NBA play-in tournament

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The NBA play-in tournament is a postseason mini-competition that determines the final playoff spots by having lower-seeded teams in each conference compete for entry into the main NBA playoffs.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA event
basketball competition
postseason tournament
appliesTo Eastern Conference
Western Conference
broadcastOn ESPN
TNT
competitionType postseason mini-tournament
country Canada
United States
determinesPlayoffSeed 7
8
eligibleSeedsPerConference 10
7
8
9
firstFullImplementationSeason 2020–21 NBA season
formatDescription mini-tournament between 7th to 10th seeds in each conference
gameType double-chance for 7th and 8th seeds
single-elimination for some games
governingBody NBA Board of Governors
influencedBy desire to increase late-season competitiveness
desire to reduce tanking
introducedInSeason 2019–20 NBA season
involves Eastern Conference teams ranked 7–10
Western Conference teams ranked 7–10
league NBA
National Basketball Association
locationType NBA team home arenas
notableFeature 7th vs 8th seed winner earns 7th playoff seed
loser of 7th vs 8th plays winner of 9th vs 10th for 8th seed
numberOfConferences 2
occursBefore first round of NBA playoffs
organizer NBA
National Basketball Association
partOf NBA playoffs structure
NBA postseason
permanentAdoptionSeason 2021–22 NBA season
purpose determine final playoff spots
region North America
replaces automatic qualification for 7th and 8th seeds
result two playoff berths per conference
seedingBasis regular season standings
sport basketball
status active
teamsPerConference 4
timeOfYear April
totalTeams 8

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
NBA rules ("NBA play-in games")
appliesTo
NBA play-in tournament ("2020–21 NBA season")
firstFullImplementationSeason
NBA franchise ("NBA Play-In Tournament")
hasCompetition
NBA champion
requiresQualificationThrough
NBA playoffs
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