For the final time this regular season, the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics will duel in what looks like a possible second-round playoff matchup. The 51-27 Sixers are three games up on fourth and three games back of second. Boston is 54-24, two games behind the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and three games better than Philadelphia, which it owns the tiebreaker over. If both teams hold those positions and win their respective first-round series, they’ll meet in the playoffs for the third time in six years.
Philadelphia is fifth in net rating (plus-4.