NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

c-Cleveland 57 24 .704 —? W 1 33-7 35-16

d-Toronto 54 26 .675 2½ W 2 31-9 37-13

p-Atlanta 48 33 .593 9? L 1 27-14 29-22

p-Miami 47 33 .588 9½ W 1 28-13 30-20

p-Boston 47 34 .580 10? L 2 27-13 30-21

p-Charlotte 47 34 .580 10? W 1 29-11 32-19

p-Indiana 43 37 .538 13½ W 1 25-15 28-22

p-Detroit 43 37 .538 13½ W 2 26-14 28-22

Chicago 41 40 .506 16? W 2 25-15 24-27

Washington 40 41 .494 17? W 2 21-19 29-22

Orlando 35 46 .432 22? W 1 23-18 21-30

Milwaukee 33 48 .407 24? L 1 23-17 21-30

New York 32 49 .395 25? L 1 18-23 21-30

Brooklyn 21 60 .259 36? L 9 14-26 12-39

Philadelphia 10 70 .125 46½ L 2 7-34 3-47

WESTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

c-Golden State 72 9 .889 —? W 3 38-2 45-6

d-San Antonio 65 15 .813 6½ L 3 39-1 41-9

d-Okla. City 55 26 .679 17? W 1 32-9 37-14

p-LA Clippers 52 28 .650 19½ W 5 28-12 30-20

p-Portland 43 38 .531 29? L 1 27-13 28-23

p-Memphis 42 38 .525 29½ L 2 26-15 25-25

p-Dallas 42 39 .519 30? W 1 23-17 27-24

Houston 40 41 .494 32? W 2 22-18 27-24

Utah 40 41 .494 32? L 1 24-17 24-27

Denver 33 48 .407 39? L 1 18-23 18-33

Sacramento 33 48 .407 39 W 2 18-23 19-32

New Orleans 30 51 .370 42? L 2 21-20 20-31

Minnesota 28 53 .346 44? L 1 13-27 17-34

Phoenix 22 59 .272 50 L 1 13-27 16-35

LA Lakers 16 65 .198 56? L 6 11-29 7-44

c — Clinched conference

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.

MONDAY’S RESULTS

Charlotte 114at BOSTON 100 Houston 129at Minnesota 105

At Cleveland 109Atlanta 94 At Okla. City 112LA Lakers 79

At Orlando 107Milwaukee 98 Dallas 101at Utah 92

Washington 120at Brooklyn 111 Sacramento 105at Phoenix 101

Chicago 121at New Orleans 116

TUESDAY’S GAMES

New York at Indiana7 Okla. City at San Antonio8

Miami at Detroit7:30 Memphis at LA Clippers10:30

Philadelphia at Toronto7:30

SUNDAY’S RESULTS

At Washington 113Charlotte 98 At Indiana 129Brooklyn 105

At Houston 130LA Lakers 110 At Miami 118Orlando 96

At LA Clippers 98Dallas 91 Golden St. 92at San Antonio 86

Utah 100at Denver 84 Toronto 93at New York 89

Milwaukee 109at Phila. 108 (OT)