The Celtics NBA Cup likelihood is very a lot alive however they may want some assistance on Tuesday night time to advance into the knockout spherical after Friday’s win over the Bulls. Boston completed with a 3-1 file in Group C pool play after their 138-129 victory over Chicago to tie for first place with the Hawks in Group C. However, the Hawks received the head-to-head matchup with Boston in order that they win the tiebreaker to advance to the knockout spherical as Group C winners.
However, the door stays open for the Celtics to advance to the knockout spherical as an Eastern Conference wildcard. Boston’s odds of advancing will come all the way down to level differential simply because it did final season when the crew superior to the quarterfinals of the event as a wildcard.
This time round, the Celtics won’t be in motion on the ultimate night time of NBA Cup pool play so their destiny might be depending on the outcomes of two separate video games. Here are the situations to look at for and the way the Celtics can advance to the following spherical.
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Celtics will advance as wildcard to the NBA Cup knockout spherical through both of those two situations:
- Magic beat Knicks and Bucks beat Pistons by not less than 5 factors.
- Magic beat Knicks and Pistons beat Bucks by eventually six factors.
Here is a have a look at the present groups nonetheless in play for a wildcard spot together with their level differentials:
Magic 3-0 +60
Bucks 3-0 +29
Pistons 3-0 +28
Knicks 3-0 +15
Celtics 3-1 +23
Remaining NBA Cup video games of notice on Tuesday: Magic at Knicks, Bucks at Pistons, (Celtics are completed with pool play)
Analysis: The math is considerably simple for the Magic-Knicks sport on Tuesday night time in terms of the Celtics. The 3-0 Magic have an enormous edge (+60) in level differential over different East groups within the NBA Cup so a loss to New York would nonetheless give them a tiebreaker edge over Boston and every other 3-1 groups. Outside of a big blowout by the Knicks (37+ factors) over the Magic, the Celtics want the Magic to beat the Knicks at MSG to have any likelihood of advancing.
The different attention-grabbing situation is with the Bucks-Pistons tilt. Both groups have an identical level differential to Boston so a good win by both squad of their head-to-head matchup Tuesday wouldn’t assist the Celtics. Instead, the Celtics want a type of groups to win not less than 5 (Bucks) or six (Pistons) factors together with the Magic victory with a purpose to cement a spot as one of many last eight groups to advance within the NBA Cup.
The Celtics may have elevated their odds of advancing on Saturday night time with an even bigger win over the Bulls. They did handle to maintain themselves alive although with the victory and now search for some manageable assist Tuesday night time with a purpose to advance.
