NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 56/26 42 14 .750 —   22 19 19 17 15 15 13 10 10 10 6 ← ← ←
BOS 57/25 38 19 .667 4.5 [31]   23 23 21 19 19 17 14 14 14 10 4 3 —
NYK 59/23 37 22 .627 6.5 [32] [27]   24 22 20 20 18 15 15 15 11 5 4 2
CLE 59/23 37 22 .627 6.5 [32] [27] 24   22 20 20 18 15 15 15 11 5 4 2
TOR 58/24 34 24 .586 9 [35] [30] [27] [27]   23 23 21 18 18 18 14 8 7 5
PHI 58/24 32 26 .552 11 [37] [32] [29] [29] [27]   25 23 20 20 20 16 10 9 7
ORL 57/25 31 26 .544 11.5 [38] [33] [30] [30] [28] 26   24 21 21 21 17 11 10 8
MIA 59/23 31 28 .525 12.5 [38] [33] [30] [30] [28] [26] [26]   21 21 21 17 11 10 8
ATL 60/22 29 31 .483 15 [40] [35] [32] [32] [30] [28] [28] [26]   23 23 19 13 12 10
CHA 59/23 28 31 .475 15.5 [41] [36] [33] [33] [31] [29] [29] [27] 24   24 20 14 13 11
MIL 56/26 25 31 .446 17 [44] [39] [36] [36] [34] [32] [32] [30] 27 27   23 17 16 14
CHI 59/23 24 35 .407 19.5 [45] [40] [37] [37] [35] [33] [33] [31] [28] [28] [28]   18 17 15
WAS 57/25 16 41 .281 26.5 • [48] [45] [45] [43] [41] [41] [39] [36] [36] [36] [32]   25 23
BKN 57/25 15 42 .263 27.5 • [49] [46] [46] [44] [42] [42] [40] [37] [37] [37] [33] [27]   24
IND 59/23 15 44 .254 28.5 • [49] [46] [46] [44] [42] [42] [40] [37] [37] [37] [33] [27] [26]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 59/23 45 14 .763 —   22 17 16 15 15 12 10 7 8 3 2 ← ← ←
SAS 57/25 41 16 .719 3 [28]   21 20 19 19 16 14 11 12 7 6 2 ← ←
HOU 56/26 35 21 .625 8.5 [34] [32]   26 25 25 22 20 17 18 13 12 8 6 2
DEN 58/24 36 22 .621 8.5 [33] [31] [26]   24 24 21 19 16 17 12 11 7 5 —
MIN 59/23 36 23 .610 9 [33] [31] [26] [25]   24 21 19 16 17 12 11 7 5 —
LAL 57/25 34 23 .596 10 [35] [33] [28] [27] 26   23 21 18 19 14 13 9 7 3
PHX 59/23 33 26 .559 12 [36] [34] [29] [28] [27] [27]   22 19 20 15 14 10 8 4
GSW 58/24 30 28 .517 14.5 [39] [37] [32] [31] [30] [30] [27]   22 23 18 17 13 11 7
POR 59/23 28 31 .475 17 [41] [39] [34] [33] [32] [32] [29] [27]   [25] 20 19 15 13 9
LAC 57/25 27 30 .474 17 [42] [40] [35] [34] [33] [33] [30] [28] 25   21 20 16 14 10
MEM 56/26 21 35 .375 22.5 [48] [46] [41] [40] [39] [39] [36] [34] [31] [32]   26 22 20 16
DAL 57/25 21 36 .368 23 [48] [46] [41] [40] [39] [39] [36] [34] [31] [32] [27]   22 20 16
UTH 58/24 18 40 .310 26.5 • [49] [44] [43] [42] [42] [39] [37] [34] [35] [30] [29]   23 19
NWO 59/23 17 42 .288 28 • • [45] [44] [43] [43] [40] [38] [35] [36] [31] [30] [26]   20
SAC 59/23 13 46 .220 32 • • [49] [48] [47] [47] [44] [42] [39] [40] [35] [34] [30] [28]  

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: February 26, 2026 2:00am GMT