Here is scenario in which Lotte makes the postseason with 32 additional wins (43 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB KT 134 10 0 0.9306 0.0 NC 108 32 4 0.7714 24.0 KIA 109 34 1 0.7622 24.5 LG 98 44 2 0.6901 35.0 Lotte 43 97 4 0.3071 89.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Kiwoom 43 97 4 0.3071 89.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Samsung 43 97 4 0.3071 89.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 44 100 0 0.3056 90.0 Hanwha 43 98 3 0.3050 89.5 Doosan 42 98 4 0.3000 90.0 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 Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total Kiwoom - 2 3 5 Lotte 4 - 2 6 Samsung 0 0 - 0 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total Kiwoom - 0 0 0 Lotte 7 - 8 15 Samsung 12 6 - 18 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Kiwoom Lotte Samsung Total Kiwoom - 2 3 5 Lotte 11 - 10 21 Samsung 12 6 - 18 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB KT 20 10 0 114 0.667 0.0 LG 19 10 0 115 0.655 0.5 SSG 17 12 0 115 0.586 2.5 Samsung 14 14 1 115 0.500 5.0 KIA 14 15 1 114 0.483 5.5 Doosan 13 16 1 114 0.448 6.5 NC 13 16 0 115 0.448 6.5 Hanwha 12 17 0 115 0.414 7.5 Kiwoom 12 18 0 114 0.400 8.0 Lotte 11 17 1 115 0.393 8.0 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 - 12 0 0 0 0 7 0 10 0 29 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 0 14 0 6 11 31 KIA 13 13 - 13 0 13 13 2 14 14 95 Kiwoom 12 14 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 5 31 KT 13 13 11 13 - 11 14 13 13 13 114 LG 13 13 0 13 0 - 13 0 14 13 79 Lotte 6 0 0 7 0 0 - 0 8 11 32 NC 12 13 8 13 0 10 13 - 12 14 95 Samsung 0 3 0 12 0 0 6 1 - 7 29 SSG 13 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 - 27 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 82 81 19 79 0 34 80 16 83 88 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 2 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 3 NC 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 3 0 4 0 2 3 4 3 0 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 - 13 2 2 1 1 9 1 12 1 42 Hanwha 2 - 0 2 0 1 16 1 7 14 43 KIA 14 16 - 16 1 14 15 4 15 14 109 Kiwoom 14 14 0 - 1 1 2 2 3 6 43 KT 15 16 15 15 - 15 15 15 14 14 134 LG 15 15 2 15 1 - 15 4 15 16 98 Lotte 7 0 0 11 1 1 - 0 10 13 43 NC 13 15 12 14 1 10 16 - 12 15 108 Samsung 3 7 1 12 2 1 6 4 - 7 43 SSG 15 2 2 10 2 0 3 1 9 - 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 98 98 34 97 10 44 97 32 97 100 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 0 2 Lotte 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 0 0 0 4 NC 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 4 Samsung 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 3 1 4 0 2 4 4 4 0 # Lotte Giants magic number # Lotte's magic number # Giants magic number # KBO Playoff Race