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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 54 15 69 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Spurs 51 18 69 11 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^ ^ ^ ^
Lakers 43 25 68 3 6 MW MW MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Nuggets 42 27 69 1 5 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
TimberwolvesT. Wolves 42 27 69 1 5 12 13 MW MW MW MW MW MW ^
Rockets 41 26 67 2 5 13 14 15 MW MW MW MW MW ^
Suns 39 30 69 X 2 10 10 11 11 MW MW MW MW ^
Clippers 34 34 68 X X 6 6 7 8 10 14 MW MW MW
Warriors 33 35 68 X X 5 5 6 7 9 13 14 MW MW
Trail Blazers 33 36 69 X X 3 4 5 6 8 12 MW MW MW
 
Grizzlies 23 44 67 X X X X X X X 4 5 5 MW
Pelicans 23 46 69 X X X X X X X 2 3 4 MW
Mavericks 23 46 69 X X X X X X X 2 4 4 MW
Jazz 20 48 68 X X X X X X X X 1 1 MW
Kings 18 52 70 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