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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
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 43 14 57 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Celtics 38 20 58 20 24 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Knicks 37 22 59 18 23 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Cavaliers 37 23 60 17 21 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Raptors 34 25 59 15 19 21 21 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Sixers 32 26 58 14 18 20 20 23 24 MW MW MW MW MW
Magic 31 26 57 14 19 20 20 23 24 25 25 MW MW MW
Heat 31 28 59 12 16 18 18 21 22 22 MW MW MW MW
Hawks 29 31 60 9 14 15 15 18 19 20 21 MW MW MW
Hornets 28 31 59 9 14 15 15 18 19 20 21 23 MW MW
 
Bucks 26 31 57 9 13 15 15 17 18 20 21 23 24 MW
Bulls 24 35 59 4 9 11 11 14 14 16 17 19 19 MW
Wizards 16 41 57 X 3 5 5 8 9 10 11 13 13 MW
Nets 15 42 57 X 2 3 4 7 7 9 10 12 13 MW
Pacers 15 44 59 X X 2 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 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