NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 61/21 45 16 .738 —   17 15 14 11 10 9 10 7 6 3 — ← ← ←
BOS 63/19 42 21 .667 4 [25]   18 17 14 13 12 13 10 9 6 4 ← ← ←
NYK 64/18 41 23 .641 5.5 [26] [21]   18 15 14 13 14 11 10 7 5 ← ← ←
CLE 63/19 39 24 .619 7 [28] [23] [21]   17 16 15 16 13 12 9 7 ← ← ←
TOR 62/20 35 27 .565 10.5 [32] [27] [25] [24]   20 19 20 17 16 13 11 2 — ←
PHI 62/20 34 28 .548 11.5 [33] [28] [26] [25] [22]   20 21 18 17 14 12 3 2 —
MIA 64/18 35 29 .547 11.5 [32] [27] [25] [24] [21] [20]   [20] 17 16 13 11 2 — ←
ORL 61/21 33 28 .541 12 [34] [29] [27] [26] [23] 22 21   19 18 15 13 4 3 2
ATL 63/19 32 31 .508 14 [35] [30] [28] [27] [24] [23] [22] [23]   19 16 14 5 4 3
CHA 64/18 32 32 .500 14.5 [35] [30] [28] [27] [24] [23] [22] [23] [20]   16 14 5 4 3
MIL 61/21 26 35 .426 19 [41] [36] [34] [33] [30] [29] [28] [29] [26] [25]   20 11 10 9
CHI 63/19 26 37 .413 20 [41] [36] [34] [33] [30] [29] [28] [29] [26] [25] [22]   11 10 9
WAS 62/20 16 46 .258 29.5 • • • • [40] [39] [38] [39] [36] [35] [32] [30]   20 19
BKN 62/20 15 47 .242 30.5 • • • • [41] [40] [39] [40] [37] [36] [33] [31] [22]   20
IND 63/19 15 48 .238 31 • • • • • [40] • [40] [37] [36] [33] [31] [22] [21]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 64/18 49 15 .766 —   17 11 11 9 9 7 4 2 ← ← ← ← ← ←
SAS 63/19 46 17 .730 2.5 [22]   14 14 12 12 10 7 5 3 ← ← ← ← ←
MIN 63/19 40 23 .635 8.5 [28] [26]   20 18 18 16 13 11 9 5 — ← ← ←
HOU 62/20 39 23 .629 9 [29] [27] 21   19 19 17 14 12 10 6 2 ← ← ←
DEN 64/18 39 25 .609 10 [29] [27] [21] [21]   19 17 14 12 10 6 2 ← ← ←
LAL 63/19 38 25 .603 10.5 [30] [28] [22] [22] 20   18 15 13 11 7 3 ← — ←
PHX 63/19 36 27 .571 12.5 [32] [30] [24] [24] [22] [22]   17 15 13 9 5 2 3 ←
GSW 62/20 32 30 .516 16 [36] [34] [28] [28] [26] [26] [24]   19 17 13 9 6 7 —
LAC 62/20 30 32 .484 18 [38] [36] [30] [30] [28] [28] [26] [23]   19 15 11 8 9 3
POR 64/18 30 34 .469 19 • [36] [30] [30] [28] [28] [26] [23] [21]   15 11 8 9 3
MEM 61/21 23 38 .377 24.5 • • [37] [37] [35] [35] [33] [30] [28] [26]   18 15 16 10
DAL 63/19 21 42 .333 27.5 • • [39] [39] [37] [37] [35] [32] [30] [28] [24]   17 18 12
NWO 65/17 20 45 .308 29.5 • • • • • • [36] [33] [31] [29] [25] [21]   [19] 13
UTH 63/19 19 44 .302 29.5 • • • • • [39] [37] [34] [32] [30] [26] [22] 19   14
SAC 64/18 14 50 .219 35 • • • • • • • [39] [37] [35] [31] [27] [24] [25]  

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: March 7, 2026 9:00pm GMT