Here is scenario in which Lotte makes the postseason with 31 additional wins (45 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Samsung 121 20 3 0.8582 0.0 KIA 110 30 4 0.7857 10.5 NC 103 37 4 0.7357 17.5 LG 97 43 4 0.6929 23.5 Lotte 45 95 4 0.3214 75.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 45 95 4 0.3214 75.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 45 95 4 0.3214 75.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 45 95 4 0.3214 75.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 45 95 4 0.3214 75.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. KT 45 96 3 0.3191 76.0 Explanation of Tie-breakers: The following table shows how many games each of the teams tied for fifth place in the scenario have already won against each other: Team Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte SSG Total Doosan - 4 5 1 0 10 Hanwha 2 - 2 1 4 9 Kiwoom 1 4 - 5 1 11 Lotte 2 3 1 - 1 7 SSG 3 2 2 3 - 10 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte SSG Total Doosan - 0 10 0 7 17 Hanwha 8 - 9 5 0 22 Kiwoom 0 0 - 10 10 20 Lotte 12 7 0 - 12 31 SSG 6 10 0 0 - 16 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Doosan Hanwha Kiwoom Lotte SSG Total Doosan - 4 15 1 7 27 Hanwha 10 - 11 6 4 31 Kiwoom 1 4 - 15 11 31 Lotte 14 10 1 - 13 38 SSG 9 12 2 3 - 26 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KIA 26 16 1 101 0.619 0.0 NC 25 17 1 101 0.595 1.0 Samsung 24 18 1 101 0.571 2.0 Doosan 25 20 1 98 0.556 2.5 LG 23 20 2 99 0.535 3.5 SSG 23 20 1 100 0.535 3.5 Kiwoom 18 24 0 102 0.429 8.0 KT 18 25 1 100 0.419 8.5 Hanwha 16 26 1 101 0.381 10.0 Lotte 14 26 1 103 0.350 11.0 The next two tables show, respectively, how many of their remaining games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Additional Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 7 20 Hanwha 8 - 0 9 7 0 5 0 0 0 29 KIA 10 11 - 12 10 7 14 10 0 10 84 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 7 0 10 0 0 10 27 KT 7 3 0 4 - 0 9 0 0 4 27 LG 11 14 3 11 13 - 10 0 2 10 74 Lotte 12 7 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 12 31 NC 11 11 0 14 11 10 10 - 0 11 78 Samsung 10 13 11 11 14 6 11 10 - 11 97 SSG 6 10 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 - 22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 75 69 14 71 71 23 69 20 2 75 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Hanwha 2 - 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 Kiwoom 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 2 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 1 2 Lotte 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 2 SSG 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 3 2 3 The next two tables show, respectively, how many total games each team wins and ties against each of the other teams in the scenario: Scenario Total Wins Against Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Wins Doosan - 4 2 15 8 4 1 3 1 7 45 Hanwha 10 - 1 11 10 1 6 1 1 4 45 KIA 13 15 - 16 13 11 16 12 2 12 110 Kiwoom 1 4 0 - 8 4 15 0 2 11 45 KT 8 6 3 8 - 1 10 3 0 6 45 LG 12 15 5 12 15 - 15 4 5 14 97 Lotte 14 10 0 1 3 1 - 1 2 13 45 NC 13 14 1 16 13 12 15 - 3 16 103 Samsung 15 15 14 14 16 8 14 13 - 12 121 SSG 9 12 4 2 10 1 3 0 4 - 45 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 95 95 30 95 96 43 95 37 20 95 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Hanwha 2 - 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 Kiwoom 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 1 4 Lotte 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 # Lotte Giants magic number # Lotte's magic number # Giants magic number # KBO Playoff Race