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2023 NBA Playoffs: Latest clinching scenarios

Published March 19, 2023, 10:00 AM ● NBA.com Staff

These are the latest scenarios for playoff clinching, seeding and elimination.

Here are the latest playoff clinching, playoff seeding and playoff elimination scenarios for the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Clinching scenarios for games played on March 18:

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2023 NBA Playoffs: Latest clinching scenarios

These are the latest scenarios for playoff clinching, seeding and elimination.

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If Joel Embiid is healthy enough by then, the former league MVP is expected to make his season debut for the Philadelphia 76ers against East rival New York Knicks on November 13.

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Elsewhere, the New York Knicks and LA Clippers kept their hot streak alive as the Philadelphia 76ers simply couldn't catch a break.