NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

Cleveland 44 17 .721 —? W 3 27-5 27-12

Toronto 41 19 .683 2½ W 2 23-6 26-10

Boston 38 26 .594 7½ L 1 22-10 26-17

Miami 36 26 .581 8½ W 4 20-12 22-16

*Atlanta 34 28 .548 10½ W 1 19-12 21-17

Charlotte 33 28 .541 11? W 3 21-9 22-15

Indiana 33 30 .524 12? W 1 18-11 22-16

Chicago 31 30 .508 13? W 1 20-11 18-19

Detroit 31 31 .500 13½ L 2 18-11 20-17

Washington 30 32 .484 14½ L 2 16-17 21-20

Orlando 27 34 .443 17? L 1 17-16 16-21

Milwaukee 26 36 .419 18½ W 1 18-11 17-20

New York 26 38 .406 19½ W 1 16-18 17-25

Brooklyn 18 45 .286 27? L 1 11-22 9-25

Philadelphia 8 54 .129 36½ L 11 5-25 2-36

WESTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

p-Golden State 55 5 .917 —? W 7 26-0 32-3

p-San Antonio 53 9 .855 3? W 8 30-0 32-5

Oklahoma City 42 20 .677 14? L 2 25-8 29-9

*LA Clippers 40 20 .667 15? W 3 21-10 21-14

Memphis 37 24 .607 18½ W 3 23-9 22-16

Dallas 33 29 .532 23? L 1 19-13 21-17

Portland 33 30 .524 23½ L 2 19-12 23-16

Houston 30 32 .484 26? L 1 17-14 22-19

Utah 29 33 .468 27? W 1 19-12 16-21

Sacramento 25 36 .410 30½ L 1 14-16 13-25

Denver 24 38 .387 32? L 1 12-19 13-27

New Orleans 23 38 .377 32½ L 4 16-15 15-26

Minnesota 20 43 .317 36½ W 1 11-21 10-25

Phoenix 16 46 .258 40? W 1 11-21 10-27

LA Lakers 12 51 .190 44½ L 2 7-21 5-34

* — Not including late game

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.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

At Cleveland 120BOSTON 103 At Minnesota 132Brooklyn 118

Utah 106at New Orleans 94 At Chicago 108Houston 100

At New York 102Detroit 89 At San Antonio 104Sacra. 94

Indiana 100at Washington 99 Atlantaat LA Clippers

SUNDAY’S GAMES

Golden St. at LA Lakers3:30 Portland at Detroit6

Okla. City at Milwaukee3:30 Philadelphia at Miami6

Phoenix at Memphis4 Houston at Toronto6:30

Dallas at Denver5

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

At BOSTON 105New York 104 At Memphis 94Utah 88

Phoenix 102at Orlando 84 At Milwaukee 116Minnesota 101

Miami 112at Philadelphia 102 At Cleveland 108Washington 83

At Charlotte 108Indiana 101 Brooklyn 121at Denver 120 (OT)

At Toronto 117Portland 115 Atlanta 106at LA Lakers 77