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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
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 15 3 18 49 51 53 54 56 58 59 61 MW MW MW
Raptors 14 5 19 47 49 51 52 54 56 57 59 61 MW MW
Heat 13 6 19 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW MW
Cavaliers 12 7 19 45 47 49 50 52 54 56 57 59 61 MW
Knicks 11 6 17 46 48 50 51 53 55 57 58 60 62 MW
Hawks 11 8 19 44 46 48 49 51 53 54 56 58 60 MW
Sixers 10 7 17 45 47 49 50 52 54 56 58 59 61 MW
Celtics 10 8 18 44 46 48 49 51 53 55 57 58 60 MW
Magic 10 9 19 43 45 47 48 50 52 54 56 57 59 MW
Bulls 9 8 17 44 46 48 49 51 53 55 56 58 60 MW
 
Bucks 8 11 19 41 43 45 46 48 50 52 54 55 57 MW
Hornets 4 14 18 38 40 42 43 45 47 49 51 52 54 MW
Nets 3 14 17 38 40 42 43 45 47 49 51 52 54 MW
Wizards 2 15 17 37 39 41 42 44 46 48 50 51 53 MW
Pacers 2 16 18 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 49 50 52 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