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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 45 17 62 16 14 14 11 10 9 8 7 6 3 0
Celtics 42 21 63 DNCD 18 17 13 12 12 11 10 9 6 0
Knicks 41 23 64 DNCD DNCD 18 14 13 13 12 11 10 7 0
Cavaliers 39 24 63 DNCD DNCD DNCD 17 16 15 14 13 12 9 0
Raptors 35 27 62 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 20 19 18 17 16 13 0
Heat 35 29 64 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 18 18 17 16 13 0
Magic 34 28 62 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 20 20 19 18 17 14 0
Sixers 34 29 63 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 19 18 17 14 0
Hawks 33 31 64 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 18 15 0
Hornets 32 32 64 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 16 0
 
Bucks 27 35 62 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Bulls 26 37 63 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Wizards 16 46 62 X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Nets 16 47 63 X X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Pacers 15 48 63 X X X X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 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