NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
CLE 72/10 58 14 .806 —   6 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
BOS 72/10 53 19 .736 5 [16]   4 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
NYK 71/11 45 26 .634 12.5 • [19]   9 7 6 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
IND 71/11 42 29 .592 15.5 • [22] [15]   10 9 4 3 — ← ← ← ← ← ←
MIL 71/11 40 31 .563 17.5 • • [17] [14]   11 6 5 3 2 ← ← ← ← ←
DET 73/9 41 32 .562 17.5 • • [16] [13] [11]   5 4 2 — ← ← ← ← ←
ATL 72/10 35 37 .486 23 • • [22] [19] [17] [16]   10 8 7 — ← ← ← ←
ORL 73/9 35 38 .479 23.5 • • • [19] [17] [16] [11]   8 7 — ← ← ← ←
CHI 72/10 32 40 .444 26 • • • [22] [20] [19] [14] [13]   10 4 2 2 ← ←
MIA 72/10 31 41 .431 27 • • • • [21] [20] [15] [14] [12]   5 3 3 ← ←
TOR 72/10 25 47 .347 33 • • • • • • [21] [20] [18] [17]   9 9 4 2
BKN 72/10 23 49 .319 35 • • • • • • • • [20] [19] [13]   11 6 4
PHI 72/10 23 49 .319 35 • • • • • • • • [20] [19] [13] 11   6 4
CHA 72/10 18 54 .250 40 • • • • • • • • • • [18] [16] [16]   9
WAS 71/11 15 56 .211 42.5 • • • • • • • • • • [21] [19] [19] [14]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 72/10 60 12 .833 —   ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
HOU 73/9 47 26 .644 13.5 •   8 8 8 5 5 4 ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
DEN 73/9 45 28 .616 15.5 • [12]   10 10 7 7 6 — — ← ← ← ← ←
MEM 72/10 44 28 .611 16 • [13] 11   11 8 8 7 2 2 — ← ← ← ←
LAL 71/11 43 28 .606 16.5 • [14] 12 12   9 9 8 3 3 2 ← ← ← ←
GSW 72/10 41 31 .569 19 • [16] [14] [14] [14]   11 10 5 5 4 — 2 ← ←
LAC 71/11 40 31 .563 19.5 • [17] [15] [15] [15] 12   11 6 6 5 2 3 ← ←
MIN 73/9 41 32 .562 19.5 • [16] [14] [14] [14] [11] [11]   5 5 4 — 2 ← ←
SAC 72/10 35 37 .486 25 • • [20] [20] [20] [17] [17] [16]   11 10 7 8 ← ←
PHX 72/10 35 37 .486 25 • • [20] [20] [20] [17] [17] [16] 11   10 7 8 ← ←
DAL 73/9 35 38 .479 25.5 • • • [20] [20] [17] [17] [16] [11] [11]   7 8 ← ←
POR 73/9 32 41 .438 28.5 • • • • • [20] [20] [19] [14] [14] [13]   [11] ← ←
SAS 71/11 31 40 .437 28.5 • • • • • [21] [21] [20] [15] [15] [14] 11   ← ←
NWO 73/9 20 53 .274 40.5 • • • • • • • • • • • • •   6
UTH 73/9 16 57 .219 44.5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • [14]  

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 26, 2025 9:00am GMT