Aside from who will emerge from the Western Conference play-in game(s) to face the Los Angeles Lakers, all of the NBA’s first-round playoff matchups are set, including the Philadelphia-Boston series set to tip off Monday night. First, though, the Sixers have to play out the string and finish the regular season with their eighth and final seeding game tonight against the Houston Rockets.
While Houston is slated to play Oklahoma City in the first round, a meeting devoid of some of its deliciousness with Russell Westbrook expected to miss a few games with his quad injury, the two teams would flip the 4- and 5-seeds with a Thunder loss and a Rockets win tonight.