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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
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
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Cavaliers 16 1 17 61 58 56 54 52 50 48 47 45 43 0
Celtics 12 3 15 65 62 60 58 56 54 52 51 49 47 0
Knicks 9 6 15 DNCD 65 63 61 59 57 55 54 52 50 0
Magic 9 7 16 DNCD DNCD 62 61 59 57 55 54 52 50 0
Pistons 7 9 16 DNCD DNCD 64 62 61 59 57 56 54 52 0
Hawks 7 9 16 DNCD DNCD 64 62 61 59 57 55 54 52 0
Heat 6 7 13 DNCD 67 65 63 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Nets 6 9 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Pacers 6 9 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Bucks 6 9 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
 
Bulls 6 10 16 DNCD DNCD DNCD 63 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Hornets 5 9 14 DNCD DNCD 66 64 63 61 59 58 56 54 0
Raptors 3 12 15 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 64 62 61 59 57 56 0
Wizards 2 11 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 65 64 62 60 59 57 0
Sixers 2 12 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD 66 65 63 62 60 59 57 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