NBA standings 2026-27: Spurs, Thunder and Lakers share the West lead at 8-2, the Rockets lose twice and drop to fifth, and the 76ers lead the East at 8-2

Three teams sit at 8-2 at the top of the West. In our November 3 piece San Antonio and Oklahoma City were fifth and sixth at 5-2; since then both have won all three of their games, and the Lakers, then 6-2, have won both of theirs. Going the other way, Houston, 7-1 and first in the West, lost both of its games to fall to 7-3, and Memphis, 6-1, also lost twice to drop to 6-3.

Every figure here is from the November 8 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, 139 are done, 32 more than the 107 in our last piece. Teams have played eight to 11 games and have 71 to 74 left. All seven games of November 7, US time, are final: Denver won 114-102 at Indiana, Atlanta beat Brooklyn 124-121, New York won 109-97 at Cleveland, Oklahoma City beat Washington 114-75, Golden State beat Orlando 126-119, Phoenix beat Houston 102-99 and San Antonio won 125-103 at Portland. Oklahoma City's 39-point margin was the widest of the night, and Atlanta and Phoenix both won by three.

In the West, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and the Lakers (8-2) are first to third, and Minnesota, Houston and Golden State (7-3) fourth to sixth. Seventh-placed Memphis and eighth-placed Portland are 6-3, so the line for a top-six place falls between two teams with different records. Denver (5-3) is ninth, Dallas (5-4) 10th and New Orleans (4-5) 11th, so the last play-in place also falls between different records. Phoenix went from 1-4 to 3-5 and is 12th, and the Clippers (1-7), Utah and Sacramento (1-8) are 13th to 15th.

In the East, Philadelphia (8-2) is first, Boston (7-2) second and Detroit (6-2) third. Atlanta won all three of its games since 4-4 and is fourth at 7-4. New York and Toronto are level at 5-4 in fifth and sixth, and seventh-placed Cleveland is 5-5, so the top-six line falls between different records. Washington, 4-3 last time, lost all three of its games and is eighth at 4-6, with Miami (3-6) ninth. Indiana and Charlotte are level at 3-7 in 10th and 11th, so the last play-in place is still split between two teams with the same record. Below them are Brooklyn and Orlando (2-7), Chicago (1-7) and Milwaukee (1-8).

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 8-2 Philadelphia would finish 8-74 by losing its last 72 games, and 1-8 Milwaukee would finish 74-8 by winning its last 73. With eight to 11 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 eight games sit in the same table as teams that have played 11, 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: San Antonio, Oklahoma City, the Lakers, Houston and Philadelphia.