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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 28 10 38 40 41 43 44 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW
Knicks 24 14 38 36 38 40 41 42 44 MW MW MW MW MW
Celtics 24 14 38 36 38 39 41 42 43 44 MW MW MW MW
Raptors 23 16 39 34 36 38 39 40 42 43 MW MW MW MW
Cavaliers 22 18 40 32 34 36 37 38 40 41 42 MW MW MW
Sixers 21 15 36 35 37 39 40 41 43 44 46 MW MW MW
Magic 21 18 39 32 34 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 MW MW
Heat 20 18 38 32 34 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 MW MW
Hawks 19 21 40 29 31 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 MW MW
Bulls 18 20 38 30 32 34 35 36 38 40 40 42 44 MW
 
Bucks 17 21 38 29 31 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 43 MW
Hornets 14 25 39 25 27 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 39 MW
Nets 11 24 35 26 28 30 31 32 34 35 36 38 40 MW
Wizards 10 27 37 23 25 27 28 29 31 32 33 35 37 MW
Pacers 8 31 39 19 21 23 24 25 27 28 29 31 33 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