NBA Eastern Conference standings, explained: Updated scenarios for Raptors, 76ers and more
The NBA regular season is near an end, but much of the Eastern Conference playoff picture is still a mystery.
NBA Eastern Conference standings, explained: Updated scenarios for Raptors, 76ers and more originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The biggest storyline entering the final day of the NBA regular season might rest in the East, where the playoff and Play-In seeds below the top four remain a jumbled mess with only game to play.
The top four seeds in the East are already set. The Pistons own the No. 1 seed, followed by the Celtics at No.
2, Knicks at No. 3 and Cavaliers at No. 4.
None know who they will be playing in the first round of the playoffs. The Pistons and Celtics will have to wait for the Play-In Tournament to determine their opponents, but the Knicks and Cavaliers will learn theirs on Sunday, with New York facing the No. 6 seed and Cleveland facing the No.
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