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  •   Home > News > Sports > Basketball

    The Philadelphia 76ers have edged the Miami Heat 105-104 in the NBA play-in to confirm themselves as the eastern conference's seventh seed in the playoffs

    The Philadelphia 76ers have edged the Miami Heat 105-104 in the NBA play-in to confirm themselves as the eastern conference's seventh seed in the playoffs


    The Heat will have to play the winner of Chicago Bulls versus Atlanta Hawks - just underway - for the remaining eighth seed spot.

    BASKETBALL WITH BURGER KING'S CRUNCHY BARBECUE WHOPPER. THE LOUDEST WHOPPER YET.

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