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The play-off positions in NBA basketball's eastern conference are set midway through the final day of the regular season

The play-off positions in NBA basketball's eastern conference are set midway through the final day of the regular season

15 April 2024

The New York Knicks have jumped into second ahead of Milwaukee after an overtime win against Chicago.

They'll take on the winner of the seven-versus-eight play-in game between Miami and Philadelphia in a best-of-seven series.

Milwaukee will meet Indiana.

Oklahoma City are odds on to finish top of the western conference ahead of defending champions Denver and Minnesota.

Those three teams went into their 82nd and final regular season games with identical 56-win 25-loss records.

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24 Jan: The Breakers have coughed up a four-point lead in the dying stages of overtime to suffer a 112 to 110 home loss to Adelaide in basketball's NBL

22 Jan: A blow to the Breakers ambitions of sneaking into the ANBL play-offs

21 Jan: The Breakers need officials in basketball's Aussie NBL to do them a favour, after losing American forward Rob Baker to a season-ending knee injury

21 Jan: The Breakers hump day form remains a talking point heading into their latest fixture in basketball's ANBL tonight

20 Jan: A sombre mood within the Breakers basketball club after losing a team-favourite player to a season-ending injury

18 Jan: The New Zealand Breakers have kept their NBL playoff hopes alive after beating the Cairns Taipans 104-86 in Perth

17 Jan: The Perth Wildcats have posted a 92-87 win over the Illawarra Hawks in front of their home fans in the Australian Basketball League

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