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Western Conference Losing Magic Numbers

How close is your team from being eliminated from winning a certain playoff spot? A Losing Magic Number is the number of games a team must lose to guarantee losing a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

Western Conference Losing Magic Numbers
Record Rcrd Conference Playoff Spots No
Playoffs No
POs
Team W L GPi
Games Played
80 game season
 1*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 2*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 3*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 4*
First Round Home Field
Advantage
 5 6 7**
Play-in
 8**
Play-in
 9**
Play-in
 10**
Play-in
 11
Thunder 18 5 23 46 48 49 51 53 54 56 57 MW MW MW
Grizzlies 17 8 25 43 44 46 48 49 51 52 54 55 MW MW
Rockets 16 8 24 43 45 46 48 50 51 53 54 56 MW MW
Mavericks 16 8 24 43 45 46 48 49 51 53 54 56 MW MW
Warriors 14 9 23 42 44 45 47 49 50 52 53 55 56 MW
Clippers 14 11 25 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 54 MW
Lakers 13 11 24 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 MW
Nuggets 12 10 22 41 43 44 46 47 49 51 52 53 55 MW
TimberwolvesT. Wolves 12 11 23 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 MW
Suns 12 11 23 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 MW
 
Spurs 12 12 24 39 41 42 44 46 47 49 51 52 54 MW
Kings 12 13 25 38 40 41 43 45 46 48 50 51 53 MW
Trail Blazers 8 16 24 35 37 38 40 42 43 45 47 48 50 MW
Jazz 5 18 23 33 35 36 38 40 41 43 45 46 48 MW
Pelicans 5 20 25 31 33 34 36 38 39 41 43 44 46 MW
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric indicates the number of games that must be lost to guarantee losing this spot
  • "MW" indicates the team Might Win the spot despite losing all of its remaining games
  • *  denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs
  • ** denotes Play-in Tournament Participant