NBA Conference Standings

2023-24 National Basketball Association Magic Numbers

Eastern Conference

East GP/R W L PCT GB
CLE 39/43 34 5 .872 —   37 34 32 30 30 30 30 30 26 25 22 18 21 17
BOS 40/42 28 12 .700 6.5 [50]   40 38 36 36 36 36 36 32 31 28 24 27 23
NYK 42/40 27 15 .643 8.5 [51] [44]   39 37 37 37 37 37 33 32 29 25 28 24
MIL 39/43 22 17 .564 12 [56] [49] [46]   42 42 42 42 42 38 37 34 30 33 29
ORL 42/40 23 19 .548 12.5 [55] [48] [45] [43]   41 41 41 41 37 36 33 29 32 28
IND 41/41 22 19 .537 13 [56] [49] [46] [44] 42   42 42 42 38 37 34 30 33 29
DET 40/42 21 19 .525 13.5 [57] [50] [47] [45] 43 43   43 43 39 38 35 31 34 30
ATL 40/42 21 19 .525 13.5 [57] [50] [47] [45] 43 43 43   43 39 38 35 31 34 30
MIA 39/43 20 19 .513 14 [58] [51] [48] [46] 44 44 44 44   40 39 36 32 35 31
CHI 41/41 18 23 .439 17 [60] [53] [50] [48] [46] [46] [46] [46] [46]   41 38 34 37 33
PHI 39/43 15 24 .385 19 [63] [56] [53] [51] [49] [49] [49] [49] [49] [45]   41 37 40 36
BKN 41/41 14 27 .341 21 [64] [57] [54] [52] [50] [50] [50] [50] [50] [46] [45]   38 41 37
TOR 41/41 10 31 .244 25 [68] [61] [58] [56] [54] [54] [54] [54] [54] [50] [49] [46]   [45] 41
CHA 37/45 9 28 .243 24 [69] [62] [59] [57] [55] [55] [55] [55] [55] [51] [50] [47] 43   42
WAS 38/44 6 32 .158 27.5 [72] [65] [62] [60] [58] [58] [58] [58] [58] [54] [53] [50] [46] [49]  

Western Conference

West GP/R W L PCT GB
OKC 39/43 33 6 .846 —   38 35 34 33 33 31 31 30 30 30 30 24 21 18
HOU 39/43 27 12 .692 6 [50]   41 40 39 39 37 37 36 36 36 36 30 27 24
MEM 41/41 26 15 .634 8 [51] [45]   41 40 40 38 38 37 37 37 37 31 28 25
DEN 40/42 24 16 .600 9.5 [53] [47] [44]   42 42 40 40 39 39 39 39 33 30 27
LAC 39/43 22 17 .564 11 [55] [49] [46] [45]   44 42 42 41 41 41 41 35 32 29
LAL 38/44 21 17 .553 11.5 [56] [50] [47] [46] 45   43 43 42 42 42 42 36 33 30
DAL 41/41 22 19 .537 12 [55] [49] [46] [45] [44] [44]   42 41 41 41 41 35 32 29
MIN 40/42 21 19 .525 12.5 [56] [50] [47] [46] [45] [45] 43   42 42 42 42 36 33 30
SAC 40/42 20 20 .500 13.5 [57] [51] [48] [47] [46] [46] [44] [44]   43 43 43 37 34 31
GSW 40/42 20 20 .500 13.5 [57] [51] [48] [47] [46] [46] [44] [44] 43   43 43 37 34 31
PHX 39/43 19 20 .487 14 [58] [52] [49] [48] [47] [47] [45] [45] 44 44   44 38 35 32
SAS 39/43 19 20 .487 14 [58] [52] [49] [48] [47] [47] [45] [45] 44 44 44   38 35 32
POR 39/43 13 26 .333 20 [64] [58] [55] [54] [53] [53] [51] [51] [50] [50] [50] [50]   41 38
UTH 39/43 10 29 .256 23 [67] [61] [58] [57] [56] [56] [54] [54] [53] [53] [53] [53] [47]   41
NWO 42/40 10 32 .238 24.5 [67] [61] [58] [57] [56] [56] [54] [54] [53] [53] [53] [53] [47] [44]  

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 16, 2025 4:00pm GMT