NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
DET 64/18 46 18 .719 —   15 12 11 9 8 8 7 6 4 ← ← ← ← ←
BOS 65/17 43 22 .662 3.5 [22]   15 14 12 11 11 10 9 7 3 2 ← ← ←
NYK 67/15 42 25 .627 5.5 [23] [19]   15 13 12 12 11 10 8 4 3 ← ← ←
CLE 66/16 40 26 .606 7 [25] [21] [18]   15 14 14 13 12 10 6 5 ← ← ←
ORL 64/18 36 28 .563 10 [29] [25] [22] [21]   18 18 17 16 14 10 9 ← ← ←
MIA 66/16 37 29 .561 10 [28] [24] [21] [20] [18]   17 16 15 13 9 8 ← ← ←
TOR 65/17 36 29 .554 10.5 [29] [25] [22] [21] [19] 18   17 16 14 10 9 ← ← ←
PHI 65/17 35 30 .538 11.5 [30] [26] [23] [22] [20] [19] [19]   17 15 11 10 ← ← ←
ATL 65/17 34 31 .523 12.5 [31] [27] [24] [23] [21] [20] [20] [19]   16 12 11 — — ←
CHA 66/16 33 33 .500 14 [32] [28] [25] [24] [22] [21] [21] [20] [19]   13 12 2 2 ←
MIL 64/18 27 37 .422 19 • [34] [31] [30] [28] [27] [27] [26] [25] [23]   18 8 8 6
CHI 65/17 27 38 .415 19.5 • [34] [31] [30] [28] [27] [27] [26] [25] [23] [19]   8 8 6
BKN 65/17 17 48 .262 29.5 • • • • • • • • [35] [33] [29] [28]   18 16
WAS 64/18 16 48 .250 30 • • • • • • • • [36] [34] [30] [29] 19   17
IND 65/17 15 50 .231 31.5 • • • • • • • • • • [31] [30] [20] [20]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 66/16 51 15 .773 —   15 8 7 7 6 5 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
SAS 65/17 48 17 .738 2.5 [20]   11 10 10 9 8 3 2 ← ← ← ← ← ←
HOU 64/18 40 24 .625 10 [28] [26]   18 18 17 16 11 10 8 2 ← ← ← ←
LAL 65/17 40 25 .615 10.5 [28] [26] [19]   18 17 16 11 10 8 2 ← ← ← ←
MIN 65/17 40 25 .615 10.5 [28] [26] [19] 18   17 16 11 10 8 2 ← ← ← ←
DEN 65/17 39 26 .600 11.5 [29] [27] [20] [19] [19]   17 12 11 9 3 ← ← ← ←
PHX 65/17 38 27 .585 12.5 [30] [28] [21] [20] [20] [19]   13 12 10 4 ← — ← ←
LAC 64/18 32 32 .500 18 • [34] [27] [26] [26] [25] [24]   18 16 10 6 7 5 —
GSW 65/17 32 33 .492 18.5 • [34] [27] [26] [26] [25] [24] [19]   16 10 6 7 5 —
POR 66/16 31 35 .470 20 • • [28] [27] [27] [26] [25] [20] [19]   11 7 8 6 2
MEM 64/18 23 41 .359 27 • • [36] [35] [35] [34] [33] [28] [27] [25]   15 16 14 10
NWO 67/15 22 45 .328 29.5 • • • • • • • [29] [28] [26] [20]   [17] 15 11
DAL 65/17 21 44 .323 29.5 • • • • • • [35] [30] [29] [27] [21] 17   16 12
UTH 66/16 20 46 .303 31 • • • • • • • [31] [30] [28] [22] [18] [19]   13
SAC 66/16 16 50 .242 35 • • • • • • • [35] [34] [32] [26] [22] [23] [21]  

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 12, 2026 4:00am GMT