NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
CLE 56/26 46 10 .821 —   21 18 14 13 11 7 9 7 3 2 2 ← ← ←
BOS 56/26 40 16 .714 6 [33]   24 20 19 17 13 15 13 9 8 8 4 3 ←
NYK 56/26 37 19 .661 9 [36] [30]   23 22 20 16 18 16 12 11 11 7 6 ←
IND 54/28 31 23 .574 14 [42] [36] [33]   28 26 22 24 22 18 17 17 13 12 6
MIL 55/27 31 24 .564 14.5 [42] [36] [33] [29]   26 22 24 22 18 17 17 13 12 6
DET 56/26 30 26 .536 16 [43] [37] [34] [30] [29]   23 25 23 19 18 18 14 13 7
ORL 58/24 28 30 .483 19 [45] [39] [36] [32] [31] [29]   [27] 25 21 20 20 16 15 9
MIA 54/28 26 28 .481 19 [47] [41] [38] [34] [33] [31] 27   27 23 22 22 18 17 11
ATL 56/26 26 30 .464 20 [47] [41] [38] [34] [33] [31] 27 [29]   23 22 22 18 17 11
CHI 56/26 22 34 .393 24 [51] [45] [42] [38] [37] [35] [31] [33] [31]   26 26 22 21 15
PHI 55/27 20 35 .364 25.5 [53] [47] [44] [40] [39] [37] [33] [35] [33] [29]   28 24 23 17
BKN 55/27 20 35 .364 25.5 [53] [47] [44] [40] [39] [37] [33] [35] [33] [29] 28   24 23 17
TOR 56/26 17 39 .304 29 • [50] [47] [43] [42] [40] [36] [38] [36] [32] [31] [31]   26 20
CHA 54/28 14 40 .259 31 • [53] [50] [46] [45] [43] [39] [41] [39] [35] [34] [34] [30]   23
WAS 55/27 9 46 .164 36.5 • • • [51] [50] [48] [44] [46] [44] [40] [39] [39] [35] [34]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 55/27 45 10 .818 —   19 19 17 17 14 12 12 11 10 9 8 5 ← ←
MEM 56/26 37 19 .661 8.5 [36]   27 25 25 22 20 20 19 18 17 16 13 4 3
DEN 56/26 37 19 .661 8.5 [36] 27   25 25 22 20 20 19 18 17 16 13 4 3
HOU 56/26 35 21 .625 10.5 [38] [29] [29]   27 24 22 22 21 20 19 18 15 6 5
LAL 54/28 33 21 .611 11.5 [40] [31] [31] 29   26 24 24 23 22 21 20 17 8 7
LAC 55/27 31 24 .564 14 [42] [33] [33] [31] [31]   26 26 25 24 23 22 19 10 9
MIN 57/25 31 26 .544 15 [42] [33] [33] [31] [31] [28]   26 25 24 23 22 19 10 9
DAL 57/25 31 26 .544 15 [42] [33] [33] [31] [31] [28] 26   25 24 23 22 19 10 9
GSW 56/26 29 27 .518 16.5 [44] [35] [35] [33] [33] [30] [28] [28]   26 25 24 21 12 11
SAC 56/26 28 28 .500 17.5 [45] [36] [36] [34] [34] [31] [29] [29] [28]   26 25 22 13 12
PHX 55/27 26 29 .473 19 [47] [38] [38] [36] [36] [33] [31] [31] [30] [29]   27 24 15 14
SAS 54/28 24 30 .444 20.5 [49] [40] [40] [38] [38] [35] [33] [33] [32] [31] [30]   26 17 16
POR 56/26 23 33 .411 22.5 [50] [41] [41] [39] [39] [36] [34] [34] [33] [32] [31] [30]   18 17
UTH 55/27 13 42 .236 32 • [51] [51] [49] [49] [46] [44] [44] [43] [42] [41] [40] [37]   27
NWO 56/26 13 43 .232 32.5 • [51] [51] [49] [49] [46] [44] [44] [43] [42] [41] [40] [37] [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 22, 2025 5:00pm GMT