The Eastern Conference play-in tournament matchups are set. The NBA's scoring race seems over as well.
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 06: Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers attempts a shot as Kevin Love #42 of the Miami Heat defends during the first half of a game at Wells Fargo Center on April 6, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Heat defeatedThe Eastern Conference play-in tournament matchups are set, as are the top four seeds in the Western Conference.Brooklyn sealed the No. 6 seed in the East on Friday night, which locked Miami into No. 7 and the play-in tournament.
Barring something mathematically improbable in the season’s final two days, Embiid will become the 13th player to win back-to-back scoring crowns — with the most recent name on that list being his 76ers teammate James Harden, who did it with Houston. Embiid won it last year by holding off Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo by 0.7 points per game and is now poised to edge Doncic this year by the same margin.
Dallas was in an uphill spot for the last play-in berth in the West anyway. It needed to win Friday and Sunday, and hope that Oklahoma City would lose to Memphis on Sunday — just to get the No. 10 spot and still need two more road wins to make it to a Round 1 series against Denver. If the Mavs’ pick is between No. 1 and No. 10, Dallas keeps it. If it is No. 11 or deeper in the draft, it conveys to New York as part of the compensation agreed to as part of the Kristaps Porzingis trade in 2019.
Miami still had an outside shot at reaching No. 6 entering Friday, but now knows the play-in round awaits.
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