Determining the Sixers' First Round Playoff Opponent Is Complicated

The Sixers have had a playoff berth secured for a couple of weeks now but their first round opponent and seeding won't be determined until the final buzzer this evening.

There are still scenarios in which the Sixers can face one of three teams in the first round: the Washington Wizards, the Miami Heat, or the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Sixers can still finish in either the third or fourth seed in the East with Cleveland taking the other spot. The Wizards, Heat, and Bucks are all jockeying for the six, seven, or eight seeds.

It can get rather complicated when attempting to put into prose with all of the different scenarios, but this handy chart breaks it down rather clearly:

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