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NBA Playoff Brakets

West

East

Wolves (1)

Pacers (1)

Nuggets (8) Cetlics (8)

Kings (4) Heat (4)

Mavericks (5) Hornets (5)

Spurs (3) Pistons (3)

Grizzlies (6) Bucks (6)

Lakers (2) Nets (2)

Rockets (7) Knicks (7)

2003-04 DIVISION STANDINGS
Eastern Conference
Eastern	W	L	GB	Streak
Indiana(1)e	61	21	0	Won 5
New Jersey(2)a	47	35	14	Lost 2
Detroit(3)x	54	28	7	Lost 1
Miami(4)x	42	40	19	Won 2
New Orleans(5)x	41	41	20	Won 1
Milwaukee(6)x	41	41	20	Lost 3
New York(7)x	39	43	22	Lost 1
Boston(8)x	36	46	25	Won 1
Cleveland	35	47	26	Won 3
Toronto	33	49	28	Won 2
Philadelphia	33	49	28	Lost 4
Atlanta	28	54	33	Lost 1
Washington	25	57	36	Lost 3
Chicago	23	59	38	Lost 2
Orlando	21	61	40	Won 2

Western Conference
Western	W	L	GB	Streak
Minnesota(1)w	58	24	0	Won 9
L.A. Lakers(2)p	56	26	2	Won 2
San Antonio(3)x	57	25	1	Won 11
Sacramento(4)x	55	27	3	Lost 2
Dallas(5)x	52	30	6	Won 2
Memphis(6)x	50	32	8	Lost 4
Houston(7)x	45	37	13	Lost 1
Denver(8)x	43	39	15	Lost 1
Utah	42	40	16	Lost 2
Portland	41	41	17	Lost 4
Golden State	37	45	21	Won 1
Seattle	37	45	21	Won 1
Phoenix	29	53	29	Won 1
L.A. Clippers	28	54	30	Lost 1
x-Clinched Playoff Berth \| e-Clinched Eastern Conference \| a-Clinched Atlantic Division \|
c-Clinched Central Division \| w-Clinched Western Conference \| m-Clinched Midwest Division \|
p-Clinched Pacific Division

NBA Approves Realignment for 2004-05 Season

The NBA Board of Governors has approved a realignment plan that will take effect with the start of the 2004-05 season, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced today.

The NBA's newest member, the Charlotte Bobcats, will tip off its inaugural season as part of the Eastern Conference while the New Orleans Hornets will move from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Each conference will now have a total of 15 teams with three divisions of five teams.

The newly approved divisions are:

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division: Boston Celtics, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Toronto Raptors
Central Division: Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks
Southeast Division: Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Bobcats, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards

Western Conference

Southwest Division: Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs
Northwest Division: Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle SuperSonics, Utah Jazz
Pacific Division: Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Sacramento Kings

Under the new plan, teams will play divisional opponents four times each (two home games/two road games), conference opponents outside the division three or four times each and opponents outside the conference two times each (one home game/one road game).

The three regular season divisional winners in each conference will earn a playoff berth and one of the conference's top three playoff seeds based on regular season record. The remaining five playoff berths for each conference will be based on regular season records with no regard to divisional alignment.

Home-court advantage throughout the NBA playoffs will be based solely on regular season record, not playoff seeding, thus a divisional winner that has a higher playoff seed than an opponent will not necessarily have home-court advantage in the playoff series.