NBA playoffs

By Tom Westerholm Boston.com Staff,Updated April 6, 2022, 12:25 p.m..

Since the Celtics and Bucks are in the same conference, there’s a reasonable — but not definitive — chance Thursday’s game is for all the marbles. The Celtics could put themselves in pole position with a win over the Bucks on Thursday, which would both clinch the tiebreaker and help them in the standings. Finally, we can crown a winner definitively: The Celtics enjoy a comfortable margin in point differential over the Bucks. - Let’s assume the Celtics, Sixers and Bucks end the season with the same record. 6-9), so the Sixers would lose a three-way tie and drop down to fourth in the standings. But the Bucks beat the Bulls comfortably, and the 76ers fended off a late rally by the Pacers, which evened all three teams up at 49-30 with three games remaining.

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“We brought integrity to the process, we just fell short through a disjointed season,” said Vogel, who led the team to a championship in the COVID-19 secure bubble in 2020. “I felt we had the pieces but injuries got in the way of that and that was the difference in our season. Asked whether he would like to return next season in the hopes of getting more time on the court with James and Davis, the 33-year-old said he would.

Two years removed from winning the NBA championship in the bubble, the superstar-laden Lakers squad will not have any chance to compete for a title even as the ...

Frank Vogel led the team to the Finals and defeated the Miami Heat in the coronavirus-impacted season. We have all put in the work. The loss dropped the Lakers to 31-48 and into 11th in the Western Conference.

The Lakers are out of the playoffs. The Nets are in the play-in tournament. It's not what the game's biggest stars expected when this season began.

The Nets are in the play-in tournament. You may cancel your subscription at anytime by calling Customer Service. The Lakers are out of the playoffs.

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It remains to be seen whether or not the combination of De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis will be enough to end that trend next season. Shortly thereafter, CJ McCollum was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans and Portland officially punted on the 2021-22 season in hopes of building toward the future. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looks like a future star in this league, but despite the promise the young point guard has shown since coming to Oklahoma City, the Thunder are simply just not a team that was built to contend for a playoff spot right now. The writing has been on the wall since a brutal 3-17 stretch in January and February, and now the Knicks have been eliminated from playoff contention. Injuries to James and Anthony Davis certainly played a part in their fate, but this roster was just not built correctly and that was evident from the jump. We're in the final week of the 2021-22 NBA regular season, and 20 teams are punching their tickets into the postseason and play-in rounds.

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The regular season ends April 10 with the play-in tournament picking up on April 12. The Play-In tournament can be watched on ESPN and TNT and the playoffs are available on ABC networks. The play-in tournament will include the No.7 to No.10 seeds in each conference, battling out for a spot in the NBA playoffs.

Top six seeds have all clinched a playoff berth. 7. Cleveland Cavaliers | 43-37. 8. Brooklyn Nets | 41-38. 9. Atlanta Hawks | 41-38. 10.

The No. 9 seed and the No. 10 seed also face-off. In the old days, the No. 7 and No. 8 seed in each conference would automatically make the playoffs. Now the final two spots in both the East and West are determined by who wins in the play-in tournament. Here’s how it works: the No. 7 seed and No. 8 seed at the end of the regular season play each other in each conference, with the winner earning the No. 7 seed in the playoffs and a matchup with the conference’s No. 2. The play-in tournament is back again in 2022, running April 12-15. Despite the public objections of LeBron James, the play-in tournament felt like a rousing success that ended with the Golden State Warriors surprisingly missing the postseason by losing consecutive games despite finishing with the No. 8 seed in the regular season.

Chicago clinched its first playoff appearance since 2017 with Cleveland losing to Orlando. The Bulls are sixth in the Eastern Conference. Toronto Raptors 118, ...

He was 7-of-14 (50.0%) from the floor, including 4-of-6 (66.7%) from deep. He was 7-of-13 (53.8%) from the floor, including 1-of-3 (33.3%) from deep. He was 7-of-9 (77.8%) from the floor, including 2-of-4 (50.0%) from deep. He was 2-of-2 (100%) at the line. He was 5-of-11 (45.5%) from the floor, including 4-of-8 (50.0%) from deep. He was 4-of-7 (57.1%) from the line. He added a rebound. Minnesota is seventh in the Western Conference, almost out of time to climb above the cut and avoid the play-in tournament with two regular-season games remaining. He was 2-of-2 (100%) at the line. Toronto rose to fifth in the East after Chicago lost to Milwaukee. The Bulls hold the tiebreaker over the Raptors. Sixth place is the last guaranteed postseason spot, with teams finishing in the Nos. 7-10 spots headed for the play-in tournament. We also take a look at the playoff picture for each of their clubs. A look at Tuesday's NBA action for former Florida State standouts.

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The only reason to be a bit wary of facing Chicago is due to DeMar DeRozan, especially after his 40-point outburst against the Bucks on April 5. With how the end-of-season schedules are set up between the 76ers, Bucks, and Celtics, it is a real possibility that the seeding comes down to the final game of the year. While their regular season was not as strong as that of the Miami Heat, the Bucks continue to hover around the #3 seed, jockeying for position with both the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers.

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