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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.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Basketball News
     08 Feb: A double-dose of positive news for the Breakers as they fight to keep their dim NBL basketball playoff hopes alight
     08 Feb: Breakers American basketball import Izaiah Brockington has revealed he's keen to return to the club for next season's NBL
     07 Feb: Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is refusing to let recent results diminish their intensity ahead of tonight's fixture against Illawarra in Auckland
     07 Feb: The New Zealand Breakers have kept their slim NBL playoff hopes alive following a 106-95 win over the Illawarra Hawks in Auckland
     06 Feb: The life support is near to being turned off on the Breakers' NBL season after a 31-point loss at home to South East Melbourne
     06 Feb: On-court general Parker Jackson-Cartwright has broken the Breakers record for the number of assists in an NBL season...but his effort couldn't prevent a 31-point loss to South East Melbourne in Auckland
     05 Feb: To our "where there is hope there is life" desk
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