The Philadelphia 76ers have won six straight games and with two games remaining and their MVP center back healthy, they have an opportunity to play themselves out of the play-in round.
Current East standings as of Thursday, April 11th:
1. BOS 62-17 | 0.0 GB
2. MIL 49-31 | 13.5 GB
3. NYK 47-32 | 15.0 GB
4. CLE 47-33 | 15.5 GB
5. ORL 46-34 | 16.5 GB
6. IND 46-34 | 16.5 GB
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7. PHI 45-35 | 17.5 GB
8. MIA 44-36 | 18.5 GB
Here are the NBA seeding tiebreakers.
Note: If three teams are tied, if any of three is a division leader, that team wins the tiebreaker (which applies to a potential Sixers, Pacers, Magic three-way tie for the No. 6 seed).
The Sixers have two games remaining both at home on Friday vs. the Magic and Sunday vs. the Nets. Friday's game is particularly massive.
Here are the playoff scenarios for the Sixers, via Eliot Shorr-Parks:
Path to the 6 seed:
—Sixers go 2-0
—Pacers go 2-0
Or
—Sixers go 2-0
—Magic go 0-2
—Pacers go 1-1, beating Cavs
Path to the 5 seed:
—Sixers go 2-0
—Pacers go 2-0
—Cavs go 0-2
—Magic go 0-2
Path to the 8 seed (play-in):
—Sixers lose to Magic, beat BKN
—Indy go 2-0
—Miami go 2-0
Path to the 7 seed (play-in):
—Sixers go 2-0
—Cavs beat Pacers, Hornets
—Miami goes 2-0
—Magic lose to Sixers, beat Bucks