NBA regular season has almost come to an end. By the 10th of April, the regular season will be over. After that, the play-in and playoffs games will be played. Altogether, we had an exciting season so far, let’s see who grabs the trophy this time. Here’s presenting you the list of qualified teams for play-ins and play-offs in NBA this season.
Although the season started with low viewership ratings, eventually as the season has almost come to an end the viewership response has raised by 20% from last season. It is expected that the knockout games will gather more impressive figures in matters of public response.
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Teams In NBA Play-Offs
After the end of the Play-In tournament, the playoffs will start. The first round of the tournament is scheduled to take place on April 16.
Teams standing at 1st to 6th position at the end of the regular season eventually qualify for the playoffs. Total 8 teams from each conference participate including winners of the Play-In tournament. Each team has to play the best of seven rounds in the playoffs. The winner of the majority of rounds qualifies for the next round. It follows the same procedure even in the further rounds, including finals.
Eastern Conference
1st: Miami Heats
2nd: Milwaukee Bucks
3rd: Boston Celtics
4th: Philadelphia 76ers
5th: Toronto Raptors
6th: Chicago Bulls
Western Conference
1st: Phoenix Suns
2nd: Memphis Grizzlies
3rd: Golden State Warriors
4th: Dallas Mavericks
5th: Utah Jazz
6th: Denver Nuggets
Play-Ins Tournament 2021-22
The Play-In tournament is set to begin on April 12 as the regular season ends. The tournament will last for three days concluding on the 15th of April. Thereafter, the playoffs will start.
Teams ending the season in the 7th to 10th spot from the western as well as the eastern conferences will have to go through a Play-In tournament to guarantee their spot in the playoffs. Teams ending in 7th and 8th position will have to go head to head in this tournament while 9th and 10th position teams face each other. The winner of the 7th and 8th position teams will be directly seeded into the playoffs.
The winner of the 9th and 10th position teams will face the earlier lost team to guarantee their spot in the playoffs. Eventually, the winners of both the qualifiers seed directly to the playoffs.
Eastern Conference
7th: Brooklyn Nets
8th: Cleveland Cavaliers
9th: Atlanta Hawks
10th: Charlotte Hornets
Western Conference
7th: Minnesota Timberwolves
8th: Los Angeles Clippers
9th:Â New Orleans Pelicans
10th: San Antonio Spurs
So here is the complete list of NBA Play-Offs teams And Play-Ins teams. Let’s see who gonna win the NBA title this year.
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