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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 12 4 16 48 50 51 53 55 57 58 60 61 63 MW
Warriors 11 3 14 49 51 52 54 56 58 59 61 62 64 MW
Rockets 11 5 16 47 49 50 52 54 55 57 58 60 62 MW
Lakers 10 4 14 48 50 51 53 55 57 58 60 61 63 MW
Suns 9 7 16 45 47 48 50 52 54 55 57 59 60 MW
Clippers 9 7 16 45 47 48 50 52 54 55 57 58 60 MW
Grizzlies 9 7 16 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 56 58 60 MW
Nuggets 8 5 13 47 49 50 52 54 56 57 59 60 62 MW
TimberwolvesT. Wolves 8 6 14 46 48 49 51 53 55 56 58 60 61 MW
Mavericks 8 7 15 45 47 48 50 52 54 55 57 59 60 MW
 
Kings 8 7 15 45 47 48 50 52 54 55 57 59 60 MW
Spurs 7 8 15 44 46 47 49 51 53 54 56 58 59 MW
Trail Blazers 6 9 15 43 45 46 48 50 52 53 55 57 58 MW
Pelicans 4 12 16 40 42 43 45 47 49 50 52 54 55 MW
Jazz 3 11 14 41 43 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 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