The NBA playoffs are right around the corner, and the bottom half of the Eastern Conference is in a tight race for playoff positioning.
Seeds five through eight are all jockeying for position, with all four teams within four games or less of one another.
It is going to be a very exciting and close battle with less than 10 games left in the regular season.
Currently, the Miami Heat sit in the sixth position, holding onto a half-game lead over the seventh-seeded Bobcats and a one-game lead over the eighth-seeded Raptors. They trail the fifth-seeded Bucks by three games.
Barring an epic collapse, the Heat should end up with a fifth through eighth seed. That would mean a first-round encounter with one of the top four Eastern Conference squads: Cleveland, Orlando, Boston, or Atlanta.
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NBA Playoff Preview: Examining Miami Heat’s Four Potential Match-Ups
Posted: 24th March 2010 by Allen Levin in NBAComments Off on NBA Playoff Preview: Examining Miami Heat’s Four Potential Match-Ups