NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 16/66 14 2 .875 —   64 63 63 62 63 62 62 61 61 60 56 56 55 54
TOR 17/65 12 5 .706 2.5 [69]   65 65 64 65 64 64 63 63 62 58 58 57 56
CLE 18/64 12 6 .667 3 [69] [66]   65 64 65 64 64 63 63 62 58 58 57 56
MIA 17/65 11 6 .647 3.5 [70] [67] 66   65 66 65 65 64 64 63 59 59 58 57
ATL 18/64 11 7 .611 4 [70] [67] [66] [66]   [66] 65 65 64 64 63 59 59 58 57
NYK 15/67 9 6 .600 4.5 [72] [69] 68 68 67   67 67 66 66 65 61 61 60 59
CHI 16/66 9 7 .563 5 [72] [69] [68] [68] 67 [68]   67 66 66 65 61 61 60 59
PHI 16/66 9 7 .563 5 [72] [69] [68] [68] 67 [68] 67   66 66 65 61 61 60 59
ORL 18/64 10 8 .556 5 [71] [68] [67] [67] [66] [67] [66] [66]   65 64 60 60 59 58
BOS 17/65 9 8 .529 5.5 [72] [69] [68] [68] [67] [68] [67] [67] 66   65 61 61 60 59
MIL 17/65 8 9 .471 6.5 [73] [70] [69] [69] [68] [69] [68] [68] [67] [67]   62 62 61 60
CHA 17/65 4 13 .235 10.5 [77] [74] [73] [73] [72] [73] [72] [72] [71] [71] [70]   66 65 64
BKN 16/66 3 13 .188 11 [78] [75] [74] [74] [73] [74] [73] [73] [72] [72] [71] 67   66 65
IND 16/66 2 14 .125 12 [79] [76] [75] [75] [74] [75] [74] [74] [73] [73] [72] [68] [68]   66
WAS 16/66 1 15 .063 13 [80] [77] [76] [76] [75] [76] [75] [75] [74] [74] [73] [69] [69] [68]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 18/64 17 1 .944 —   62 62 62 61 60 60 57 56 55 55 54 53 53 51
LAL 16/66 12 4 .750 4 [70]   67 67 66 65 65 62 61 60 60 59 58 58 56
DEN 16/66 12 4 .750 4 [70] 67   67 66 65 65 62 61 60 60 59 58 58 56
HOU 14/68 10 4 .714 5 [72] 69 69   68 67 67 64 63 62 62 61 60 60 58
SAS 16/66 11 5 .688 5 [71] [68] [68] [68]   66 66 63 62 61 61 60 59 59 57
PHX 17/65 11 6 .647 5.5 [71] [68] [68] [68] [67]   66 63 62 61 61 60 59 59 57
MIN 16/66 10 6 .625 6 [72] [69] [69] [69] [68] 67   64 63 62 62 61 60 60 58
GSW 18/64 9 9 .500 8 [73] [70] [70] [70] [69] [68] [68]   64 63 63 62 61 61 59
POR 17/65 7 10 .412 9.5 [75] [72] [72] [72] [71] [70] [70] [67]   65 65 64 63 63 61
MEM 17/65 6 11 .353 10.5 [76] [73] [73] [73] [72] [71] [71] [68] [67]   66 65 64 64 62
UTH 16/66 5 11 .313 11 [77] [74] [74] [74] [73] [72] [72] [69] [68] 67   66 65 65 63
LAC 17/65 5 12 .294 11.5 [77] [74] [74] [74] [73] [72] [72] [69] [68] [67] [67]   65 65 63
DAL 18/64 5 13 .278 12 [77] [74] [74] [74] [73] [72] [72] [69] [68] [67] [67] [66]   65 63
SAC 17/65 4 13 .235 12.5 [78] [75] [75] [75] [74] [73] [73] [70] [69] [68] [68] [67] 66   64
NWO 17/65 2 15 .118 14.5 [80] [77] [77] [77] [76] [75] [75] [72] [71] [70] [70] [69] [68] [68]  

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: November 24, 2025 11:00am GMT