NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.
d-Cleveland 52 21 .712 —? W 1 30-6 30-14
p-Toronto 49 23 .681 2½ W 1 28-8 33-12
Atlanta 44 30 .595 8½ W 3 24-13 26-19
Boston 42 30 .583 9½ W 3 25-12 29-19
Miami 42 30 .583 9½ W 1 24-13 26-19
Charlotte 42 31 .575 10? W 1 27-11 27-16
Indiana 38 34 .528 13½ L 1 22-13 24-19
Detroit 39 35 .527 13½ L 1 24-13 25-21
Chicago 36 36 .500 15½ L 3 24-13 21-24
Washington 35 37 .486 16½ L 2 19-19 26-21
Orlando 30 43 .411 22? W 1 19-17 17-27
Milwaukee 30 44 .405 22½ L 5 21-15 19-26
New York 30 44 .405 22½ L 1 17-20 19-27
Brooklyn 21 51 .292 30½ W 2 14-24 12-31
Philadelphia 9 63 .125 42½ L 7 6-30 3-42
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.
d-Golden State 65 7 .903 —? W 3 34-0 40-5
d-San Antonio 61 12 .836 4½ L 1 37-0 38-6
d-Okla. City 51 22 .699 14½ W 7 30-9 34-11
LA Clippers 44 27 .620 20½ W 1 23-12 24-19
Memphis 41 32 .562 24½ L 2 25-11 25-21
Portland 37 36 .507 28½ L 1 22-12 25-21
Houston 36 37 .493 29½ W 1 20-16 24-22
Utah 36 37 .493 29½ W 1 22-13 20-23
Dallas 35 37 .486 30? L 2 20-17 22-22
Denver 31 42 .425 34½ W 2 17-19 16-27
Sacramento 28 44 .389 37? W 1 15-20 15-29
New Orleans 26 46 .361 39? L 3 18-18 18-29
Minnesota 24 49 .329 41½ L 1 12-24 13-30
Phoenix 20 52 .278 45? L 1 13-23 14-32
LA Lakers 15 57 .208 50? L 2 10-26 7-38
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.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
BOSTON 102at Phoenix 99 Cleveland 107at New York 93
At Brooklyn 120Indiana 110 At Okla. City 111San Antonio 92
Toronto 115at New Orleans 91 Utah 93at Minnesota 84
At Orlando 111Chicago 89 Charlotte 115at Milwaukee 91
Atlanta 112at Detroit 95 At Portland 108Philadelphia 105
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Denver at LA Clippers3:30 Philadelphia at Golden St.8
Houston at Indiana6 Washington at LA Lakers9:30
Dallas at Sacramento6
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Minn. 132at Wash. 129 (2OT) At San Antonio 110Memphis 104
At Detroit 112Charlotte 105 At Sacramento 116Phoenix 94
At Miami 108Orlando 97 At Golden St. 128Dallas 120
At Atlanta 101Milwaukee 90 Denver 116at LA Lakers 105
At Houston 112Toronto 109

