Philadelphia 76ers Miami Heat (image source Getty Images)

During the recent episode of #Handle, Channing Frye and Lauren Jbara discussed the upcoming game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat. Frye was asked about his pick for the upcoming game, and he said that he is in favor of the Philadelphia 76ers. He is going with Philly to finish with the #7 seed and Miami with #8.

Lauren Jbara: The Philadelphia 76ers are on an 8-game winning streak; who comes out on top of this one?

Channing Frye: I think, for me, it’s hard to just turn it on like that, and I think Philadelphia will win this. Before Joel Embiid’s injury, he was the MVP of the league. He is unguardable.

Philadelphia 76ers could secure the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference

The NBA play-in round for the Western Conference began on Tuesday night, while the Eastern Conference’s matches are scheduled for Wednesday. The game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat will decide the Eastern Conference playoffs’ No.7 seed.

The team that loses this game will face the winner of the other Wednesday night game between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks to determine the eighth conference seed. Joel Embiid, who averaged 34.7 points and 11.0 rebounds in just 39 games, injured his left knee during the 76ers’ 125-113 victory against the Orlando Magic on Friday.

As a precautionary measure, he will miss Sunday’s season finale against the Brooklyn Nets. However, with another strong performance, the 76ers could secure the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference and a first-round series against the second-seeded New York Knicks.

Jimmy Butler led the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals twice in the previous four seasons. Despite this, he did not express much interest in reflecting on the team’s advancement from the play-in tournament in the last year.