2024 NBA Playoffs: Standings and Bracket Updates

As the 2024 NBA regular season progresses, the race to the playoffs intensifies, with teams jostling for position in the standings. Here’s a recap of the latest movements after Saturday’s games, along with an overview of the playoff bracket if the season concluded today.

Western Conference Standings

The Thunder seized the top spot, surpassing the Nuggets via a head-to-head tiebreaker after defeating the Grizzlies.
Timberwolves maintained their hold on the third position, staying within one game of the Thunder and Nuggets with a victory over the Jazz.
Pelicans closed the gap on the fourth-seeded Clippers to 1.5 games by defeating the Trail Blazers.
Suns climbed out of the Play-In Tournament into the sixth seed after the Kings’ loss to the Knicks.
Kings dropped from a guaranteed playoff berth to the Play-In Tournament at seventh place following their defeat to the Knicks.
Warriors and Lakers swapped places in the standings, with Golden State now in ninth and L.A. in tenth after the Warriors’ victory.
Rockets secured their fifth straight win, remaining 3.5 games out of the Play-In Tournament contention.

Eastern Conference Standings

The Cavaliers fell one full game behind the second-seeded Bucks after losing to the Rockets but maintained their third position.
The Knicks defeated the Kings, claiming a one-game lead over the Magic for the fourth seed and pulling within two games of the Cavaliers.
The Pacers maintained a half-game lead over the Sixers for the sixth seed with a victory over the Nets.
Sixers climbed into the seventh seed, trailing the Pacers by just half a game for the final guaranteed playoff spot.
Bulls extended their lead over the Hawks for the ninth seed to three games with a win over the Wizards.