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With the regular season winding down and fewer than 10 games in most teams’ schedules, here’s the latest and second-to-last entry of the Standing Watch series.
All playoff teams are already locked in, mind you, but there’s still some seed-shuffling left to play out during the final games of play, starting with Sunday’s matchup between the Knicks and the Thunder, with both teams—one more realistically than the other, is fair to say—still having a shot at locking home-court advantage on their side of the bracket.
March 29th
To kick things off today, root for the Heat to beat the Pacers. Miami is currently the ninth seed, and finding a way to kick Philadelphia down to the No. 9 or No. 10 seed so the Knicks can avoid playing them in the first round would likely be ideal.
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An hour after that game tips off, the Raptors host the Magic. And as I stated last week, regardless of where the Knicks end up placing, their best matchup is against the Raptors. Going forward, until further notice, fans should root for whatever outcome most likely results in that. For today’s matchup, go with the Magic.
The third game, outside of the Knicks’ own game, that has standings implications in the Eastern Conference today is the one between the Hornets and Celtics. This could end up being a potential first-round matchup. If you want the Knicks to come away with the second seed, root for the Hornets. If you want the Knicks to remain the third seed, which is starting to look more and more like the smarter decision, root for the Celtics.
March 30th
The Heat and 76ers matchup in a big game to start off the night. Pull for the Heat for the reason mentioned above. The Celtics vs. Hawks game is a bit complicated, as a Celtics win makes it less likely for the Raptors to fall to the sixth seed, but a Hawks win would also put the Knicks one game closer to moving up to the second seed. Decide at your own risk, but truthfully, there is no clear option here.
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A bit later on, the Cavaliers take on the Jazz. Hope that the Jazz can somehow come away with a win to keep the Cavaliers at bay. And finish off the night by…
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