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The Brooklyn Nets defeated the Miami Heat on Saturday to jump back into the No. 6 seed and clinch the season tiebreaker over No. 7 Miami.
The Bucks, Celtics and 76ers have all clinched a playoff spot in the East. The Cleveland Cavaliers can clinch their playoff spot with a win over the Houston Rockets on Sunday.
Milwaukee and Boston have actually clinched a top-four seed.
Below is a comprehensive snapshot of where things stand in the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races entering play on Sunday. 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. Philadelphia: Celtics clinchedTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Sixers clinchedProjected 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: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to play
6. Brooklyn Nets (40-34)
Projected seed: 6Current first-round matchup: at 76ersTiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks currently own via division win percentage
Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Nets clinchedTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
7. Miami Heat (40-35)
Projected seed: 7Current first-round matchup: vs. Hawks (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets clinchedTiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Washington: Heat leads 2-1 with one to play
8. Atlanta Hawks (37-37)
Projected seed: 8Current first-round matchup: at Heat (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Miami: Heat clinched
Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Hawks clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Hawks leads 2-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls lead 2-1 with one to play
9. Toronto Raptors (36-38)
Projected seed: 9Current first-round matchup: vs. Bulls (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to play
Tiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Hawks clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Raptors clinched
10. Chicago Bulls (35-38)
Projected seed: 10Current first-round matchup: at Raptors (play-in)Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls currently own via conference win percentageTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Tied 1-1 with one to playTiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers currently own via conference win percentageTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls currently own via conference win percentage
12. Indiana Pacers (33-42)
Projected seed: LotteryTiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinchedTiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers currently own via conference win percentageTiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
