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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
8**
Play-in
9**
Play-in
10**
Play-in
11
Cavaliers 33 4 37 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Celtics 27 11 38 39 41 43 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Knicks 25 14 39 36 38 40 42 43 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Magic 22 18 40 32 34 36 38 38 40 42 MW MW MW MW
Pacers 21 18 39 32 35 36 38 38 40 42 43 MW MW MW
Bucks 20 16 36 33 36 38 40 40 42 44 45 46 MW MW
Heat 19 17 36 33 35 37 39 39 41 43 44 46 MW MW
Pistons 19 19 38 31 33 35 37 38 39 41 42 44 MW MW
Hawks 19 19 38 31 33 35 36 37 39 40 42 43 MW MW
Bulls 18 20 38 30 32 34 36 37 38 40 41 42 44 MW
 
Sixers 15 21 36 28 31 33 35 36 37 39 41 42 44 MW
Nets 13 25 38 25 27 29 31 32 33 35 36 37 39 MW
Hornets 8 27 35 22 25 27 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 MW
Raptors 8 30 38 19 22 24 26 27 28 30 32 32 35 MW
Wizards 6 30 36 19 22 24 26 27 28 30 32 32 34 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