The Bucks, Celtics and 76ers have all clinched a playoff spot in the East. The Cleveland Cavaliers are one win from doing the same.
Milwaukee and Boston have actually clinched a top-four seed. The Sixers, who fell at Golden State on Friday, are one win from joining them.
Below is a comprehensive snapshot of where things stand in the Eastern Conference playoff and play-in races entering play on Saturday. 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.
- Projected seed: 1
- Current first-round matchup: TBD
- Tiebreaker vs. Boston: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers lead 2-1 with one to play
- Projected seed: 2
- Current first-round matchup: vs. Nets-Hawks play-in winner
- Tiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Cavs clinched
- Projected seed: 3
- Current first-round matchup: vs. Heat
- Tiebreaker vs. Milwaukee: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Celtics clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Sixers clinched
- Projected seed: 4
- Current first-round matchup: vs. Knicks
- Tiebreaker vs. Boston: Cavs clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Philadelphia: Sixers clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Tied 1-1 with one to play
5. New York Knicks (42-33)
- Projected seed: 5
- Current first-round matchup: at Cavs
- Tiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Knicks currently own via division win percentage
- Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to play
6. Miami Heat (40-34)
- Projected seed: 7
- Current first-round matchup: at 76ers
- Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-0 with two to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Heat clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Washington: Heat leads 2-1 with one to play
PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
7. Brooklyn Nets (39-34)
- Projected seed: 6
- Current first-round matchup: vs. Hawks (play-in)
- Tiebreaker vs. Cleveland: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. New York: Knicks currently own via division win percentage
- Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Nets lead 2-0 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
8. Atlanta Hawks (36-37)
- Projected seed: 8
- Current first-round matchup: at Nets (play-in)
- Tiebreaker vs. Brooklyn: Nets lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Heat clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Hawks clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Washington: Hawks leads 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls lead 2-1 with one to play
9. Toronto Raptors (36-38)
- Projected seed: 9
- Current first-round matchup: vs. Bulls (play-in)
- Tiebreaker vs. Miami: Raptors lead 2-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Atlanta: Hawks clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Washington: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Chicago: Raptors clinched
10. Chicago Bulls (35-38)
- Projected seed: 10
- Current first-round matchup: at Raptors (play-in)
- Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Raptors clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Washington: Bulls currently own via conference win percentage
- Tiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers clinched
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
11. Indiana Pacers (33-41)
- Projected seed: Lottery
- Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Pacers clinched
- Tiebreaker vs. Washington: Pacers currently own via conference win percentage
- Tiebreaker vs. Chicago: Pacers clinched
- Projected seed: Lottery
- Tiebreaker vs. Toronto: Tied 1-1 with one to play
- Tiebreaker vs. Indiana: Pacers currently own via conference win percentage
- Tiebreaker vs. Chicago: Bulls currently own via conference win percentage