NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 23/59 18 5 .783 —   58 56 56 56 56 56 55 54 51 52 49 48 47 47
NYK 22/60 15 7 .682 2.5 [63]   59 59 59 59 59 58 57 54 55 52 51 50 50
TOR 24/58 15 9 .625 3.5 [63] [61]   59 59 59 59 58 57 54 55 52 51 50 50
ORL 23/59 14 9 .609 4 [64] [62] 60   60 60 60 59 58 55 56 53 52 51 51
BOS 23/59 14 9 .609 4 [64] [62] 60 60   60 60 59 58 55 56 53 52 51 51
MIA 23/59 14 9 .609 4 [64] [62] 60 60 60   60 59 58 55 56 53 52 51 51
PHI 22/60 13 9 .591 4.5 [65] [63] 61 61 61 61   60 59 56 57 54 53 52 52
CLE 24/58 14 10 .583 4.5 [64] [62] [60] [60] [60] [60] [60]   58 55 56 53 52 51 51
ATL 24/58 13 11 .542 5.5 [65] [63] [61] [61] [61] [61] [61] [60]   56 57 54 53 52 52
MIL 24/58 10 14 .417 8.5 [68] [66] [64] [64] [64] [64] [64] [63] [62]   [60] 57 56 55 55
CHI 22/60 9 13 .409 8.5 [69] [67] [65] [65] [65] [65] [65] [64] [63] 60   58 57 56 56
CHA 23/59 7 16 .304 11 [71] [69] [67] [67] [67] [67] [67] [66] [65] [62] [63]   59 58 58
BKN 22/60 5 17 .227 12.5 [73] [71] [69] [69] [69] [69] [69] [68] [67] [64] [65] [62]   60 60
IND 23/59 5 18 .217 13 [73] [71] [69] [69] [69] [69] [69] [68] [67] [64] [65] [62] [61]   60
WAS 21/61 3 18 .143 14 [75] [73] [71] [71] [71] [71] [71] [70] [69] [66] [67] [64] [63] 62  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 23/59 22 1 .957 —   56 55 55 54 53 51 49 48 47 47 45 44 44 41
HOU 20/62 15 5 .750 5.5 [67]   62 62 61 60 58 56 55 54 54 52 51 51 48
LAL 22/60 16 6 .727 5.5 [66] [62]   61 60 59 57 55 54 53 53 51 50 50 47
DEN 22/60 16 6 .727 5.5 [66] [62] 61   60 59 57 55 54 53 53 51 50 50 47
SAS 22/60 15 7 .682 6.5 [67] [63] [62] [62]   60 58 56 55 54 54 52 51 51 48
MIN 22/60 14 8 .636 7.5 [68] [64] [63] [63] [62]   59 57 56 55 55 53 52 52 49
PHX 23/59 13 10 .565 9 [69] [65] [64] [64] [63] [62]   58 57 56 56 54 53 53 50
GSW 23/59 11 12 .478 11 [71] [67] [66] [66] [65] [64] [62]   59 58 58 56 55 55 52
MEM 23/59 10 13 .435 12 [72] [68] [67] [67] [66] [65] [63] [61]   59 59 57 56 56 53
POR 23/59 9 14 .391 13 [73] [69] [68] [68] [67] [66] [64] [62] [61]   60 58 57 57 54
UTH 22/60 8 14 .364 13.5 [74] [70] [69] [69] [68] [67] [65] [63] [62] 61   59 58 58 55
DAL 24/58 8 16 .333 14.5 [74] [70] [69] [69] [68] [67] [65] [63] [62] [61] [61]   58 58 55
LAC 23/59 6 17 .261 16 [76] [72] [71] [71] [70] [69] [67] [65] [64] [63] [63] [61]   60 57
SAC 22/60 5 17 .227 16.5 [77] [73] [72] [72] [71] [70] [68] [66] [65] [64] [64] [62] 61   58
NWO 23/59 3 20 .130 19 [79] [75] [74] [74] [73] [72] [70] [68] [67] [66] [66] [64] [63] [63]  

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: December 6, 2025 11:00am GMT