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2001-02 NBA Atlantic standings
The New Jersey Nets won the 2001-02 NBA Atlantic division race at 52-30, 3 games ahead of the Boston Celtics.
🏆The 2001-02 playoffs, series by series
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Atlantic standings, 2001-02
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | L10 | Streak |
|---|
| New Jersey Nets (NJN) e | 52 | 30 | .634 | - | 6-4 | W1 |
| Boston Celtics (BOS) x | 49 | 33 | .598 | 3 | 8-2 | W4 |
| Orlando Magic (ORL) x | 44 | 38 | .537 | 8 | 5-5 | L1 |
| Philadelphia 76ers (PHI) x | 43 | 39 | .524 | 9 | 5-5 | L2 |
| Washington Wizards (WAS) | 37 | 45 | .451 | 15 | 3-7 | W1 |
| Miami Heat (MIA) | 36 | 46 | .439 | 16 | 4-6 | W1 |
| New York Knicks (NYK) | 30 | 52 | .366 | 22 | 3-7 | L2 |
Final standings.
Clinch key- x
- clinched a playoff place
- e
- clinched the top seed in the Eastern Conference
Turning points
- The lead changed hands twice.
- The New Jersey Nets trailed by as many as 1 game on December 23, 2001.
- The New Jersey Nets took first place for good on December 27, 2001.
- The Washington Wizards won 9 games in a row from December 6, 2001 to December 22, 2001, the longest run of the race.
- The Boston Celtics led by 1 game as late as December 25, 2001.
- The New Jersey Nets led by as many as 8 games on March 3, 2002.
- The New Jersey Nets went 15-5 from December 25, 2001 to February 2, 2002, turning a deficit of 1 game into a lead of 5.5 games.
- The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 52 of the 160 days played.
- The New Jersey Nets spent 166 of the season's 170 charted days in first place.