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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 Tournament
Participant
8**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
9**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
10**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
11
Pistons 11 2 13 65 63 61 59 58 56 54 53 51 49 0
Cavaliers 9 5 14 66 65 63 61 60 58 56 55 53 51 0
Hawks 9 5 14 66 64 63 61 60 58 56 55 53 51 0
Knicks 8 4 12 68 66 64 62 61 59 57 56 54 52 0
Raptors 8 5 13 67 66 64 62 61 59 57 56 54 52 0
Bucks 8 6 14 66 65 63 62 60 59 57 56 54 52 0
Sixers 7 5 12 DNCD 67 65 63 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Heat 7 6 13 DNCD 66 65 63 61 60 58 57 55 53 0
Magic 7 7 14 DNCD 66 65 63 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
Celtics 7 7 14 DNCD DNCD 65 63 62 60 58 57 55 53 0
 
Bulls 6 6 12 DNCD 68 66 64 63 61 59 58 56 54 0
Hornets 4 9 13 DNCD DNCD 67 65 64 62 61 59 58 56 0
Nets 2 11 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 66 64 63 61 60 58 0
Pacers 1 12 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 66 65 63 62 60 59 0
Wizards 1 12 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 67 65 64 62 61 59 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