Celtics playoff seeding: Looking closely at race for No. 2 seed

The Celtics saw their three-game win streak come to an end in a loss to the Hawk s on Monday. It was going to be an uphill battle for the C’s considering they were on the second game of a back-to-back, plus they were without three rotation players . The defeat dropped the Celtics to 50-25 , so they’re now two games above the third-place Knicks.

The C’s have seven games left in the regular season, so the race for the No. 2 seed is coming down to the wire. Here’s a look at the East standings following Monday’s slate of games: Place Team Wins Losses Games back No.

1 Detroit Pistons 54 21 -- No. 2 Boston Celtics 50 25 4 No. 3 New York Knicks 48 27 6 No.

4 Cleveland Cavaliers 47 28 7 No. 5 Toronto Raptors 42 32 11. 5 No.