The Atlantic Division Down The Stretch

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A post every Friday morning from here till the end of the regular season, detailing the upcoming schedules and matchups for the three Atlantic Division contenders:

Standings:

Standing	Team	Record	Games Behind	Notes
T-1	Philadelphia	28-22	-	Tiebreaker over Boston
T-1	Boston	28-22	-
3	New York	26-25	2.5
4	Toronto	17-34	11.5
5	New Jersey	17-35	12

Upcoming Schedules:

76ers:

Day	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Record
Friday	3/30/2012	Washington	Away	11-39
Saturday	3/31/2012	Atlanta	Home	30-22
Tuesday	4/3/2012	Miami	Away	36-13
Wednesday	4/4/2012	Toronto	Home	17-34

Celtics:

Day	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Record
Friday	3/30/2012	Minnesota	Away	25-27
Sunday	4/1/2012	Miami	Home	36-13
Wednesday	4/4/2012	San Antonio	Home	35-14
Thursday	4/5/2012	Chicago	Away	41-11

Knicks:

Day	Date	Opponent	Home/Away	Record
Friday	3/30/2012	Atlanta	Away	30-22
Saturday	3/31/2012	Cleveland	Home	17-31
Tuesday	4/3/2012	Indiana	Away	30-20
Thursday	4/5/2012	Orlando	Away	32-19

Injuries (info from basketball-reference.com):

76ers: Andre Iguodala (knee – day-to-day)

Celtics: Mickael Pietrus (concussion – out), Jermaine O’Neal (wrist – out for year), Chris Wilcox (heart irregularity – out for year/waived), Ray Allen (ankle – day-to-day)

New York: Amar’e Stoudemire (back – out), Jeremy Lin (knee – day-to-day), Jared Jeffries (knee, out), Bill Walker (elbow – out)

Notes:

By the looks of it, the Sixers have the easiest schedule this week. Two games against bottom dwellers versus just one for the Knicks and none for the Celtics. Miami obviously won’t be easy for either the Celtics or Sixers. None of these teams play each other until next Sunday, when the Sixers and Celtics meet. The Knicks and Sixers have already finished their season series.

So, the Sixers need to capitalize on this stretch. A 3-1 record would be great given the schedules the other teams have.