East: Celtics move up to second place
In the east, the Boston Celtics around national basketball player Daniel Theis climbed to second place. Due to the play-in tournaments, the team could face a first-round duel in the playoffs with the Brooklyn Nets around Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Against the Memphis Grizzlies the Celtics caught up 139:110 and overtook the Milwaukee Bucksthe 115:133 against the Cleveland Cavaliers lost.
the Miami Heat could not be relegated from first place on the last match day and lost without their top players in the Orlando Magic 111:125. Moritz Wagner had 14 points, eleven rebounds and five assists for Orlando in his last game of the season.
Fourth place in the Eastern Conference went to the Philadelphia 76ersFifth are the Toronto Raptorsin sixth place are the Chicago Bulls. the Brooklyn Nets secured seventh place with a 134:126 against the Indiana Pacers. The Cavaliers are eighth, the Atlanta Hawks are ninth, and the Charlotte Hornets are tenth.
Defending champion Milwaukee Bucks plays the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs. The 76ers face the Toronto Raptors.
Source: dpa