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76ers Playoff Watch: Who Made NBA Play-In Tournament?

Which four Eastern Conference teams are battling for the final two playoff seeds.
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76ers Playoff Watch: Who Made NBA Play-In Tournament?
76ers Playoff Watch: Who Made NBA Play-In Tournament?

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With just one game left to go in the 2022-2023 NBA regular season, the Eastern Conference playoff picture is nearing completion.

After Friday night’s slate of games, the first six seeds were all locked in. The Milwaukee Bucks are the top seed in the conference, with the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers filling up the other top spots. 

Behind them in the fourth and fifth seeds are the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks. Then on Friday, the Brooklyn Nets became the sixth team to clinch their spot in the postseason.

The final two seeds will be decided by the 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament. While the Western Conference is still a tight race going into the final day of games, the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament is all ready to take place.

Who’s Involved?

Matchups 

Eastern Conference Game 1

Hawks visit Heat on Tuesday, April 11

Eastern Conference Game 2

Bulls visit Raptors on Wednesday, April 12

Eastern Conference Game 3

Winner of Bulls-Raptors faces Loser of Heat-Hawks

The winner of the matchup between the Heat and the Hawks will draw a first-round matchup against the Boston Celtics. 

The winner of the third Eastern Conference game will clinch the eighth seed, to face the Milwaukee Bucks in round one. 

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for All76ers, a Sports Illustrated channel. You can follow him for live updates on Twitter: @JGrasso_.

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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