NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 52/30 39 13 .750 —   25 25 23 22 21 20 17 15 15 14 14 7 6 4
NYK 53/29 34 19 .642 5.5 [36]   30 28 27 26 25 22 20 20 19 19 12 11 9
BOS 53/29 34 19 .642 5.5 [36] 30   28 27 26 25 22 20 20 19 19 12 11 9
CLE 54/28 33 21 .611 7 [37] [31] [31]   28 27 26 23 21 21 20 20 13 12 10
TOR 54/28 32 22 .593 8 [38] [32] [32] [30]   28 27 24 22 22 21 21 14 13 11
PHI 53/29 30 23 .566 9.5 [40] [34] [34] [32] [31]   29 26 24 24 23 23 16 15 13
ORL 52/30 28 24 .538 11 [42] [36] [36] [34] [33] [32]   28 26 26 25 25 18 17 15
MIA 55/27 28 27 .509 12.5 [42] [36] [36] [34] [33] [32] [31]   26 26 25 25 18 17 15
ATL 55/27 26 29 .473 14.5 [44] [38] [38] [36] [35] [34] [33] [30]   28 27 27 20 19 17
CHA 54/28 25 29 .463 15 [45] [39] [39] [37] [36] [35] [34] [31] 29   28 28 21 20 18
CHI 54/28 24 30 .444 16 [46] [40] [40] [38] [37] [36] [35] [32] [30] [30]   29 22 21 19
MIL 51/31 21 30 .412 17.5 [49] [43] [43] [41] [40] [39] [38] [35] [33] [33] 32   25 24 22
BKN 52/30 15 37 .288 24 [55] [49] [49] [47] [46] [45] [44] [41] [39] [39] [38] [38]   30 28
WAS 52/30 14 38 .269 25 [56] [50] [50] [48] [47] [46] [45] [42] [40] [40] [39] [39] [32]   29
IND 53/29 13 40 .245 26.5 [57] [51] [51] [49] [48] [47] [46] [43] [41] [41] [40] [40] [33] [32]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 53/29 40 13 .755 —   27 23 24 24 21 21 18 15 16 11 10 6 3 ←
SAS 52/30 36 16 .692 3.5 [34]   27 28 28 25 25 22 19 20 15 14 10 7 4
DEN 54/28 34 20 .630 6.5 [36] [33]   [30] [30] 27 27 24 21 22 17 16 12 9 6
HOU 51/31 32 19 .627 7 [38] [35] 31   32 29 29 26 23 24 19 18 14 11 8
LAL 51/31 32 19 .627 7 [38] [35] 31 32   29 29 26 23 24 19 18 14 11 8
MIN 55/27 33 22 .600 8 [37] [34] [30] [31] [31]   28 25 22 23 18 17 13 10 7
PHX 53/29 31 22 .585 9 [39] [36] [32] [33] [33] 30   27 24 25 20 19 15 12 9
GSW 54/28 29 25 .537 11.5 [41] [38] [34] [35] [35] [32] [32]   26 27 22 21 17 14 11
POR 54/28 26 28 .481 14.5 [44] [41] [37] [38] [38] [35] [35] [32]   [30] 25 24 20 17 14
LAC 52/30 25 27 .481 14.5 [45] [42] [38] [39] [39] [36] [36] [33] 30   26 25 21 18 15
MEM 52/30 20 32 .385 19.5 [50] [47] [43] [44] [44] [41] [41] [38] [35] [36]   30 26 23 20
DAL 52/30 19 33 .365 20.5 [51] [48] [44] [45] [45] [42] [42] [39] [36] [37] [32]   27 24 21
UTH 54/28 17 37 .315 23.5 [53] [50] [46] [47] [47] [44] [44] [41] [38] [39] [34] [33]   26 23
NWO 55/27 15 40 .273 26 [55] [52] [48] [49] [49] [46] [46] [43] [40] [41] [36] [35] [31]   25
SAC 55/27 12 43 .218 29 • [55] [51] [52] [52] [49] [49] [46] [43] [44] [39] [38] [34] [31]  

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 10, 2026 8:00am GMT