NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

d-Cleveland 51 20 .718 —? W 2 30-6 29-13

p-Toronto 48 22 .686 2½ L 1 28-8 33-12

Atlanta 42 30 .583 9½ W 1 23-13 24-19

BOSTON 42 30 .583 9½ W 3 25-12 29-19

Miami 41 30 .577 10? L 1 23-13 25-19

Charlotte 41 30 .577 10? W 2 27-11 26-15

Indiana 37 33 .529 13½ W 1 21-13 24-18

Detroit 38 34 .528 13½ W 4 23-12 24-20

Chicago 36 34 .514 14½ L 1 24-13 21-22

Washington 35 36 .493 16? L 1 19-18 26-21

Milwaukee 30 42 .417 21½ L 3 21-14 19-24

Orlando 29 42 .408 22? L 5 18-17 16-26

New York 29 43 .403 22½ W 1 16-19 18-26

Brooklyn 19 51 .271 31½ L 3 12-24 10-31

Philadelphia 9 63 .125 42½ L 7 6-30 3-42

WESTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

*d-Golden State 63 7 .900 —? W 1 32-0 38-5

d-San Antonio 60 11 .845 3½ W 1 36-0 37-5

d-Oklahoma City 49 22 .690 14½ W 5 28-9 32-11

*LA Clippers 43 26 .623 19½ L 2 22-12 23-18

Memphis 41 31 .569 23? L 1 25-11 25-20

*Portland 36 35 .507 27½ L 1 21-12 24-20

*Dallas 35 35 .500 28? W 1 20-17 22-20

Utah 35 36 .493 28½ W 2 22-13 19-22

Houston 35 37 .486 29? L 3 19-16 24-22

Denver 30 42 .417 34? W 1 17-19 15-27

Sacramento 27 44 .380 36½ L 2 14-20 14-29

New Orleans 26 44 .371 37? L 1 18-17 18-29

Minnesota 23 48 .324 40½ W 1 12-23 13-29

*Phoenix 19 51 .271 44? L 1 12-23 13-31

*LA Lakers 15 55 .214 48? W 1 10-25 7-36

* — Not including late game

d — Clinched division

p — Clinched playoff berth

THE PLAYOFF FORMAT

The three division champions in each conference, plus the next five teams with the best records, qualify. The division winners and the team with the next-best record get the top four seeds in each conference, and those four are seeded according to record.

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS

At BOSTON 91Toronto 79 New York 115at Chicago 107

Atlanta 122at Washington 101 At San Antonio 112Miami 88

At Cleveland 113Milwaukee 104 At Denver 104Philadelphia 103

At Detroit 118Orlando 102 LA Lakersat Phoenix

At Minnesota 113Sacramento 104 Dallasat Portland

Utah 89at Houston 87 LA Clippersat Golden St.

THURSDAY’S GAMES

New Orleans at Indiana7 Utah at Okla. City8

Cleveland at Brooklyn7:30 Portland at LA Clippers10:30

Chicago at New York7:30

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

Charlotte 105at Brooklyn 100 At Okla. City 111Houston 107

Miami 113at New Orleans 99 At LA Lakers 107Memphis 100