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Eastern Conference Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Eastern Conference Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Conference Playoff Spots No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team W L GPi
Games Played
82 game season
1*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
2*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
8**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
9**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
10**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
11
Pistons 56 21 77 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Celtics 52 25 77 1 MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Knicks 50 28 78 X 3 MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cavaliers 48 29 77 X 1 3 MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Hawks 45 33 78 X X X 2 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Sixers 43 34 77 X X X X 3 MW MW MW MW MW ^
Raptors 43 34 77 X X X 1 4 5 MW MW MW MW ^
Hornets 42 36 78 X X X X 2 3 4 MW MW MW ^
Magic 41 36 77 X X X X 1 4 4 5 MW MW ^
Heat 40 37 77 X X X X 1 3 3 4 4 MW ^
 
Bucks 30 47 77 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Bulls 29 48 77 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Pacers 18 59 77 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Nets 18 59 77 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Wizards 17 59 76 X X X X X X X X X X MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs
  • ** denotes Play-in Tournament Participant