NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 38/44 28 10 .737 —   40 40 38 38 37 36 36 33 34 32 29 28 26 23
NYK 40/42 25 15 .625 4 [48]   43 41 41 40 39 39 36 37 35 32 31 29 26
BOS 39/43 24 15 .615 4.5 [49] 44   42 42 41 40 40 37 38 36 33 32 30 27
TOR 42/40 25 17 .595 5 [48] [43] [43]   41 40 39 39 36 37 35 32 31 29 26
PHI 39/43 22 17 .564 6.5 [51] [46] [46] 44   43 42 42 39 40 38 35 34 32 29
ORL 40/42 22 18 .550 7 [51] [46] [46] [44] [44]   42 42 39 40 38 35 34 32 29
CLE 42/40 23 19 .548 7 [50] [45] [45] [43] [43] [42]   41 38 39 37 34 33 31 28
MIA 40/42 21 19 .525 8 [52] [47] [47] [45] [45] [44] 43   40 41 39 36 35 33 30
ATL 42/40 20 22 .476 10 [53] [48] [48] [46] [46] [45] [44] [44]   [42] 40 37 36 34 31
CHI 40/42 19 21 .475 10 [54] [49] [49] [47] [47] [46] [45] [45] 42   41 38 37 35 32
MIL 40/42 17 23 .425 12 [56] [51] [51] [49] [49] [48] [47] [47] [44] [45]   40 39 37 34
CHA 40/42 14 26 .350 15 [59] [54] [54] [52] [52] [51] [50] [50] [47] [48] [46]   42 40 37
BKN 38/44 11 27 .289 17 [62] [57] [57] [55] [55] [54] [53] [53] [50] [51] [49] [46]   43 40
WAS 39/43 10 29 .256 18.5 [63] [58] [58] [56] [56] [55] [54] [54] [51] [52] [50] [47] [46]   41
IND 41/41 9 32 .220 20.5 [64] [59] [59] [57] [57] [56] [55] [55] [52] [53] [51] [48] [47] [45]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 41/41 34 7 .829 —   36 36 35 35 35 33 30 27 27 26 23 23 19 16
DEN 41/41 28 13 .683 6 [48]   42 41 41 41 39 36 33 33 32 29 29 25 22
SAS 40/42 27 13 .675 6.5 [49] 43   42 42 42 40 37 34 34 33 30 30 26 23
MIN 41/41 27 14 .659 7 [49] [43] [43]   42 42 40 37 34 34 33 30 30 26 23
LAL 38/44 24 14 .632 8.5 [52] [46] [46] 45   45 43 40 37 37 36 33 33 29 26
HOU 37/45 23 14 .622 9 [53] [47] [47] 46 46   44 41 38 38 37 34 34 30 27
PHX 40/42 24 16 .600 9.5 [52] [46] [46] [45] [45] [45]   40 37 37 36 33 33 29 26
GSW 41/41 22 19 .537 12 [54] [48] [48] [47] [47] [47] [45]   39 39 38 35 35 31 28
POR 41/41 19 22 .463 15 [57] [51] [51] [50] [50] [50] [48] [45]   42 41 38 38 34 31
MEM 39/43 17 22 .436 16 [59] [53] [53] [52] [52] [52] [50] [47] 44   43 40 40 36 33
LAC 40/42 17 23 .425 16.5 [59] [53] [53] [52] [52] [52] [50] [47] [44] [44]   40 40 36 33
DAL 41/41 15 26 .366 19 [61] [55] [55] [54] [54] [54] [52] [49] [46] [46] [45]   42 38 35
UTH 40/42 14 26 .350 19.5 [62] [56] [56] [55] [55] [55] [53] [50] [47] [47] [46] 43   39 36
SAC 41/41 11 30 .268 23 [65] [59] [59] [58] [58] [58] [56] [53] [50] [50] [49] [46] [46]   39
NWO 43/39 10 33 .233 25 [66] [60] [60] [59] [59] [59] [57] [54] [51] [51] [50] [47] [47] [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 15, 2026 12:00pm GMT