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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
80 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 16 1 17 52 54 55 57 59 60 62 63 MW MW MW
Celtics 12 3 15 50 52 54 56 57 59 61 62 64 65 MW
Knicks 9 6 15 47 49 51 53 54 56 58 59 61 62 MW
Magic 9 7 16 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 61 MW
Pistons 7 9 16 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
Hawks 7 9 16 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
Heat 6 7 13 46 48 50 52 53 55 57 58 60 62 MW
Nets 6 9 15 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 59 MW
Pacers 6 9 15 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
Bucks 6 9 15 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
 
Bulls 6 10 16 43 45 47 49 50 52 53 55 57 58 MW
Hornets 5 9 14 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
Raptors 3 12 15 41 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 57 MW
Wizards 2 11 13 42 44 46 48 49 51 53 54 56 58 MW
Sixers 2 12 14 41 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 57 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