NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 43/39 32 11 .744 —   34 33 32 31 31 30 29 29 26 25 23 20 16 17
BOS 45/37 28 17 .622 5 [44]   37 36 35 35 34 33 33 30 29 27 24 20 21
NYK 45/37 27 18 .600 6 [45] [39]   37 36 36 35 34 34 31 30 28 25 21 22
TOR 47/35 28 19 .596 6 [44] [38] [37]   35 35 34 33 33 30 29 27 24 20 21
CLE 47/35 27 20 .574 7 [45] [39] [38] [37]   36 35 34 34 31 30 28 25 21 22
PHI 44/38 24 20 .545 8.5 [48] [42] [41] [40] 39   38 37 37 34 33 31 28 24 25
ORL 44/38 23 21 .523 9.5 [49] [43] [42] [41] [40] [40]   38 38 35 34 32 29 25 26
MIA 46/36 24 22 .522 9.5 [48] [42] [41] [40] [39] [39] [38]   37 34 33 31 28 24 25
CHI 45/37 23 22 .511 10 [49] [43] [42] [41] [40] [40] [39] 38   35 34 32 29 25 26
ATL 47/35 22 25 .468 12 [50] [44] [43] [42] [41] [41] [40] [39] [39]   35 33 30 26 27
MIL 44/38 18 26 .409 14.5 [54] [48] [47] [46] [45] [45] [44] [43] [43] [40]   37 34 30 31
CHA 46/36 18 28 .391 15.5 [54] [48] [47] [46] [45] [45] [44] [43] [43] [40] [39]   34 30 31
BKN 43/39 12 31 .279 20 [60] [54] [53] [52] [51] [51] [50] [49] [49] [46] [45] [43]   36 37
IND 46/36 11 35 .239 22.5 [61] [55] [54] [53] [52] [52] [51] [50] [50] [47] [46] [44] [41]   [38]
WAS 44/38 10 34 .227 22.5 [62] [56] [55] [54] [53] [53] [52] [51] [51] [48] [47] [45] [42] 38  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 46/36 37 9 .804 —   32 31 30 29 28 28 25 23 22 21 19 15 12 10
SAS 45/37 31 14 .689 5.5 [43]   37 36 35 34 34 31 29 28 27 25 21 18 16
DEN 46/36 31 15 .674 6 [43] [38]   36 35 34 34 31 29 28 27 25 21 18 16
HOU 43/39 27 16 .628 8.5 [47] [42] [41]   39 38 38 35 33 32 31 29 25 22 20
LAL 44/38 27 17 .614 9 [47] [42] [41] [40]   38 38 35 33 32 31 29 25 22 20
PHX 45/37 27 18 .600 9.5 [47] [42] [41] [40] [39]   38 35 33 32 31 29 25 22 20
MIN 45/37 27 18 .600 9.5 [47] [42] [41] [40] [39] 38   35 33 32 31 29 25 22 20
GSW 46/36 25 21 .543 12 [49] [44] [43] [42] [41] [40] [40]   35 34 33 31 27 24 22
POR 46/36 23 23 .500 14 [51] [46] [45] [44] [43] [42] [42] [39]   36 35 33 29 26 24
LAC 44/38 20 24 .455 16 [54] [49] [48] [47] [46] [45] [45] [42] [40]   38 36 32 29 27
MEM 43/39 18 25 .419 17.5 [56] [51] [50] [49] [48] [47] [47] [44] [42] [41]   38 34 31 29
DAL 46/36 19 27 .413 18 [55] [50] [49] [48] [47] [46] [46] [43] [41] [40] [39]   33 30 28
UTH 46/36 15 31 .326 22 [59] [54] [53] [52] [51] [50] [50] [47] [45] [44] [43] [41]   34 32
SAC 46/36 12 34 .261 25 [62] [57] [56] [55] [54] [53] [53] [50] [48] [47] [46] [44] [40]   35
NWO 47/35 11 36 .234 26.5 [63] [58] [57] [56] [55] [54] [54] [51] [49] [48] [47] [45] [41] [38]  

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 25, 2026 9:00pm GMT