The last game of the tournament will take place on Friday, May 21 one day before the start of the NBA playoffs. The winner of the No. The loser of that game will go on to face the winner No. The winner of the second game will qualify for the No. In simpler terms: If your team finishes the regular season in seventh or eighth place, they only need to win one of the two tournament games to make the postseason.
If your team finished in ninth or 10th, they must win two games and can only qualify for the No. With the season slated to end on May 16, teams seeded will have extra rest heading into the playoffs. This new format also gives an added advantage to the No. We set up a table on how to decide on a tie, according to the official NBA website , read the table top to bottom with the winner being decided as soon as stipulation is met. Each conference is then made up of 3 divisions, making it a total of 15 teams per conference.
The section below contains a table of which NBA teams are in which division. The 30 teams of the NBA are divided into 2 conferences of 15 teams, each conference is then divided into 3 divisions of 5 teams each. These divisions come into play when deciding playoff seeds and tiebreakers. The entire NBA playoffs are divided into 4 rounds, including the Finals. Each round has every team match up and play a Best-of-7 series, meaning the first team to reach 4 wins moves onto the next round.
While the losing team is knocked out and has to head home. The winner of the game 7 always wins the series. The second round has the remaining 8 teams play another best of 7 series against their respective matches. Game 1: The No. The losing team gets another chance in Game 3. Game 2: The No. The loser is eliminated and enters the NBA draft lottery. Game 3: The loser of the No. The loser of Game 3 also enters the lottery.
This means that the teams with the seventh-highest and eighth-highest winning percentages will have two opportunities to win one game to earn a playoff spot, while the teams with the ninth-highest and 10th-highest winning percentages need to win two straight games to advance.
How important is seeding within the play-in race? Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Now, only the top six seeds in each conference are guaranteed a trip to the postseason. The teams that finish seventh and eighth in each conference now join the teams that finish ninth and 10th in a four-team play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff spots.
Here's how the format works:. The play-in tournament will will run from May The playoffs will begin on May Here's the full schedule for the tournament. Golden State Warriors. By Jack Maloney. May 20, at pm ET 3 min read.
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