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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
82 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 Tournament
Participant
8**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
9**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
10**
Play-in Tournament
Participant
11
Thunder 52 15 67 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Spurs 48 18 66 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^
Rockets 41 25 66 6 9 15 16 16 MW MW MW MW MW ^
Lakers 41 25 66 6 9 15 16 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Nuggets 41 26 67 5 9 14 15 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
TimberwolvesT. Wolves 40 26 66 5 9 14 15 16 16 MW MW MW MW ^
Suns 39 28 67 3 7 12 13 14 15 MW MW MW MW MW
Clippers 33 32 65 X 3 8 9 10 11 12 17 MW MW MW
Warriors 32 33 65 X 2 7 8 9 10 11 16 MW MW MW
Trail Blazers 31 35 66 X X 5 6 7 7 9 15 16 MW MW
 
Grizzlies 23 43 66 X X X X X X 1 6 7 8 MW
Mavericks 22 45 67 X X X X X X X 5 6 7 MW
Pelicans 22 46 68 X X X X X X X 4 5 6 MW
Jazz 20 46 66 X X X X X X X 3 4 5 MW
Kings 16 51 67 X X X X X X X X X X 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