Here is scenario in which NC makes the postseason with 27 additional wins (47 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Samsung 122 20 2 0.8592 0.0 LG 108 32 4 0.7714 13.0 KT 100 40 4 0.7143 21.0 KIA 93 50 1 0.6503 29.5 NC 47 93 4 0.3357 74.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Hanwha 47 93 4 0.3357 74.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. SSG 47 93 4 0.3357 74.0 See explanation of tie-breakers below. Doosan 47 94 3 0.3333 74.5 Lotte 47 95 2 0.3310 75.0 Kiwoom 46 94 4 0.3286 75.0 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 Hanwha NC SSG Total Hanwha - 2 3 5 NC 3 - 2 5 SSG 2 2 - 4 The following table shows how many additional games each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha NC SSG Total Hanwha - 0 8 8 NC 11 - 11 22 SSG 0 0 - 0 The following table shows how many games total each of the teams tied for fifth place win against each other in the scenario: Team Hanwha NC SSG Total Hanwha - 2 11 13 NC 14 - 13 27 SSG 2 2 - 4 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB Samsung 30 18 1 95 0.625 0.0 LG 30 20 0 94 0.600 1.0 KT 29 20 1 94 0.592 1.5 KIA 28 22 1 93 0.560 3.0 Hanwha 24 25 0 95 0.490 6.5 Doosan 23 27 1 93 0.460 8.0 SSG 22 27 1 94 0.449 8.5 Lotte 20 28 1 95 0.417 10.0 NC 20 28 1 95 0.417 10.0 Kiwoom 20 31 1 92 0.392 11.5 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 9 0 0 0 10 0 0 24 Hanwha 4 - 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 8 23 KIA 10 9 - 10 1 4 10 10 0 11 65 Kiwoom 2 10 0 - 0 0 10 4 0 0 26 KT 10 10 9 10 - 0 12 10 0 10 71 LG 10 10 7 10 8 - 10 11 2 10 78 Lotte 9 3 0 0 0 0 - 10 0 5 27 NC 2 11 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 11 27 Samsung 10 10 11 10 11 8 11 10 - 11 92 SSG 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 - 25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 67 68 28 63 20 12 67 65 2 66 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 0 0 3 LG 0 0 0 0 3 - 0 0 1 0 4 Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 NC 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 SSG 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2 4 0 3 3 4 1 3 1 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 - 6 3 12 2 2 4 13 2 3 47 Hanwha 9 - 3 5 2 3 11 2 1 11 47 KIA 13 13 - 16 2 6 14 12 3 14 93 Kiwoom 4 11 0 - 2 2 12 8 3 4 46 KT 14 14 14 13 - 4 14 14 1 12 100 LG 14 13 10 14 9 - 14 15 4 15 108 Lotte 11 5 1 4 2 2 - 11 3 8 47 NC 3 14 4 5 2 1 5 - 0 13 47 Samsung 13 15 13 13 15 11 13 16 - 13 122 SSG 13 2 2 12 4 1 8 2 3 - 47 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 94 93 50 94 40 32 95 93 20 93 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 Hanwha 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 KIA 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 KT 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0 0 0 4 LG 0 0 0 0 3 - 0 0 1 0 4 Lotte 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 NC 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 1 4 Samsung 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 2 SSG 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 # NC Dinos magic number # NC's magic number # Dinos magic number # KBO Playoff Race