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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
Cavaliers 59 15 74 5 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Celtics 54 19 73 DNCD 1 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Knicks 46 27 73 X DNCD 6 5 3 0 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Pacers 43 30 73 X X DNCD 7 6 2 0 ^ ^ ^ ^
Pistons 42 32 74 X X DNCD DNCD 7 3 1 1 0 ^ ^
Bucks 40 33 73 X X DNCD DNCD 9 5 3 3 1 0 ^
Hawks 35 38 73 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 8 7 6 1 0
Magic 35 39 74 X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 8 8 7 1 0
Bulls 33 40 73 X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 8 2 0
Heat 32 41 73 X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 3 0
 
Raptors 27 47 74 X X X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Sixers 23 50 73 X X X X X X X X X DNCD 0
Nets 23 51 74 X X X X X X X X X X 0
Hornets 18 55 73 X X X X X X X X X X 0
Wizards 16 57 73 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