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 —   41 41 39 39 37 37 36 34 35 33 30 30 27 24
NYK 39/43 25 14 .641 3.5 [48]   44 42 42 40 40 39 37 38 36 33 33 30 27
BOS 38/44 24 14 .632 4 [49] 45   43 43 41 41 40 38 39 37 34 34 31 28
TOR 40/42 24 16 .600 5 [49] [45] [45]   43 41 41 40 38 39 37 34 34 31 28
PHI 37/45 21 16 .568 6.5 [52] [48] [48] 46   44 44 43 41 42 40 37 37 34 31
ORL 40/42 22 18 .550 7 [51] [47] [47] [45] [45]   43 42 40 41 39 36 36 33 30
CLE 40/42 22 18 .550 7 [51] [47] [47] [45] [45] 43   42 40 41 39 36 36 33 30
MIA 39/43 20 19 .513 8.5 [53] [49] [49] [47] [47] [45] [45]   42 43 41 38 38 35 32
ATL 41/41 20 21 .488 9.5 [53] [49] [49] [47] [47] [45] [45] [44]   [43] 41 38 38 35 32
CHI 38/44 18 20 .474 10 [55] [51] [51] [49] [49] [47] [47] [46] 44   43 40 40 37 34
MIL 39/43 17 22 .436 11.5 [56] [52] [52] [50] [50] [48] [48] [47] [45] [46]   41 41 38 35
CHA 39/43 14 25 .359 14.5 [59] [55] [55] [53] [53] [51] [51] [50] [48] [49] [47]   44 41 38
BKN 36/46 11 25 .306 16 [62] [58] [58] [56] [56] [54] [54] [53] [51] [52] [50] 47   44 41
WAS 38/44 10 28 .263 18 [63] [59] [59] [57] [57] [55] [55] [54] [52] [53] [51] [48] [48]   42
IND 39/43 8 31 .205 20.5 [65] [61] [61] [59] [59] [57] [57] [56] [54] [55] [53] [50] [50] [47]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 40/42 33 7 .825 —   38 37 36 37 35 36 31 29 28 27 25 25 20 18
SAS 39/43 27 12 .692 5.5 [49]   43 42 43 41 42 37 35 34 33 31 31 26 24
DEN 39/43 26 13 .667 6.5 [50] [45]   43 44 42 43 38 36 35 34 32 32 27 25
MIN 40/42 26 14 .650 7 [50] [45] [44]   [44] 42 43 38 36 35 34 32 32 27 25
LAL 36/46 23 13 .639 8 [53] [48] 47 46   45 46 41 39 38 37 35 35 30 28
PHX 39/43 24 15 .615 8.5 [52] [47] [46] [45] [46]   [45] 40 38 37 36 34 34 29 27
HOU 36/46 22 14 .611 9 [54] [49] [48] 47 [48] 46   42 40 39 38 36 36 31 29
GSW 40/42 21 19 .525 12 [55] [50] [49] [48] [49] [47] [48]   41 40 39 37 37 32 30
POR 40/42 19 21 .475 14 [57] [52] [51] [50] [51] [49] [50] [45]   42 41 39 39 34 32
MEM 39/43 17 22 .436 15.5 [59] [54] [53] [52] [53] [51] [52] [47] [45]   43 41 41 36 34
LAC 38/44 15 23 .395 17 [61] [56] [55] [54] [55] [53] [54] [49] [47] [46]   43 43 38 36
DAL 39/43 14 25 .359 18.5 [62] [57] [56] [55] [56] [54] [55] [50] [48] [47] [46]   44 39 37
UTH 38/44 13 25 .342 19 [63] [58] [57] [56] [57] [55] [56] [51] [49] [48] [47] 45   40 38
SAC 39/43 9 30 .231 23.5 [67] [62] [61] [60] [61] [59] [60] [55] [53] [52] [51] [49] [49]   42
NWO 41/41 9 32 .220 24.5 [67] [62] [61] [60] [61] [59] [60] [55] [53] [52] [51] [49] [49] [44]  

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 12, 2026 12:00pm GMT