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With lower than two weeks remaining in the NBA common season, a lot continues to be up in the air, particularly in the Eastern Conference.
How will the ever-tightening high 4 playoff seeds shake out? Where will the Kyrie Irving-boosted Nets be seeded and who will they face in a play-in state of affairs? Which groups can count on to get the most important lineup reinforcements earlier than the playoffs start? Will the Lakers even seize the final play-in spot in the West? What will a powerful end by the Knicks imply for subsequent yr? Is there something left to be determined in the MVP race?
The solutions aren’t completely clear in each scenario, however let’s deal with every of those questions this morning…
First issues first
The high 4 groups in the East are separated by 1 ½ video games after the Bucks defeated the 76ers on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia to maneuver inside a half-game of the first-place Heat in the hotly contested battle for the No. 1 postseason seed in the convention.