NBA Playoffs 2024: Play-in Tournament Schedule, Bracket, Odds and Television Info
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Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and De’Aaron Fox are amongst the stars who will defend their NBA playoff resides in the play-in round on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Embiid’s Philadelphia 76ers take on with Butler’s Miami Heat in the marquee match in the Eastern Conference.
James’ Los Angeles Lakers go head-to-head with a New Orleans Pelicans group it simply beat on Sunday to drag the Pels down into the play-in positions.
Curry and the Golden State Warriors will do fight with Fox and the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday in an effort to keep their particular seasons alive.
Even the No. 9-versus-No. 10 video game in the East brings some star power with Trae Young’s Atlanta Hawks checking out DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls.
The winners of the Heat-Sixers and Lakers-Pelicans video games receive the postseason as the No. 7 seed in their particular conferences. The losers from those video games deal with the winners of the Hawks-Bulls and Warriors-Kings on Friday for the No. 8 seeds.
Eastern Conference
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Philadelphia is the biggest wagering favorite of the play-in round.
The Sixers have the longest winning streak in the NBA at 8 video games, a run that accompanied Embiid’s return.
Among the wins on that run came versus the Heat on April 4. The Sixers won their last 2 conferences with the Heat to divide the regular-season series.
Miami can’t be suspended with Butler in a removal video game, however its complete team has actually not been healthy for the majority of the season. Butler might go off, however if his supporting cast not does anything, the Heat will not match Embiid and Tyrese Maxey’s scoring production.
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