Here is scenario in which NC makes the postseason with 16 additional wins (53 total). Here are the final standings in the scenario: Team W L D PCT GB Hanwha 100 41 3 0.7092 0.0 KIA 100 41 3 0.7092 0.0 KT 89 50 5 0.6403 10.0 Lotte 89 50 5 0.6403 10.0 NC 53 84 7 0.3869 45.0 Doosan 54 86 4 0.3857 45.5 Kiwoom 54 87 3 0.3830 46.0 Samsung 54 87 3 0.3830 46.0 SSG 53 86 5 0.3813 46.0 LG 54 88 2 0.3803 46.5 To construct the scenario, we start with the current standings: Team W L D GL PCT GB Hanwha 49 33 2 60 0.598 0.0 LG 46 37 2 59 0.554 3.5 Lotte 46 37 3 58 0.554 3.5 KIA 45 37 3 59 0.549 4.0 SSG 42 39 3 60 0.519 6.5 KT 43 40 3 58 0.518 6.5 Samsung 43 41 1 59 0.512 7.0 NC 37 40 5 62 0.481 9.5 Doosan 34 48 3 59 0.415 15.0 Kiwoom 26 59 3 56 0.306 24.5 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 - 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 9 20 Hanwha 7 - 0 6 8 6 6 4 7 7 51 KIA 7 8 - 4 0 8 7 9 6 6 55 Kiwoom 6 0 0 - 0 7 0 7 8 0 28 KT 4 0 4 4 - 9 0 8 9 8 46 LG 4 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 4 0 8 Lotte 7 0 0 7 2 8 - 8 6 5 43 NC 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 6 5 16 Samsung 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 11 SSG 0 0 0 7 0 4 0 0 0 - 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 38 8 4 28 10 51 13 44 46 47 Scenario Additional Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 KIA 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0 0 2 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 Lotte 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 2 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 Samsung 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 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 - 4 2 7 4 8 4 9 5 11 54 Hanwha 12 - 5 15 13 10 10 11 12 12 100 KIA 14 11 - 10 7 12 13 13 9 11 100 Kiwoom 9 1 4 - 3 10 2 9 11 5 54 KT 11 3 9 13 - 13 4 11 14 11 89 LG 8 5 4 6 3 - 4 6 10 8 54 Lotte 12 6 3 14 8 11 - 12 13 10 89 NC 5 4 3 6 5 10 4 - 9 7 53 Samsung 10 3 7 5 2 6 3 7 - 11 54 SSG 5 4 4 11 5 8 6 6 4 - 53 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Losses 86 41 41 87 50 88 50 84 87 86 Scenario Total Draws (Ties) With Team Doosan Hanwha KIA Kiwoom KT LG Lotte NC Samsung SSG Total Doosan - 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 Hanwha 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 KIA 0 0 - 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Kiwoom 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 KT 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 0 0 5 LG 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 2 Lotte 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 0 0 0 5 NC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 7 Samsung 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 SSG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4 3 3 3 5 2 5 7 3 5 # NC Dinos magic number # NC's magic number # Dinos magic number # KBO Playoff Race