The inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament has reached its knockout round, which means things like point differential and total points scored — which were used as tiebreakers in group play — no longer matter. It’s win and advance from this point forward in the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament. The quarter-finalists are made up of championship contenders like the Celtics, Bucks and Suns as well as surprise teams who didn’t even make the postseason a year ago such as the Pacers and Pelicans. The Knicks, Lakers and Kings round out the final eight, with NBA In-Season Tournament 2023 quarterfinal games taking place on Monday, Dec. 4 and Tuesday, Dec. 5.
Boston clinched the No. 3 seed in the East bracket but is the +300 favorite (risk $100 to win $300) to win it all in the latest 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament odds. The East’s top seed, Milwaukee, follows at +340, while the West’s top-seeded Lakers are at +550, as are the Kings. Before making any 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament bracket picks or predictions, be sure to see what SportsLine’s advanced computer model has to say.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past five-plus seasons. The model enters Week 6 of the 2023-24 NBA season on an 86-50 roll on all top-rated NBA picks dating back to last season, returning more than $3,000. Anyone following it is way up.
Now, it has turned its attention to the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament bracket and locked in NBA picks for every NBA matchup. Head here to see every pick.
Top 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament predictions
One of the surprising NBA In-Season Tournament bracket predictions from the model: It is fading the Celtics even though they’re the favorites to win it all at +300. Boston went 3-1 in group play, with its one loss coming at Orlando. It earned the No. 3 seed, which means the Celtics will have to travel to Indiana in the quarters and face the NBA’s highest-scoring team. While the Celtics began the season 8-0 at…
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