Atlantic Division

(NBA)

The Atlantic Division is a division in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. The 76ers, Knicks, Nets, and the Celtics were already in the seven team Atlantic before the merge that brought the Raptors and sent the Heat, Magic and Wizards to the new Southeast Division. The current divisions have been active since the start of the 04-05 season. The 04-05 Atlantic Division winner was the Boston Celtics. The 05-06 season winner was the New Jersey Nets. The 06-07 season champions are the Toronto Raptors; this is the first division title in their franchise history.

Current standings

Regular-season standings are final as of April 19, 2007.

W = Wins, L = Losses, PCT = Winning Percentage, GB = Games behind, final Eastern Conference playoff seeding in parenthesis.

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Atlantic Division Final Regular Season Standings
1	a-Toronto Raptors (3)	47	35	.573	-
2	x-New Jersey Nets (6)	41	41	.500	6.0
3	o-Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	12.0
4	o-New York Knicks	33	49	.402	14.0
5	o-Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	23.0

a-Clinched Atlantic Divsion | o-Eliminated from Playoffs Contention | x-Clinched Playoff Spot

As of May 6, 2007, New Jersey defeated Toronto in a best-of-seven 4-2 (they were bracketed to face each other as the 3rd and 6th seeds in an 8-team bracket.)

New Jersey had gone on to face the #2 seeded Cleveland Cavaliers, whom they lost to 2-4.

Despite both teams having a 41-41 record, the Nets won the #6/#7 tiebreaker over the Wizards because New Jersey was 4-0 against Washington in the regular season.

Teams in the Atlantic Division

Former teams in the Atlantic Division