NBA standings 2026-27: the Lakers go 10-2 to lead the West alone, Boston wins 123-101 at Philadelphia to take over the East, and Oklahoma City's loss at Portland leaves four West teams level at 8-3

One team is left at the top of the West. In our November 8 piece the Lakers shared the lead with San Antonio and Oklahoma City at 8-2; since then they have won both of their games to reach 10-2. They are the only team in either conference with 10 wins. San Antonio won its one game to go 9-2 and sits second, and Oklahoma City lost its one game to fall to 8-3. In the East, Boston, second at 7-2 last time, won both of its games, one of them at first-placed Philadelphia. Boston is now first at 9-2 and Philadelphia second at 9-3.

Every figure here is from the November 11 update in Korea. The NBA table is computed from game results supplied under a licensed data agreement (BALLDONTLIE). Of the 1,230 regular-season games, 160 are done, 21 more than the 139 in our last piece. Teams have played nine to 12 games and have 70 to 73 left. All six games of November 10, US time (November 11 in Korea), are final: New York beat Milwaukee 117-85, Boston won 123-101 at Philadelphia, Phoenix beat the Clippers 133-110, Miami won 115-109 at Utah, Orlando won 107-100 at Sacramento and Portland beat Oklahoma City 123-103. New York's 32-point margin was the widest of the night and Miami's six points the narrowest. For the other 15 games played before that, this piece gives no scores and uses only the change in each team's record between the two updates.

In the West, the Lakers (10-2) are first and San Antonio (9-2) second. Minnesota, Golden State, Houston and Oklahoma City are level at 8-3 and share third to sixth. Minnesota, Golden State and Houston each won their one game since, and Oklahoma City lost 123-103 at Portland. Memphis and Portland each won once to reach 7-3 and share seventh and eighth, so the line for a top-six place falls between 8-3 and 7-3, two different records. Dallas won both of its games to go 7-4 and climb from 10th to ninth, and Denver (5-4) slipped from ninth to 10th. Eleventh-placed Phoenix is 4-6, so the last play-in place also falls between different records. New Orleans lost both of its games and is 12th at 4-7, the Clippers (2-8) are 13th, and Utah and Sacramento (1-10) share 14th and 15th.

In the East, Boston (9-2) is first, Philadelphia (9-3) second and Detroit (7-3) third. New York (6-4) is fourth and Atlanta (7-5) fifth: Atlanta has more wins, but New York's winning percentage (.600) is higher than Atlanta's (.583). Toronto (5-5) is sixth, and Cleveland and Miami are level at 5-6 in seventh and eighth, so the top-six line falls between different records. Miami won both of its games to climb from 3-6. Washington and Charlotte are level at 4-7 in ninth and 10th, and Orlando (3-7) is 11th, so the last play-in place also falls between different records. Indiana, level with Charlotte at 3-7 across 10th and 11th on November 8, lost again and is 12th at 3-8. Below them are Brooklyn (2-8), Chicago (1-8) and Milwaukee (1-10). Milwaukee lost twice more and now shares the 1-10 record with Utah and Sacramento.

Where teams have the same record, the order follows this site's table (point differential and so on), which can differ from the league's official tiebreakers, so this piece does not say which of them is ahead. There are no clinch numbers yet either. In each conference first to sixth go straight to the playoffs, seventh to tenth go to the play-in, and 11th and below are done. Even the 10-2 Lakers would finish 10-72 by losing their last 70 games, and 1-10 Milwaukee, Utah and Sacramento would finish 72-10 by winning their last 71. With nine to 12 of 82 games played, no team has been ruled out of any place and no team's place is guaranteed.

How to read these numbers. The gaps in winning percentage now can turn on one or two games, and teams that have played nine games sit in the same table as teams that have played 12, so read wins and losses together with games left. Each team's numbers fill in on the magic number page as soon as the arithmetic settles a place; the top-six and play-in structure and the current bracket are on the playoffs page, the conference tables at, results on the schedule page and the method on the methodology page. The what-if page lets you pick results for the games left. Team pages: the Lakers, Boston, Philadelphia, Oklahoma City and Indiana.