NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

Cleveland 40 14 .741 —? W 5 23-4 23-9

Toronto 36 18 .667 4? W 1 19-6 24-9

BOSTON 33 24 .579 8½ W 1 17-10 23-16

Miami 31 24 .564 9½ W 2 17-11 18-15

Indiana 30 25 .545 10½ W 2 17-9 19-12

Atlanta 31 26 .544 10½ L 2 17-11 19-17

Charlotte 29 26 .527 11½ W 5 19-9 19-13

Chicago 29 26 .527 11½ W 2 18-10 17-16

Detroit 27 29 .482 14? L 5 16-11 16-16

Washington 25 29 .463 15? L 1 13-16 18-17

Orlando 24 30 .444 16? L 1 15-14 13-20

New York 24 33 .421 17½ W 1 14-15 15-21

Milwaukee 23 33 .411 18? W 1 15-9 17-17

Brooklyn 15 41 .268 26? L 1 11-22 9-25

Philadelphia 8 47 .145 32½ L 4 5-21 2-29

WESTERN CONFERENCE

  W L Pct. GB? Streak Home Conf.

Golden State 49 5 .907 —? W 1 24-0 30-3

San Antonio 47 9 .839 3? W 2 28-0 27-5

Oklahoma City 40 16 .714 10? L 2 25-7 27-5

LA Clippers 36 19 .655 13½ L 1 18-9 18-13

Memphis 32 23 .582 17½ L 1 20-9 17-15

Dallas 30 27 .526 20½ W 1 16-11 19-15

Portland 29 27 .518 21? W 5 18-11 23-15

Houston 28 28 .500 22? W 1 16-13 20-17

Utah 27 28 .491 22½ L 1 18-10 14-19

Sacramento 23 31 .426 26? W 2 14-13 11-20

New Orleans 22 33 .400 27½ W 2 15-12 14-22

Denver 22 34 .393 28? L 2 11-16 11-24

Minnesota 17 39 .304 33? L 2 9-20 9-24

Phoenix 14 42 .250 36? L 11 10-20 9-26

LA Lakers 11 46 .193 39½ L 5 6-19 5-31

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.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS

BOSTON 121at Denver 101 Indiana 105at Orlando 102

New Orleans 111at Detroit 106 Charlotte 104at Brooklyn 96

Cleveland 115at Okla. City 92 At Dallas 129Philadelphia 103

San Antonio 118at Phoenix 111 At Chicago 126LA Lakers 115

At Toronto 98Memphis 85 At Portland 115Utah 111

MONDAY’S GAMES

BOSTON at Minnesota8 Golden St. at Atlanta8

Detroit at Cleveland7 LA Lakers at Milwaukee8

Indiana at Miami7:30 Phoenix at LA Clippers10:30

Toronto at New York7:30

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Milwaukee 117at Atlanta 109 (2OT) New York 103at Minnesota 95

At Miami 114Washington 94 Golden St. 115at LA Clippers 112