NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 74/8 54 20 .730 —   5 3 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
BOS 73/9 49 24 .671 4.5 [14]   8 6 2 — — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
NYK 74/8 48 26 .649 6 [15] [11]   7 3 2 2 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
CLE 74/8 46 28 .622 8 [17] [13] [11]   5 4 4 3 2 2 ← ← ← ← ←
TOR 73/9 41 32 .562 12.5 • [18] [16] [14]   9 9 8 7 7 ← ← ← ← ←
ATL 75/7 42 33 .560 12.5 • [17] [15] [13] [9]   8 7 6 6 ← ← ← ← ←
PHI 74/8 41 33 .554 13 • [18] [16] [14] [10] 9   8 7 7 ← ← ← ← ←
ORL 73/9 39 34 .534 14.5 • • [18] [16] [12] [11] [11]   9 9 ← ← ← ← ←
MIA 74/8 39 35 .527 15 • • • [16] [12] [11] [11] [10]   9 ← ← ← ← ←
CHA 74/8 39 35 .527 15 • • • [16] [12] [11] [11] [10] 9   ← ← ← ← ←
MIL 73/9 29 44 .397 24.5 • • • • • • • • • •   9 ← ← ←
CHI 74/8 29 45 .392 25 • • • • • • • • • • [10]   ← ← ←
WAS 73/9 17 56 .233 36.5 • • • • • • • • • • • •   9 8
BKN 74/8 17 57 .230 37 • • • • • • • • • • • • [10]   8
IND 74/8 16 58 .216 38 • • • • • • • • • • • • [11] [10]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 74/8 58 16 .784 —   7 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
SAS 74/8 56 18 .757 2 [11]   — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
LAL 74/8 48 26 .649 10 • [17]   7 6 6 2 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
DEN 75/7 47 28 .627 11.5 • • [10]   7 7 3 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
MIN 74/8 45 29 .608 13 • • [12] [10]   9 5 2 ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
HOU 73/9 44 29 .603 13.5 • • [13] [11] 10   6 3 — — ← ← ← ← ←
PHX 74/8 41 33 .554 17 • • [16] [14] [13] [13]   6 4 4 ← ← ← ← ←
LAC 74/8 38 36 .514 20 • • • • [16] [16] [12]   7 7 ← ← ← ← ←
POR 75/7 37 38 .493 21.5 • • • • • [17] [13] [10]   8 ← ← ← ← ←
GSW 74/8 36 38 .486 22 • • • • • [18] [14] [11] 9   ← ← ← ← ←
MEM 74/8 25 49 .338 33 • • • • • • • • • •   8 8 4 2
NWO 75/7 25 50 .333 33.5 • • • • • • • • • • [9]   8 4 2
DAL 74/8 24 50 .324 34 • • • • • • • • • • [10] 9   5 3
UTH 75/7 21 54 .280 37.5 • • • • • • • • • • [13] [12] [12]   6
SAC 75/7 19 56 .253 39.5 • • • • • • • • • • [15] [14] [14] [10]  

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 29, 2026 11:00am GMT