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It was introduced for the 2020/21 season and was a major change to the NBA's own system.
Originally, the eight teams from each of the East and West divisions of the NBA participating in the playoffs were directly generated based on regular season results. However, from the 2020/21 season onwards, both the seventh and eighth-placed teams participating in the playoffs are no longer directly generated, but rather the seventh through tenth-placed teams in the overall standings play through one or two play-in matches to determine the final two spots in each of the East and West divisions to participate in the playoffs.
The play-in game was opposed by some middle and upper-tier NBA teams, who gave the following reasons: the play-in game is unfair to the seventh and eighth ranked teams in the regular season; too many games tend to increase the possibility of player injuries and so on.
And the purpose of the NBA management to carry out additional games is very simple is one word - money.
NBA in the 2019/20 season for a variety of reasons suffered a ratings landslide, the average audience of just more than 6 million, which is less than the historical low point in 2007 when the average audience of 9 million less than a whole third! Such a low ratings naturally make the NBA operators revenue cuts, due to cut players income and not realistic, so the NBA operators can only think of ways to increase revenue. After careful analysis of the NBA management found that one of the main causes of this situation is that the NBA regular season to the second half of the roster is basically fixed.
Since there is no elevation system in the NBA, it is the playoff spots that are up for grabs between teams. Teams that finish at the top of the regular season usually already have a ticket to the playoffs early on. Therefore, they deliberately lose in the game to control the ranking, take the opportunity to eliminate the team that restrains their own style of play, so as to reduce the pressure of their own playoffs, this picking rivalry hurts the feelings of the fans; ranked teams to participate in the playoffs is hopeless, there is no desire to play negatively during the game, which makes the audience disappointed in the NBA tournament; the end of the regular season due to the rankings have already been set dead, so the game is generally At the end of the regular season, because the rankings have already been finalized, the games are usually very dull, which causes the audience to lose more.
In view of this, in order to increase the confrontation of the game ornamental uncertainty, mobilize the enthusiasm of the players, in the 20/21 season the NBA will follow the example of the European ball game of the elevation of the playoff system, the use of the playoffs 7, 8 by the regular season rankings of the 7th -10th ranked teams, through the playoffs to determine the new tournament system.
The specific arrangement for the play-in games is that the 7th ranked team hosts the 8th ranked team, and the winner will enter the playoffs directly as the 7th seed; while the 9th ranked team hosts the 10th ranked team, and the loser is eliminated directly, and the winner goes on the road to challenge the loser of the fight for the 7th place, and the winner of the game between the two sides gets the last playoff spot. There is a definite bias in favor of teams with good records from this format. The teams with the 7th and 8th highest winning percentages win one game to clinch a playoff spot, while the teams with the 9th and 10th highest winning percentages need two consecutive wins to advance.
The 20/21 regular season playoffs were held in May 2021, and the Lakers' playoff game against the Warriors set an NBA broadcast record for viewership due to the two stars, James and Curry, in the lineup. The Grizzlies, who finished ninth in the regular season, defeated the Warriors, who have the superstar Curry, in the playoffs and created a great story, successfully attracting a large number of viewers back. The Grizzlies, inspired by their playoff run, made the playoffs again in the 21/22 season by finishing second in the Western Conference, making the playoffs an obvious incentive for mid- and lower-tier teams.
These good results have led the NBA's operators to resist pressure from the players' union to continue the play-offs for the 21/22 season.
NBA play-in games should remain fixed in April each year after this year's restructuring. The 21/22 season play-in games have already been played in April 2022, with the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks of the Eastern Conference finishing seventh and eighth in the East; and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Clippers of the Western Conference finishing seventh and eighth in the West.
Unsurprisingly, the regular season play-in game will be a specific measure that will remain in place for a long time as the NBA makes changes to its schedule.
1. The NBA play-in game is a tournament format held at the end of the regular season for the purpose of determining the 7th and 8th seeds in the playoffs.
2. In each division, teams ranked 7th through 10th in the regular season standings have a chance to qualify for the playoffs through a play-in game.
3. On May 20, 2023, the Los Angeles Lakers hosted the Golden State Warriors in a Western Conference playoff playoff playoff game and came back to win by a 103-100 score.
4. The play-in schedule is organized so that the 7th and 8th place teams in each division first face off, with the winner becoming the #7 seed in that division outright.
5. The 9th and 10th place teams then play a play-in game, with the winner playing the loser of the game between the 7th and 8th place teams, with the winner becoming the 8th seed in the division.
6. It should be noted that the 9th and 10th place teams in the division must win two consecutive games to qualify for the playoffs.
7. The NBA playoffs are a series of games played annually at the end of the regular season between the top eight teams in the East and West based on league standings rules, with the eventual winning team claiming the NBA championship.
1, NBA playoffs refers to the game must be divided into winners and losers (such as the elimination of the game), the two teams in the regular time to play a tie, need to be through the playoffs to determine the winners and losers.
2、After the end of the regular season, the Eastern and Western Conference will have some additional matches according to the winning percentage, and the top eight of the Eastern and Western Conference will enter the playoffs, which will be an elimination match, with the rules of the matchups being 1st-8th, 2nd-7th, 3rd-6th, and 4th-5th, for both the Eastern and Western Conference.
3, the eighth-ranked team if the number of games ahead of the ninth-ranked team is less than or equal to four, then there will be a playoff, and the eighth-ranked team can enter the playoffs directly by winning one game, while the ninth-ranked team must win two games to enter the playoffs.
