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Eastern Conference Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Eastern Conference Winning 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 48 18 66 11 9 9 7 6 5 3 3 2 0 ^
Celtics 43 23 66 DNCD 15 14 12 10 9 9 8 7 2 0
Knicks 43 25 68 DNCD DNCD 14 12 11 9 9 8 7 1 0
Cavaliers 41 26 67 DNCD DNCD DNCD 14 13 12 11 10 9 4 0
Heat 38 29 67 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 14 13 12 7 0
Magic 37 28 65 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 17 15 15 14 13 8 0
Raptors 37 29 66 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 15 15 14 13 8 0
Hawks 35 31 66 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 16 16 15 10 0
Sixers 35 31 66 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 16 15 10 0
Hornets 34 33 67 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 11 0
 
Bucks 27 38 65 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Bulls 27 39 66 X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nets 17 49 66 X X X X X X X X X X 0
Wizards 16 49 65 X X X X X X X X X X 0
Pacers 15 52 67 X X X X X X X X X X 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs
  • ** denotes Play-in Tournament Participant