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-three seedRemaining schedule: at Wizards, vs. Bulls, vs. Grizzlies, at RaptorsCurrent first-round matchup: TBD
Tiebreaker vs. Boston: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Bucks own via division winner🔒Clinched top-three seedRemaining schedule: at 76ers, vs. Raptors, vs. Raptors, vs. HawksCurrent first-round matchup: vs. Heat-Hawks play-in winnerTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinched🔒Clinched top-four seedRemaining schedule: vs. Celtics, vs. Heat, at Hawks, at NetsCurrent first-round matchup: vs. NetsTiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Bucks own via division winnerTiebreaker vs. Boston: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Sixers clinched🔒Clinched playoff spotRemaining schedule: at Magic, at Magic, vs. HornetsCurrent first-round matchup: vs. KnicksTiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers clinched
Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks clinched
5. New York Knicks (46-33)
🔒Clinched playoff spotRemaining schedule: at Pacers, at Pelicans, vs. PacersCurrent first-round matchup: at CavaliersTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks…..
