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NBA - Week 22 of 25

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
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
8**
Play-in
9**
Play-in
10**
Play-in
11
Celtics 54 14 68 MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Bucks 44 24 68 5 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Cavaliers 43 25 68 3 14 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Knicks 40 27 67 1 11 13 15 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Magic 40 28 68 1 11 12 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Sixers 38 30 68 X 8 10 12 13 14 14 MW MW MW MW
Pacers 38 31 69 X 8 9 11 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW
Heat 37 31 68 X 8 9 12 12 13 14 MW MW MW MW
Bulls 33 35 68 X 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 MW MW MW
Hawks 30 37 67 X 2 3 6 6 6 7 8 12 MW MW
 
Nets 26 42 68 X X X X 1 2 3 4 8 11 MW
Raptors 23 45 68 X X X X X X X 1 5 8 MW
Hornets 17 51 68 X X X X X X X X X 2 MW
Pistons 12 56 68 X X X X X X X X X X MW
Wizards 11 57 68 X X X X X X X X X X 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