NBA standings today Feb 7: Pistons and Thunder hold No. 1 seeds

The NBA standings heading into Saturday, February 7, 2026 (ET) show two clear front-runners at the top: Detroit in the East and Oklahoma City in the West. With the schedule pushing deeper toward the stretch run, seeding races are tightening behind the leaders, and the teams sitting in the middle of each conference are starting to feel real pressure from the play-in pack.

NBA standings: top 10 in each conference

Records below reflect games completed through Friday, February 6, 2026 (ET).

East: Detroit leads, the middle is packed

Detroit’s 38–13 mark has created a meaningful cushion, but the real drama sits behind it. Boston and New York are both within striking distance of the second seed and are close enough that a single hot week can reorder the top three. That matters because finishing in the top two typically brings a friendlier first-round setup and more control over matchups.

Seeds 4 through 6 are also bunched, with Cleveland and Toronto hovering around the low-30s in wins and Philadelphia right behind. That cluster is the classic “avoid the play-in anxiety” zone: one bad stretch can turn a comfortable seed into scoreboard-watching every night.

The play-in positions are especially crowded. Orlando, Miami, Atlanta, and Charlotte are all living in the narrow band where a short winning streak can produce a jump of multiple spots—and a short slump can knock a team out of the top 10 entirely once the teams just below them close the gap.

West: Oklahoma City in control, race behind it

Oklahoma City’s 40–12 record is the best mark on the board, and it gives the Thunder room to manage bumps without losing their grip on the top seed. The chase pack is more volatile: San Antonio holds second, Denver is close behind, and then a tight group forms around the next few positions.

Houston and the Lakers share the same record, and Minnesota and Phoenix are within a couple of wins of that tier. This is the part of the standings where tiebreakers can become the story quickly—head-to-head results and conference record start to carry extra weight as the schedule narrows.

Below them, Golden State sits in the eight spot, with the Clippers and Portland rounding out the play-in seeds. The gap between “secure playoff seed” and “single elimination night” is small enough that teams in the 6–10 range can’t afford long skids.

What the standings say about momentum

At this point of the season, the standings can reveal as much about stability as they do about ceiling. The two top seeds look like they’ve built sustainable separation, while much of each conference is still in the phase where depth, health, and schedule difficulty can swing outcomes fast.

A useful way to read today’s board is by tiers:

• Tier 1: Detroit and Oklahoma City, with real breathing room.

• Tier 2: The next two to three teams in each conference battling for top-four positioning.

• Tier 3: The middle pack trying to avoid the play-in.

• Tier 4: The play-in cluster where one week can change everything.

What to watch next week

Seeding races usually hinge on a few concrete factors that show up quickly in the results: back-to-back scheduling, injury availability, and how teams perform in head-to-head games against direct rivals in their tier. Those matchups function like “two-game swings,” because they both add a win and hand a loss to the team chasing the same real estate.

If Detroit and Oklahoma City keep winning at their current pace, the bigger story may become the scramble underneath them—particularly who can climb into the top six and avoid the higher-variance play-in route.

Sources consulted: NBA; ESPN; Associated Press; Basketball-Reference