Here is how East Group C now looks after today’s game:
Team | Record | Point Differential |
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Orlando Magic | 3–1 | +22 |
Boston Celtics | 2–1 | 0 |
Brooklyn Nets | 2–1 | +8 |
Chicago Bulls | 0–2 | –8 |
Toronto Raptors | 0–2 | –22 |
Remaining game today: Bulls vs. Raptors (7:30 PM Eastern)
Remaining games on November 28th (next Tuesday): Bulls vs. Celtics, Raptors vs. Nets (both tip-offs 7:30 PM Eastern)
As a reminder, head-to-head record is the first tiebreaker followed by point differential. Orlando holds the head-to-head over Boston now, but Brooklyn holds the head-to-head over Orlando. If the Celtics and Nets both win, it comes down to point differential because all three teams would be 1–1 against each other.
What this means so far that the Magic gave themselves a good chance of advancing to the quarterfinals as group winners as long as the Celtics don’t blow out the Bulls while the Nets blow out the Raptors on Tuesday.
Previous thread (resubmitted this to correct title – apologies for any trouble)
So far, the Magic win the group in either of these cases, as far as I can tell. Also, thanks to others for helping me think through this:
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Toronto win against Brooklyn
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Boston win against Chicago by less than 22 and Brooklyn win against Toronto by less than 14
Correct, because at that point, the Magic, Celtics and Nets would all be 1–1 against each other.