NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

Cleveland 44 18 .710 —? L 1 27-6 27-12

Toronto 42 20 .677 2? W 1 24-7 27-10

BOSTON 38 26 .594 7? L 1 22-10 26-17

Miami 37 26 .587 7½ W 5 21-12 23-16

Atlanta 36 28 .563 9? W 3 19-12 21-17

Charlotte 34 28 .548 10? W 4 22-9 22-15

Indiana 34 30 .531 11? W 2 19-11 22-16

Chicago 32 30 .516 12? W 2 21-11 19-19

Detroit 32 31 .508 12½ W 1 19-11 20-17

*Washington 30 32 .484 14? L 2 16-17 21-20

*Orlando 27 35 .435 17? L 2 17-16 16-21

Milwaukee 26 38 .406 19? L 2 18-12 17-21

New York 26 39 .400 19½ L 1 16-18 17-25

Brooklyn 18 46 .281 27? L 2 11-22 9-26

Philadelphia 8 55 .127 36½ L 12 5-25 2-37

WESTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

p-Golden State 56 6 .903 —? W 1 27-0 32-4

p-San Antonio 54 10 .844 3? W 1 30-0 33-5

Oklahoma City 43 20 .683 13½ W 1 25-8 29-9

LA Clippers 41 21 .661 15? W 1 21-11 22-14

Memphis 38 25 .603 18½ W 1 23-10 22-17

Dallas 33 31 .516 24? L 3 19-14 21-19

*Portland 33 31 .516 24? L 3 19-12 23-16

Houston 31 32 .492 25½ W 1 17-14 22-19

Utah 29 34 .460 27½ L 1 19-13 16-21

Denver 26 38 .406 31? W 2 14-19 14-27

Sacramento 25 37 .403 31? L 2 14-16 13-26

New Orleans 24 38 .387 32? W 1 17-15 16-26

Minnesota 20 45 .308 37½ L 2 11-22 10-26

Phoenix 17 46 .270 39½ W 2 11-21 11-27

*LA Lakers 13 51 .203 44? W 1 8-21 6-34

* — 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.

TUESDAY’S RESULTS

At Toronto 104Brooklyn 99 Atlanta 91at Utah 84

San Antonio 116at Minnesota 91 Washingtonat Portland

At Denver 110New York 94 Orlandoat LA Lakers

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Memphis at BOSTON7 New York at Phoenix9

Houston at Philadelphia7 LA Clippers at Okla. City9:30

New Orleans at Charlotte7 Cleveland at Sacramento10

Miami at Milwaukee8 Utah at Golden St.10:30

Detroit at Dallas8:30

MONDAY’S RESULTS

Memphis 106at Cleveland 103 At Chicago 100Milwaukee 90

At Indiana 99San Antonio 91 LA Clippers 109at Dallas 90

At Charlotte 108Minnesota 103 At Golden St. 119Orlando 113

At New Orleans 115Sacra. 112