The East table, the program in the battle of four and the draws

The final stretch of the NBA regular season is fast approaching and the battle in the east has finally ignited. The Heat, Bucks, Celtics and Sixers are battling for top placement in the quartet, the Bulls and Raptors are trying to stay in the top six to go straight to the playoffs, the Cavaliers are chasing them, the Nets, Hornets and Hawks are chasing in the play-in tournament to fit into the postseason.

The Miami Heat program: Celtics (out), Bulls (out), Raptors (out), Hornets (out), Hawks (out), Magic (out)

The Milwaukee Bucks program: Nets (out), Clippers (out), Mavericks (out), Bulls (out), Celtics (out), Pistons (out)

The Boston Celtics program: With Heath (inside), with Pacers (inside), with Wizards (inside), with Bulls (outside), with Bucks (outside), with Grizzlies (outside)

The Philadelphia Seventy Sixers program: Pistons (out), Hornets (out), Cavaliers (out), Pacers (out), Raptors (out), Pacers (out), Pistons (out)

The team that finishes first meets the 8th team, resulting from the pairing of the loser of the game 7-8 with the winner 9-10. The team that takes second place meets the 7th, i.e. the team that wins the game by 7-8. The third plays with the sixth and the fourth with the fifth. However, the team that will finish in eighth place will be significantly overworked as there will have been two games from April 11-15, as at 10 the regular season ends and at 46 the playoffs begin.

What about the Bucks in possible draws?: Milwaukee “has” the Sixers (2-1), is 1-2 with the Celtics welcomed at the Fiserv Forum, while Miami has shared the wins in four encounters. In the event of a tie, win percentage counts first if the teams are in the same division, or their win percentage in the periphery. Similarly, in treble ties, they count the records between them and then their winning percentages in the periphery.