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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 48 18 66 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Celtics 44 23 67 12 15 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Knicks 43 25 68 10 14 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Cavaliers 41 26 67 9 12 14 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Magic 38 28 66 7 11 12 14 16 16 MW MW MW MW MW
Heat 38 30 68 5 8 10 12 14 14 MW MW MW MW MW
Raptors 37 29 66 6 9 10 13 14 16 MW MW MW MW MW
Hawks 36 31 67 4 8 9 11 13 13 14 MW MW MW MW
Sixers 36 31 67 4 7 9 10 12 13 15 15 MW MW MW
Hornets 34 34 68 1 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 13 MW MW
 
Bucks 27 39 66 X X X 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 MW
Bulls 27 40 67 X X X 2 3 5 6 7 7 8 MW
Nets 17 50 67 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Wizards 16 50 66 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Pacers 15 52 67 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