After some civil unrest over the last month, all appears right in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers thrashed the Celtics on Wednesday, while the Raptors came back from 20 down to beat the Pistons. Cleveland’s win all but gives them the conference’s top seed, and now the emphasis for Toronto will be to secure the third seed to avoid the Cavs for as long as possible. At the time of writing this, they’re a half-game up on Washington with the tiebreaker in hand.
Remaining schedule for 3-seed battle:
Toronto: MIA, at NYK, at CLE
Washington: at NYK, MIA, at DET, at MIA— John Gaudes (@johngaudes) April 6, 2017For the Miami Heat, the stakes are much higher.