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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
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Bulls 6 1 7 72 69 67 66 64 62 60 59 57 55 0
Pistons 6 2 8 71 69 67 66 64 62 60 59 57 55 0
Cavaliers 5 3 8 71 70 68 67 65 63 61 60 58 56 0
Bucks 5 3 8 71 70 68 66 65 63 61 60 58 56 0
Knicks 5 3 8 72 70 68 67 65 63 61 60 58 56 0
Sixers 5 3 8 72 70 68 66 65 63 61 60 58 56 0
Raptors 4 4 8 72 71 69 67 66 64 62 61 59 57 0
Hawks 4 4 8 DNCD 71 69 68 66 64 62 61 59 57 0
Heat 4 4 8 72 70 69 67 65 64 62 60 59 57 0
Celtics 4 5 9 DNCD 71 69 68 66 64 62 61 59 57 0
 
Magic 3 5 8 DNCD 72 70 68 67 65 63 62 60 58 0
Hornets 3 5 8 DNCD 72 70 68 67 65 63 61 60 58 0
Nets 1 7 8 DNCD 72 71 69 68 66 65 63 61 60 0
Pacers 1 7 8 DNCD 72 71 70 68 66 65 63 61 60 0
Wizards 1 7 8 DNCD DNCD 71 70 68 67 65 63 62 60 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