Boston Herald · Apr 8, 2018
Clippers eliminated, still 5 spots up for grabs out West
Credit: The Associated PressA look at the NBA playoff picture, with four days remaining in the regular season:
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EAST UPDATE
The bracket was unchanged Saturday.
Milwaukee beat New York, improving to 43-37 on the season — tying Miami for the sixth-best record. But the Heat remain holders of the No. 6 seed, since they have the tiebreaker over the currently seventh-seeded Bucks.
Toronto now has the second-best record in the NBA. The Raptors are now a half-game ahead of Golden State.
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WEST UPDATE
The race is wild now: Six teams playing for five playoff spots, all to be decided over the next four days, and with all of those teams on either 45 or 46 wins.