Here is scenario in which NC makes the postseason with 21 additional wins (46 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB KIA 117 26 1 0.8182 0.0 LG 113 27 4 0.8071 2.5 SSG 103 38 3 0.7305 13.0 Samsung 100 43 1 0.6993 17.0 NC 46 94 4 0.3286 69.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 46 94 4 0.3286 69.5 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 46 95 3 0.3262 70.0 KT 45 95 4 0.3214 70.5 Lotte 45 95 4 0.3214 70.5 Hanwha 43 97 4 0.3071 72.5 Explanation of Tie-breakers: Doosan and NC tie for fifth place and play a post-season game; the winner goes on to the wild-card game. 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 - 5 0 5 7 0 0 4 0 0 21 Hanwha 4 - 0 6 4 0 2 11 0 0 27 KIA 10 11 - 12 10 7 14 13 4 10 91 Kiwoom 5 3 0 - 11 0 4 5 0 0 28 KT 2 6 0 0 - 0 11 8 0 0 27 LG 11 14 3 11 13 - 10 10 10 8 90 Lotte 13 9 0 4 0 0 - 5 0 0 31 NC 6 0 0 9 1 0 5 - 0 0 21 Samsung 10 13 7 11 14 0 11 10 - 0 76 SSG 13 10 0 13 10 0 12 11 11 - 80 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 74 71 10 71 70 7 69 77 25 18 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Hanwha 1 - 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 1 0 - 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 KT 1 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 3 2 Lotte 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 0 3 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 3 0 3 3 2 3 3 0 2 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 - 9 2 10 12 4 1 7 1 0 46 Hanwha 6 - 1 8 7 1 3 12 1 4 43 KIA 13 15 - 16 13 11 16 15 6 12 117 Kiwoom 6 7 0 - 12 4 9 5 2 1 46 KT 3 9 3 4 - 1 12 11 0 2 45 LG 12 15 5 12 15 - 15 14 13 12 113 Lotte 15 12 0 5 3 1 - 6 2 1 45 NC 8 3 1 11 3 2 10 - 3 5 46 Samsung 15 15 10 14 16 2 14 13 - 1 100 SSG 16 12 4 15 14 1 15 11 15 - 103 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 94 97 26 95 95 27 95 94 43 38 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 Hanwha 1 - 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Kiwoom 0 1 0 - 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 KT 1 0 0 0 - 0 1 2 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 3 4 Lotte 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 # NC Dinos magic number # NC's magic number # Dinos magic number # KBO Playoff Race