| Regular Season Standings | |||||||||||||
| W | L | GB | |||||||||||
| 1 | Magic (E-9) | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | Heat (E-1) | 8 | 3 | 3 | Knicks beat Pistons, 34-29, 1/9/2000. Pistons beat Heat, 43-33, 1/15/2000. Heat beat Knicks, 35-27, 2/26/2000. Knicks 1-1, Pistons 1-1, Heat 1-1 in head-to-head games. Heat won other games against best opponents; Pistons won other games against worst opponents; Knicks in middle. | ||||||||
| 3 | Knicks (E-11) | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Pistons (E-4) | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Lakers (E-12) | 6 | 5 | 5 | Lakers beat Raptors, 29-28, 2/26/2000. | ||||||||
| 6 | Raptors (E-6) | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7 | Suns (E-5) | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| 8 | Sonics (E-2) | 4 | 7 | 7 | Hornets beat Jazz, 36-34, 3/4/2000. Sonics beat Hornets 39-12, 2/26/2000. Sonics beat Jazz, 43-38, 1/15/2000. Sonics 2-0, Hornets 1-1, Jazz 0-2 in head-to-head games. | ||||||||
| 9 | Hornets (E-10) | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 | Jazz (E-3) | 4 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 | Blazers (E-7) | 1 | 10 | 10 | Blazers beat Bulls, 23-17, 1/9/2000. | ||||||||
| 12 | Bulls (E-8) | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||