NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 35/47 26 9 .743 —   45 45 42 43 41 41 40 39 37 37 34 35 32 27
NYK 35/47 23 12 .657 3 [51]   48 45 46 44 44 43 42 40 40 37 38 35 30
BOS 34/48 22 12 .647 3.5 [52] 49   46 47 45 45 44 43 41 41 38 39 36 31
TOR 36/46 21 15 .583 5.5 [53] [50] [50]   [48] 46 46 45 44 42 42 39 40 37 32
PHI 33/49 19 14 .576 6 [55] [52] [52] 49   48 48 47 46 44 44 41 42 39 34
ORL 36/46 20 16 .556 6.5 [54] [51] [51] [48] [49]   47 46 45 43 43 40 41 38 33
MIA 36/46 20 16 .556 6.5 [54] [51] [51] [48] [49] 47   46 45 43 43 40 41 38 33
CLE 37/45 20 17 .541 7 [54] [51] [51] [48] [49] [47] [47]   45 43 43 40 41 38 33
CHI 35/47 17 18 .486 9 [57] [54] [54] [51] [52] [50] [50] [49]   46 46 43 44 41 36
ATL 37/45 17 20 .459 10 [57] [54] [54] [51] [52] [50] [50] [49] [48]   46 43 44 41 36
MIL 35/47 15 20 .429 11 [59] [56] [56] [53] [54] [52] [52] [51] [50] 48   45 46 43 38
CHA 35/47 12 23 .343 14 [62] [59] [59] [56] [57] [55] [55] [54] [53] [51] [51]   [49] 46 41
BKN 33/49 11 22 .333 14 [63] [60] [60] [57] [58] [56] [56] [55] [54] [52] [52] 49   47 42
WAS 34/48 9 25 .265 16.5 [65] [62] [62] [59] [60] [58] [58] [57] [56] [54] [54] [51] [52]   44
IND 36/46 6 30 .167 20.5 [68] [65] [65] [62] [63] [61] [61] [60] [59] [57] [57] [54] [55] [52]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 35/47 30 5 .857 —   43 41 42 42 40 39 36 33 34 30 31 31 26 24
SAS 35/47 25 10 .714 5 [53]   46 47 47 45 44 41 38 39 35 36 36 31 29
DEN 35/47 23 12 .657 7 [55] [50]   [49] [49] 47 46 43 40 41 37 38 38 33 31
HOU 32/50 21 11 .656 7.5 [57] [52] 50   51 49 48 45 42 43 39 40 40 35 33
LAL 32/50 21 11 .656 7.5 [57] [52] 50 51   49 48 45 42 43 39 40 40 35 33
MIN 36/46 23 13 .639 7.5 [55] [50] [48] [49] [49]   46 43 40 41 37 38 38 33 31
PHX 34/48 20 14 .588 9.5 [58] [53] [51] [52] [52] [50]   46 43 44 40 41 41 36 34
GSW 36/46 19 17 .528 11.5 [59] [54] [52] [53] [53] [51] [50]   44 45 41 42 42 37 35
POR 36/46 16 20 .444 14.5 [62] [57] [55] [56] [56] [54] [53] [50]   [48] 44 45 45 40 38
MEM 34/48 15 19 .441 14.5 [63] [58] [56] [57] [57] [55] [54] [51] 48   45 46 46 41 39
DAL 36/46 13 23 .361 17.5 [65] [60] [58] [59] [59] [57] [56] [53] [50] [51]   [48] [48] 43 41
LAC 34/48 12 22 .353 17.5 [66] [61] [59] [60] [60] [58] [57] [54] [51] [52] 48   49 44 42
UTH 34/48 12 22 .353 17.5 [66] [61] [59] [60] [60] [58] [57] [54] [51] [52] 48 49   44 42
SAC 35/47 8 27 .229 22 [70] [65] [63] [64] [64] [62] [61] [58] [55] [56] [52] [53] [53]   46
NWO 37/45 8 29 .216 23 [70] [65] [63] [64] [64] [62] [61] [58] [55] [56] [52] [53] [53] [48]  

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 5, 2026 2:00am GMT