NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 71/11 52 19 .732 —   7 6 4 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
BOS 71/11 47 24 .662 5 [17]   11 9 5 4 3 2 2 2 ← ← ← ← ←
NYK 73/9 48 25 .658 5 [16] [11]   8 4 3 2 — — — ← ← ← ← ←
CLE 72/10 45 27 .625 7.5 [19] [14] [13]   7 6 5 4 4 4 ← ← ← ← ←
TOR 71/11 40 31 .563 12 • [19] [18] [16]   11 10 9 9 9 — — ← ← ←
ATL 72/10 40 32 .556 12.5 • [19] [18] [16] [12]   10 9 9 9 — — ← ← ←
PHI 72/10 39 33 .542 13.5 • [20] [19] [17] [13] [12]   10 10 10 2 2 ← ← ←
ORL 72/10 38 34 .528 14.5 • [21] [20] [18] [14] [13] [12]   11 11 3 3 ← ← ←
CHA 72/10 38 34 .528 14.5 • [21] [20] [18] [14] [13] [12] 11   11 3 3 ← ← ←
MIA 72/10 38 34 .528 14.5 • [21] [20] [18] [14] [13] [12] 11 11   3 3 ← ← ←
MIL 71/11 29 42 .408 23 • • • • [23] [22] [21] [20] [20] [20]   12 ← ← ←
CHI 71/11 29 42 .408 23 • • • • [23] [22] [21] [20] [20] [20] 12   ← ← ←
BKN 72/10 17 55 .236 35.5 • • • • • • • • • • • •   11 10
WAS 71/11 16 55 .225 36 • • • • • • • • • • • • 12   11
IND 72/10 16 56 .222 36.5 • • • • • • • • • • • • [12] [12]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 72/10 57 15 .792 —   8 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
SAS 72/10 54 18 .750 3 [14]   3 — — — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
LAL 72/10 46 26 .639 11 • [19]   9 9 9 4 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
DEN 73/9 45 28 .616 12.5 • [20] [12]   10 10 5 2 — ← ← ← ← ← ←
MIN 72/10 44 28 .611 13 • [21] [13] 11   11 6 3 2 — ← ← ← ← ←
HOU 71/11 43 28 .606 13.5 • [22] [14] 12 12   7 4 3 2 ← ← ← ← ←
PHX 73/9 40 33 .548 17.5 • • [17] [15] [15] [15]   7 6 5 ← ← ← ← ←
LAC 72/10 36 36 .500 21 • • [21] [19] [19] [19] [14]   10 9 ← ← ← ← ←
POR 73/9 36 37 .493 21.5 • • • [19] [19] [19] [14] [11]   9 ← ← ← ← ←
GSW 72/10 34 38 .472 23 • • • • [21] [21] [16] [13] [12]   — 2 ← ← ←
NWO 73/9 25 48 .342 32.5 • • • • • • • • • [20]   [11] 9 7 4
MEM 71/11 24 47 .338 32.5 • • • • • • • • • [21] 11   10 8 5
DAL 72/10 23 49 .319 34 • • • • • • • • • • [12] [13]   9 6
UTH 72/10 21 51 .292 36 • • • • • • • • • • [14] [15] [13]   8
SAC 73/9 19 54 .260 38.5 • • • • • • • • • • [16] [17] [15] [13]  

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 25, 2026 2:00pm GMT