NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
CLE 71/11 57 14 .803 —   7 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
BOS 71/11 52 19 .732 5 [17]   5 2 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
NYK 70/12 44 26 .629 12.5 • [20]   10 9 7 3 — ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
IND 70/12 41 29 .586 15.5 • [23] [16]   12 10 6 4 2 — ← ← ← ← ←
MIL 70/12 40 30 .571 16.5 • [24] [17] [14]   11 7 5 3 2 ← ← ← ← ←
DET 72/10 40 32 .556 17.5 • • [17] [14] [13]   7 5 3 2 ← ← ← ← ←
ATL 71/11 35 36 .493 22 • • [22] [19] [18] [16]   10 8 7 — ← ← ← ←
ORL 71/11 33 38 .465 24 • • [24] [21] [20] [18] [14]   10 9 3 2 2 ← ←
CHI 71/11 31 40 .437 26 • • • [23] [22] [20] [16] [14]   11 5 4 4 ← ←
MIA 71/11 30 41 .423 27 • • • [24] [23] [21] [17] [15] [13]   6 5 5 ← ←
TOR 71/11 24 47 .338 33 • • • • • • [23] [21] [19] [18]   11 11 6 4
BKN 71/11 23 48 .324 34 • • • • • • • [22] [20] [19] [13]   12 7 5
PHI 71/11 23 48 .324 34 • • • • • • • [22] [20] [19] [13] 12   7 5
CHA 71/11 18 53 .254 39 • • • • • • • • • • [18] [17] [17]   10
WAS 70/12 15 55 .214 41.5 • • • • • • • • • • [21] [20] [20] [15]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 71/11 59 12 .831 —   ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ←
HOU 72/10 46 26 .639 13.5 •   10 10 9 7 6 6 2 ← ← ← ← ← ←
DEN 72/10 45 27 .625 14.5 • [12]   11 10 8 7 7 3 — — ← ← ← ←
LAL 70/12 43 27 .614 15.5 • [14] 13   12 10 9 9 5 3 3 ← — ← ←
MEM 71/11 43 28 .606 16 • [14] [13] [13]   10 9 9 5 3 3 ← — ← ←
GSW 71/11 41 30 .577 18 • [16] [15] [15] [14]   11 11 7 5 5 2 3 ← ←
MIN 72/10 41 31 .569 18.5 • [16] [15] [15] [14] [12]   11 7 5 5 2 3 ← ←
LAC 71/11 40 31 .563 19 • [17] [16] [16] [15] [13] 12   8 6 6 3 4 ← ←
SAC 70/12 35 35 .500 23.5 • [22] [21] [21] [20] [18] [17] [17]   11 11 8 9 ← ←
PHX 71/11 34 37 .479 25 • • [22] [22] [21] [19] [18] [18] [14]   12 9 10 ← ←
DAL 71/11 34 37 .479 25 • • [22] [22] [21] [19] [18] [18] [14] 12   9 10 ← ←
POR 72/10 32 40 .444 27.5 • • • • • [21] [20] [20] [16] [14] [14]   [12] ← ←
SAS 70/12 31 39 .443 27.5 • • • [25] [24] [22] [21] [21] [17] [15] [15] 12   ← ←
NWO 72/10 19 53 .264 40.5 • • • • • • • • • • • • •   8
UTH 72/10 16 56 .222 43.5 • • • • • • • • • • • • • [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 24, 2025 11:00pm GMT