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.
| Record Rcrd | Conference Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs |
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| 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 |