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NBA Playoff Race Update: The Raptors and Celtics Officially Punch Their Tickets

Russell Peddle  —  @rustypedalbike Mar 9th, 2018
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Eastern Conference - Bubble Teams

(7) Miami Heat (35-31, 98.6%)
(8) Milwaukee Bucks (34-31, 94.8%)
(9) Detroit Pistons (29-36, 5.4%)
(10) Charlotte Hornets (28-38, 2.1%)

The Eastern Conference playoff race is getting less and less interesting by the day. The top-eight is pretty much set, considering the eighth-place Bucks hold a commanding five-game lead on the ninth-place Pistons.

Yes, the Pistons (five games back) and Hornets (six-and-a-half games back) are still technically in the race, but it would take a miracle for either of them to make it, even with 16 to 17 games remaining on the schedule for each bubble team.

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