I really wanted the third seed and it'll take an unlikely Chicago loss to open the door for that, but that shouldn't overshadow the fact that the division-title is a significant achievement, especially since they had to withstand Brooklyn winning at a ferocious clip since January.
I still like Toronto beating Brooklyn in a playoff series between the two with Toronto having home-court advantage, though it's probably a 7-game series. It's not as nice a matchup as Washington would have been, but Brooklyn is a great home team and lousy road team (beyond their inexplicable ability to beat Miami).
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