Celtics loss opens up Cavaliers path to Vegas

The Cleveland Cavaliers tackle the Philadelphia 76ers later tonight. First, let’s get into the information and hyperlinks of the day.

The primary sip

The NBA Cup group stage doesn’t start for the Cavs till Friday after they host the Chicago Bulls. However their path to attending to Las Vegas simply turned a lot clearer.

The Cavaliers are in Jap Convention Group C with the Bulls, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Wizards. The Celtics are the Cavs’ major competitors throughout the group and the convention at massive. Boston’s loss to Atlanta final evening gives a neater means for Cleveland to get out of the group stage and knockout spherical.

Head-to-head document is the primary tiebreaker in group play. If the Cavs lose to the Celtics subsequent Tuesday, and each groups end 3-1, the Celtics would have the benefit. Nevertheless, if three groups end at 3-1, then the tie-breaker could be level differential. The Cavs might win the group in that state of affairs if they will accumulate a greater level differential towards groups just like the Wizards and Bulls.

The loss to the Hawks additionally permits the Cavs to basically get rid of the Celtics on Tuesday with a win. It’s unlikely {that a} workforce with two losses would advance out of the group stage and much more unlikely that they’d be a wild card workforce. That might open up a transparent path for the Cavs to advance to Las Vegas as the remainder of the convention is struggling. This wouldn’t have been the state of affairs if the Celtics beat the Hawks.

Subsequent Tuesday’s recreation towards the Celtics was at all times going to be necessary. It nonetheless is. The Cavs now have extra room for error and a higher reward for profitable.

NBA schedule right this moment

• Pacers vs. Magic – 7 PM
• Cavs vs. 76ers – 7:30 PM
• Celtics vs. Nets – 7:30 PM
• Bulls vs. Knicks – 7:30 PM
• Pelicans vs. Thunder – 7:30 PM, ESPN
• Clippers vs. Rockers – 8 PM
• Pistons vs. Bucks – 8 PM
• Wizards vs. Spurs – 8 PM
• Grizzlies vs. Lakers – 10 PM, ESPN
• Timberwolves vs. Path Blazers – 10 PM
• Suns vs. Kings – 10 PM

Podcasts

Me and Tony Pesta mentioned what we’ve seen from the Cavs over the previous few video games on The Junkyard Pod. You may watch that beneath or hearken to it HERE.

Hyperlinks of the day