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NBA Playoff Race Update: The Utah Jazz Continue to Rise

Russell Peddle  —  @rustypedalbike Mar 16th, 2018
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Eastern Conference - Sure Things

(1) Toronto Raptors (51-17, clinched)
(2) Boston Celtics (46-22, clinched)
(3) Indiana Pacers (40-29, 100.0%)
(4) Cleveland Cavaliers (39-29, 100.0%)
(5) Washington Wizards (39-30, 100.0%)
(6) Philadelphia 76ers (37-30, 99.9%)
(7) Milwaukee Bucks (36-32, 97.9%)
(8) Miami Heat (36-33, 99.0%)

This year's Eastern Conference is home to one of the most boring playoff races in recent memory.

The Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics are still the only two teams that have already punched their ticket, and teams three through eight are separated by only four games, but the eight playoff teams are pretty well set at this point with a whopping 5.5 games separating the eighth-place Heat and the ninth-place Detroit Pistons.

All eight teams currently in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket have postseason odds of 97.9% or higher, and it would take a collapse of epic proportions for the Pistons to leapfrog any of them.

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