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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
Cavaliers 55 10 65 MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Celtics 47 19 66 9 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Knicks 42 23 65 5 12 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Pistons 37 29 66 X 6 12 16 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Bucks 36 28 64 X 7 13 17 18 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Pacers 36 28 64 X 8 13 17 18 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Hawks 32 34 66 X 2 7 11 12 13 16 MW MW MW MW
Magic 30 36 66 X X 5 9 10 11 15 MW MW MW MW
Heat 29 36 65 X X 5 9 10 11 14 17 MW MW MW
Bulls 27 38 65 X X 3 7 8 9 12 15 16 MW MW
 
Raptors 23 43 66 X X X 2 3 4 7 10 11 13 MW
Nets 22 43 65 X X X 2 3 4 7 9 11 13 MW
Sixers 22 43 65 X X X 1 3 4 7 10 11 13 MW
Hornets 16 49 65 X X X X X X 1 4 5 7 MW
Wizards 13 51 64 X X X X X X X 2 3 5 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