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.
| Record Rcrd | Conference Playoff Spots | No Playoffs No POs |
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| 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 | 59 | 22 | 81 | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Celtics | 55 | 26 | 81 | X | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Knicks | 53 | 28 | 81 | X | X | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Cavaliers | 51 | 30 | 81 | X | X | X | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Hawks | 46 | 35 | 81 | X | X | X | X | MW | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Raptors | 45 | 36 | 81 | X | X | X | X | 1 | MW | MW | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Magic | 45 | 36 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 | MW | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Sixers | 44 | 37 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | 1 | 1 | MW | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Hornets | 43 | 38 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW | MW | ^ |
| Heat | 42 | 39 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 1 | MW | ^ |
| Bucks | 32 | 49 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Bulls | 31 | 50 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Nets | 20 | 61 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Pacers | 19 | 62 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW |
| Wizards | 17 | 64 | 81 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | MW |