| Regular Season Standings | |||||||||||||
| W | L | GB | |||||||||||
| 1 | Magic (C-1) | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Hornets (C-2) | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | Lakers (C-11) | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Spurs (C-7) | 6 | 5 | 5 | Celtics beat Spurs, 20-19, 1/15/2000. Spurs beat Sonics, 38-16, 2/19/2000. Sonics beat Celtics, 32-26, 2/20/2000. Celtics 1-1, Spurs 1-1, Sonics 1-1 in triple head-to-head series. In other games, Spurs & Sonics won against better teams (still a tie); Celtics won against worst teams. Spurs beat Sonics in dual head-to-head series. | ||||||||
| 5 | Sonics (C-3) | 7 | 5 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Celtics (C-8) | 7 | 5 | 4.5 | |||||||||
| 7 | Hawks (C-6) | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | |||||||||
| 8 | Pistons (C-5) | 5 | 7 | 6.5 | Pistons beat Knicks, 30-20, 1/8/2000. | ||||||||
| 9 | Knicks (C-9) | 4 | 8 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 10 | Blazers (C-4) | 4 | 8 | 7.5 | |||||||||
| 11 | Bulls (C-10) | 2 | 10 | 9.5 | Bulls beat Suns, 21-14, 2/12/2000. | ||||||||
| 12 | Suns (C-12) | 2 | 10 | 9.5 | |||||||||