NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 39/43 29 10 .744 —   39 38 37 37 36 35 34 33 31 30 28 27 25 22
BOS 40/42 25 15 .625 4.5 [48]   42 41 41 40 39 38 37 35 34 32 31 29 26
NYK 41/41 25 16 .610 5 [48] [43]   41 41 40 39 38 37 35 34 32 31 29 26
TOR 42/40 25 17 .595 5.5 [48] [43] [42]   41 40 39 38 37 35 34 32 31 29 26
PHI 39/43 22 17 .564 7 [51] [46] [45] 44   43 42 41 40 38 37 35 34 32 29
ORL 41/41 23 18 .561 7 [50] [45] [44] [43] [43]   41 40 39 37 36 34 33 31 28
CLE 42/40 23 19 .548 7.5 [50] [45] [44] [43] [43] [42]   40 39 37 36 34 33 31 28
MIA 41/41 21 20 .512 9 [52] [47] [46] [45] [45] [44] [43]   41 39 38 36 35 33 30
CHI 40/42 19 21 .475 10.5 [54] [49] [48] [47] [47] [46] [45] [44]   41 40 38 37 35 32
ATL 43/39 20 23 .465 11 [53] [48] [47] [46] [46] [45] [44] [43] [42]   39 37 36 34 31
MIL 41/41 17 24 .415 13 [56] [51] [50] [49] [49] [48] [47] [46] [45] [43]   40 39 37 34
CHA 41/41 15 26 .366 15 [58] [53] [52] [51] [51] [50] [49] [48] [47] [45] [44]   41 39 36
BKN 38/44 11 27 .289 17.5 [62] [57] [56] [55] [55] [54] [53] [52] [51] [49] [48] [46]   43 40
WAS 39/43 10 29 .256 19 [63] [58] [57] [56] [56] [55] [54] [53] [52] [50] [49] [47] [46]   41
IND 41/41 9 32 .220 21 [64] [59] [58] [57] [57] [56] [55] [54] [53] [51] [50] [48] [47] [45]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 42/40 35 7 .833 —   35 35 34 33 33 31 29 26 25 25 22 21 18 15
SAS 41/41 28 13 .683 6.5 [48]   42 41 40 40 38 36 33 32 32 29 28 25 22
DEN 41/41 28 13 .683 6.5 [48] 42   41 40 40 38 36 33 32 32 29 28 25 22
MIN 41/41 27 14 .659 7.5 [49] [43] [43]   41 41 39 37 34 33 33 30 29 26 23
LAL 39/43 24 15 .615 9.5 [52] [46] [46] [45]   44 42 40 37 36 36 33 32 29 26
HOU 38/44 23 15 .605 10 [53] [47] [47] [46] 45   43 41 38 37 37 34 33 30 27
PHX 41/41 24 17 .585 10.5 [52] [46] [46] [45] [44] [44]   40 37 36 36 33 32 29 26
GSW 42/40 23 19 .548 12 [53] [47] [47] [46] [45] [45] [43]   38 37 37 34 33 30 27
POR 42/40 20 22 .476 15 [56] [50] [50] [49] [48] [48] [46] [44]   40 40 37 36 33 30
MEM 40/42 17 23 .425 17 [59] [53] [53] [52] [51] [51] [49] [47] [44]   43 40 39 36 33
LAC 40/42 17 23 .425 17 [59] [53] [53] [52] [51] [51] [49] [47] [44] 43   40 39 36 33
DAL 42/40 16 26 .381 19 [60] [54] [54] [53] [52] [52] [50] [48] [45] [44] [44]   40 37 34
UTH 41/41 14 27 .341 20.5 [62] [56] [56] [55] [54] [54] [52] [50] [47] [46] [46] [43]   39 36
SAC 41/41 11 30 .268 23.5 [65] [59] [59] [58] [57] [57] [55] [53] [50] [49] [49] [46] [45]   39
NWO 43/39 10 33 .233 25.5 [66] [60] [60] [59] [58] [58] [56] [54] [51] [50] [50] [47] [46] [43]  

Eight teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs:

  • The top six teams, who are ranked 1-6 based on their win/loss records
  • The winners of the 7/8 & 9/10 play-in games:
    • The 7th and 8th seeds will play a one-game playoff at seasons end. The winner will be the 7th seed, the loser will move on to the second round of the play-in.
    • The 9th and 10th seeds will play a one-game playoff at seasons end. The winner will move on to the second round of the play-in, the loser will be eliminated from the playoffs.
    • The 7/8 loser will play the 9/10 winner, with the winner of this game being the 8th seed for the playoffs, and the loser being eliminated from the playoffs.
Clinched top-6 playoff berth
Clinched play-in round berth
Eliminated from the playoffs

Two-Team Tiebreaker

  1. Better record in head-to-head games
  2. Division winner
  3. Higher winning percentage within division (if teams are in the same division)
  4. Higher winning percentage in conference games
  5. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
  6. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
  7. Higher point differential between points scored and points allowed

Three-Team Tiebreaker

  1. Division winner
  2. Best head-to-head winning percentage among all teams tied
  3. Highest winning percentage within division (if teams are in the same division)
  4. Highest winning percentage in conference games
  5. Highest winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
  6. Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
  7. Highest point differential between points scored and points allowed

Tiebreaking procedures from nba.com

Updated: January 16, 2026 2:00pm GMT