NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 48/34 36 12 .750 —   29 29 26 26 26 23 24 21 20 19 18 12 12 11
NYK 49/33 31 18 .633 5.5 [40]   34 31 31 31 28 29 26 25 24 23 17 17 16
BOS 49/33 31 18 .633 5.5 [40] 34   31 31 31 28 29 26 25 24 23 17 17 16
TOR 51/31 30 21 .588 7.5 [41] [35] [35]   32 32 29 30 27 26 25 24 18 18 17
CLE 51/31 30 21 .588 7.5 [41] [35] [35] 32   32 29 30 27 26 25 24 18 18 17
PHI 48/34 27 21 .563 9 [44] [38] [38] 35 35   32 33 30 29 28 27 21 21 20
MIA 51/31 27 24 .529 10.5 [44] [38] [38] [35] [35] [35]   [33] 30 29 28 27 21 21 20
ORL 48/34 25 23 .521 11 [46] [40] [40] [37] [37] [37] 34   32 31 30 29 23 23 22
CHI 50/32 24 26 .480 13 [47] [41] [41] [38] [38] [38] [35] [36]   32 31 30 24 24 23
ATL 51/31 24 27 .471 13.5 [47] [41] [41] [38] [38] [38] [35] [36] [33]   31 30 24 24 23
CHA 50/32 22 28 .440 15 [49] [43] [43] [40] [40] [40] [37] [38] [35] [34]   32 26 26 25
MIL 47/35 18 29 .383 17.5 [53] [47] [47] [44] [44] [44] [41] [42] [39] [38] [37]   30 30 29
BKN 48/34 13 35 .271 23 [58] [52] [52] [49] [49] [49] [46] [47] [44] [43] [42] [41]   35 34
WAS 48/34 13 35 .271 23 [58] [52] [52] [49] [49] [49] [46] [47] [44] [43] [42] [41] 35   34
IND 49/33 13 36 .265 23.5 [58] [52] [52] [49] [49] [49] [46] [47] [44] [43] [42] [41] [35] [35]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 50/32 39 11 .780 —   28 27 27 25 25 24 21 19 17 14 15 9 6 5
SAS 49/33 33 16 .673 5.5 [39]   33 33 31 31 30 27 25 23 20 21 15 12 11
DEN 50/32 33 17 .660 6 [39] [34]   33 31 31 30 27 25 23 20 21 15 12 11
HOU 47/35 30 17 .638 7.5 [42] [37] 36   34 34 33 30 28 26 23 24 18 15 14
MIN 50/32 31 19 .620 8 [41] [36] [35] [35]   33 32 29 27 25 22 23 17 14 13
LAL 48/34 29 19 .604 9 [43] [38] [37] [37] 35   34 31 29 27 24 25 19 16 15
PHX 50/32 30 20 .600 9 [42] [37] [36] [36] [34] [34]   30 28 26 23 24 18 15 14
GSW 50/32 27 23 .540 12 [45] [40] [39] [39] [37] [37] [36]   31 29 26 27 21 18 17
LAC 48/34 23 25 .479 15 [49] [44] [43] [43] [41] [41] [40] [37]   33 30 31 25 22 21
POR 50/32 23 27 .460 16 [49] [44] [43] [43] [41] [41] [40] [37] [35]   30 31 25 22 21
DAL 49/33 19 30 .388 19.5 [53] [48] [47] [47] [45] [45] [44] [41] [39] [37]   [35] 29 26 25
MEM 47/35 18 29 .383 19.5 [54] [49] [48] [48] [46] [46] [45] [42] [40] [38] 35   30 27 26
UTH 50/32 15 35 .300 24 [57] [52] [51] [51] [49] [49] [48] [45] [43] [41] [38] [39]   30 29
NWO 51/31 13 38 .255 26.5 [59] [54] [53] [53] [51] [51] [50] [47] [45] [43] [40] [41] [35]   31
SAC 51/31 12 39 .235 27.5 [60] [55] [54] [54] [52] [52] [51] [48] [46] [44] [41] [42] [36] [33]  

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: February 2, 2026 6:00am GMT