Winderman: Heat at top of East or play-in? It’s a very fine line
What happened
MIAMI — The prevailing notion once LeBron James put pen to paper on July 27 was that the stage was set in the Eastern Conference, that assessments could be set when it came to standings, seedings. Yes, there was some cleanup work around the conference in the interim, most notably the Cavaliers’ acquisition of Peyton Watson, but otherwise mostly ancillary stuff, like the 76ers adding Kentavious ...
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