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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 36 12 48 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Knicks 31 18 49 29 31 32 33 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Celtics 31 18 49 28 31 32 33 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Raptors 30 21 51 26 28 29 30 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Cavaliers 30 21 51 26 28 29 30 31 MW MW MW MW MW MW
Sixers 27 21 48 26 28 29 30 32 33 34 MW MW MW MW
Heat 27 24 51 23 25 26 27 29 30 31 MW MW MW MW
Magic 25 23 48 24 26 27 28 30 30 32 33 34 MW MW
Bulls 24 26 50 21 23 24 25 27 27 29 30 32 MW MW
Hawks 24 27 51 19 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 31 31 MW
 
Hornets 22 28 50 19 21 22 23 25 25 27 28 30 31 MW
Bucks 18 29 47 18 20 21 22 24 24 26 27 29 30 MW
Nets 13 35 48 12 14 15 16 18 18 20 21 23 24 MW
Wizards 13 35 48 12 14 15 16 18 18 20 21 23 24 MW
Pacers 13 36 49 10 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 23 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