Team Record Games Back
1. Cleveland 41-18 0
2. Boston 39-22 3
3. Washington 36-23 5
4. Toronto 36-25 6
5. Atlanta 34-26 7.5
6. Chicago 31-30 11
7. Indiana 31-30 11
8. Detroit 29-32 13
9. Miami 28-33 14
10. Milwaukee 26-33 15
11. Charlotte 26-35 16
Important Seeding Games Tonight:
Celtics at Lakers
Toronto at Washington
Cleveland at Atlanta
Miami at Orlando
Clippers at Bucks
There are several more relevant games for seeding purposes tonight. But three in particular are especially important. We should win tonight in LA, and if Atlanta could somehow pull out a win against Cleveland (remember, Atlanta beat Cleveland in Cleveland earlier in the season) tonight, we'd be within two games of them for the first seed with a game against Cleveland in Boston still to go. Atlanta has the bigs down low and the perimeter D to give Cleveland issues, so it's not that much of a stretch.
As for the Toronto at Washington game, this one is a bit of a toss-up. Without Lowry, it's doubtful that Toronto will catch up to us. And it's still doubtful that Washington catches up to us with their really tough schedule remaining. On the other hand, Washington is still probably a better second round matchup for us than Toronto, but currently Toronto is three games back of us compared to just two games back of us in Washington.
So it's really a toss-up. I'll probably be rooting for a Toronto win tonight to keep both teams at 3 games away from us rather than Toronto 4 games away and Washington 2 games away, assuming that we do in fact win tonight. But rooting for a Washington win tonight to better ensure a 2/3 matchup with Boston and Washington is rational, too.