Playoff Scenarios Headed into the Final Day

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*=lock for their current seed

Note this table only describes scenarios which would allow each team to finish in the highest seed possible. Current seeds for teams who are not locked into a seed yet are in parenthesis.

 

East:

1 seed: Cleveland Cavaliers*

2 seed: Toronto Raptors*

3 seed: Miami Heat (3) with win, Atlanta Hawks (4) with win and Miami Heat loss

4 seed: Boston Celtics (5) with win and Miami Heat loss and Atlanta Hawks win

5 seed: Charlotte Hornets (6) with win and Boston Celtics loss

6 seed: No team’s best scenario is the #6 seed

7 seed: Indiana Pacers*

8 seed: Detroit Pistons*

 

West:

1 seed: Golden State Warriors*

2 seed: San Antonio Spurs*

3 seed: Oklahoma City Thunder*

4 seed: Los Angeles Clippers*

5 seed: Portland Trailblazers (5) with win or Dallas Mavericks (6) loss, Dallas Mavericks with win and Portland Trailblazers loss

6 seed: Memphis Grizzlies (7) with win and Dallas Mavericks loss

7 seed: No team’s best scenario is the #7 seed

8 seed: Houston Rockets with win, Utah Jazz with win and Rockets loss

 

-Asher Fair