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With the Celtics' 27 point win over the Bulls, and the Nets' win over the Raptors, the Celtics have won East Group C and have advanced to the next round of the In-Season Tournament (alien.top)
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East Group C:

Celtics: 3-1 (+27)

Magic: 3-1 (+22)

Nets: 3-1 (+10)

The Nets beating the Raptors created a 3-way tie between the top 3 teams in the group (Celtics beat Nets, Magic beat Celtics, Nets beat Magic), so point differential decides the winner of the group.

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[–] steppebraveheart@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Using H2H as the first tiebreaker in the group stage is flawed when each team only plays one game against every other team in the group. The NFL does this as well for conference seeding among teams in different divisions - and they're wrong for it. For it to be fair, the group stage would have to be 8 games. Where each team has a home game against every other team. Otherwise, differential should be the first tiebreaker.