What’s at stake for the Celtics getting into the NBA Cup group remaining in opposition to the Bulls initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Boston
The Boston Celtics’ sport in opposition to the Chicago Bulls on Friday is not simply any late November highway sport in opposition to a sub-.500 workforce.
Celtics at Bulls (8 p.m. ET on NBC Sports activities Boston) marks Boston’s remaining sport within the group stage of the 2024 NBA Cup, the match of the league season. And there is a lot at stake for the Celtics, who want a win (and just a little assist) to advance to the quarterfinals.
We’ll see how the C’s can advance to the knockout stage, however first, here is a have a look at the up to date Group C standings.
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Because the Atlanta Hawks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, the Celtics can’t win Group C. Atlanta beat Boston throughout their opening group match to win the head-to-head tiebreaker. The Bulls want a win over the C’s to attempt to overtake the Hawks.
Along with the group winners, one “wild card” workforce from every convention advances to the quarterfinals. The very best tiebreaker for wild playing cards is level differentialso to win the wild card, the Celtics must have a greater level differential than all of the Jap Convention groups who additionally went 3-1 however didn’t win their group.
Since there will likely be extra group video games subsequent Tuesday, the C’s do not know the precise level differential wanted to earn the wild card spot. So that they’ll simply need to run up the rating in opposition to Chicago as a lot as attainable on Friday evening and hope for one of the best from the opposite group video games on Friday and Tuesday.
UPDATE (10:40 p.m. ET): The Celtics beat the Bulls 138-129 on Friday eveninggiving them a 3-1 file and a +23 level differential in Group C. This is what must occur for Boston to win the East wild card spot:
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The Orlando Magic defeated the New York Knicks of their remaining group play ET
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The Bucks beat the Pistons by at the very least six factors OR Detroit beat Milwaukee by at the very least seven factors.
Magic-Knicks and Bucks-Pistons are each scheduled for Tuesday, December 3. Basically, C’s followers ought to hope for a Magic win and a double-digit Bucks-Pistons win both approach.
