NBA Lines and Predictions: Team Hunt for the Playoffs

It’s the final 10 days of the regular season in the National Basketball Association. Teams are fighting for the final spots, or moving around to get a better seed in the postseason. Let’s take a look at the NBA Team Hunt for the Playoffs:

The drama is over in the Eastern Conference. The 10 teams are in, and the 5 teams are out for the postseason. Brooklyn, Toronto, Charlotte, Washington and Detroit are all going home. Where the drama comes in is who can avoid the one game playoff. Let’s take a look at the latest:

When talking about NBA Betting, let’s focus on the East and West plus the worst teams of the season, so don’t lock in your basketball betting on this until you check out our thoughts.

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Things to Look For in the East

1. Indiana Pacers – with 4 games to go, hold 1 game lead over Philadelphia and 1.5 over Miami for that 6th seed. The Pacers would love to take a couple days off, and not have to worry about a one and done situation. The Miami Heat have been there and done that. Remember, the Heat were the 8 seed and won the Eastern Conference a season ago. Philadelphia just wants in, and healthy with Joel Embiid back in the mix.

2. Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks – with 5 games to go, the Bulls are 1 game ahead of Atlanta for the 9th seed. This is a big deal, because whoever grabs the 9th seed will host the one game playoff between the two teams.

3. Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks – are all within ½ game of each other. The Cavaliers are 46-43, Orlando is 46-32 and the Knicks are as well. What the big deal is here – the best of them gets the 3rd seed, and will host the first round, the second best gets the fourth seed and will host the fifth seed at home. THat could mean a great deal in the postseason to get a chance to host the first round.

And Also the West

In the Western Conference – one team was still alive for the final spot, but with the Houston Rockets losing on Sunday, that is over. The Golden State Warriors are back into the postseason. The Rockets were hot in March, but got into too big of a hole to get out of.

4. Dallas, Phoenix, New Orleans – all within two games of each other. That is for the fifth and sixth seed in the West. As we said with the East; 5th and 6th get to host, while 7th will be forced to win a play-in game. The Pelicans picked up a massive win over Phoenix on Sunday.

5. Denver, Minnesota and Oklahoma City – all within 1 game of each other. The Nuggets are the defending champions, but the Timberwolves and Thunder will just not go away. They are both looking to get the top seed, and host as many playoff rounds as they can in the Western Conference postseason.

Worst of the League

6. Detroit is two games ahead of the Washington Wizards for the worst record in the National Basketball Association. The Pistons have won 13 games, and have just 4 to go. The worst record will have the best shot for the top pick in the draft.

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There you have it. Those are what we are looking for in the final week of the season. Enjoy the rest of the National Basketball Association season and good luck in the postseason!