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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 60 22 82 MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Celtics 56 26 82 X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Knicks 53 29 82 X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Cavaliers 52 30 82 X X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Raptors 46 36 82 X X X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Hawks 46 36 82 X X X X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sixers 45 37 82 X X X X X X MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Magic 45 37 82 X X X X X X X MW ^ ^ ^
Hornets 44 38 82 X X X X X X X X MW ^ ^
Heat 43 39 82 X X X X X X X X X MW ^
 
Bucks 32 50 82 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Bulls 31 51 82 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Nets 20 62 82 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Pacers 19 63 82 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Wizards 17 65 82 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