The 8th Seed in the NBA eastern conference is seemingly not as dramatic as the west as less teams are involved, with only the Washington Wizards invited from outside the playoff bubble. I will however include the Brooklyn Nets in the race because without Kyrie Irving or Kevin Durant, they are in danger of dropping from the 7th seed. They sit a game above the 8th seeded Orlando Magic and could fall to 8th if things don’t go their way. How will the East Turn out? Let’s see!
BRK (30-34 7TH E)
Next 8 Games: LAC, SAC, WAS, BOS, ORL, LAC, ORL, POR
ORL (30-35 8th E)
Next 8 Games: SAC. BRK. IND, BRK , NO, BOS, PHI, LAL OR POR
WAS (24-40 9TH E)
Next 8 Games: BOS, OKC, PHI, BRK, MIL, BOS, MIL, LAL
Predictions:
BRK (30-34 7TH E)
Projected Finish: 2-6 (32-40, .444% 7th)
ORL (30-35 8th E)
Projected Finish: 1-7 (31-42, .424% 8th)
WAS (24-40 9TH E)
Projected Finish: 1-7 (25-47, .347% 9th)
Brooklyn is just ahead of Orlando and plays them twice. They both have tough as nails schedules, but Brooklyn will barely keep 7th seed, leaving Orlando at 8th seed, more than four games ahead of Washington who has a murderous remaining schedule and would have to win 4 games with Orlando winning only 1 to catch up. They have to play Milwaukee and Boston twice for starters. Nah, not going to happen. Not even Bradley Beal will be able to save the season. No Play in the East.
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