Good Evening, Basketball! We are about 30 games (about 37%) into this NBA season, and there are some definite surprises. Let’s see where we are at the All-Star break. For now, though, here’s the current NBA standings through end of play last night, Saturday, 12/26/2015.

The STANDINGS GRID

Current as of end of play Saturday, December 26, 2015.

EASTERN CONFERENCE

# Team W L % GB Conf. Div. Home Away
1 Cleveland Cavaliers 19 9 .679 0.0 15-6 2-3 13-1 6-8
2 Atlanta Hawks 20 12 .625 1.0 12-6 5-1 12-6 8-6
3 Miami Heat 18 11 .621 1.5 9-10 3-3 13-6 5-5
4 Toronto Raptors 19 12 .613 1.5 11-5 3-1 9-5 10-7
5 Indiana Pacers 17 12 .586 2.5 12-4 3-3 10-4 7-8
6 Chicago Bulls 16 12 .571 3.0 7-8 2-3 11-5 5-7
7 Orlando Magic 17 13 .567 3.0 8-8 1-4 10-6 7-7
8 Boston Celtics 17 13 .567 3.0 12-9 3-2 8-7 9-6
9 Charlotte Hornets 16 13 .552 3.5 10-10 2-5 12-5 4-8
10 Detroit Pistons 17 14 .548 3.5 10-7 5-2 10-5 7-9
11 Washington Wizards 14 14 .500 5.0 9-7 4-2 7-7 7-7
12 New York Knicks 14 17 .452 6.5 8-12 4-0 7-8 7-9
13 Milwaukee Bucks 12 19 .387 8.5 8-12 2-3 9-6 3-13
14 Brooklyn Nets 8 22 .267 12.0 5-12 2-2 6-10 2-12
15 Philadelphia 76ers 2 30 .063 19.0 0-20 0-7 1-12 1-18

WESTERN CONFERENCE

# Team W L % GB Conf. Div. Home Away
1 Golden State Warriors 28 1 .966 0.0 17-0 7-0 14-0 14-1
2 San Antonio Spurs 26 6 .813 3.5 14-3 3-2 17-0 9-6
3 OKC Thunder 20 10 .667 8.5 14-2 5-0 13-4 7-6
4 Los Angeles Clippers 18 13 .581 11.0 12-10 4-3 10-6 8-7
5 Dallas Mavericks 17 13 .567 11.5 11-7 3-4 8-5 9-8
6 Memphis Grizzlies 16 16 .500 13.5 9-9 4-3 9-6 7-10
7 Houston Rockets 16 16 .500 13.5 11-9 3-4 10-7 6-9
8 Utah Jazz 12 16 .429 15.5 6-11 2-4 7-7 5-9
9 Sacramento Kings 12 17 .414 16.0 4-12 1-5 8-7 4-10
10 Denver Nuggets 12 18 .400 16.5 9-15 3-4 5-9 7-9
11 Phoenix Suns 12 20 .375 17.5 9-13 3-3 8-9 4-11
12 Portland Trail Blazers 12 20 .375 17.5 10-11 3-2 7-6 5-14
13 Minnesota T-Wolves 11 19 .367 17.5 5-10 1-4 4-12 7-7
14 New Orleans Pelicans 10 20 .333 18.5 8-12 3-3 7-6 3-14
15 Los Angeles Lakers 5 25 .167 23.5 1-16 0-4 2-9 3-16

 TIEBREAKER BASIS:
(-) Tie breaker not needed (better overall winning percentage)
(1) Division leader wins tie from team not leading a division
(2) Head-to-head won-lost percentage
(3) Conference won-lost percentage
(4) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, own conference
(5) W-L Percentage vs. Playoff teams, other conference
(6) Net Points, all games

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