There are home and away games in the NBA regular season. 29 teams will play 1 189 games in the regular season, and each team will participate in 82 games in the regular season. However, in the regular season, the number of matches between teams is different. Teams in the same league and division, two hosts and two guests, ***4 games; Teams in different leagues play one host and two games; There are two or three games between two teams in different divisions of the same league. The number of games played by each team is different, but it can be guaranteed that the total number of games played by each team in the regular season is 82.
After the regular season, the team with the highest winning percentage in the East ranked first, and the team with the highest winning percentage in another region in the East ranked second. The other six teams are ranked in order of winning percentage (winning percentage = number of wins /82), and the ranking method in the West is the same. The top 8 teams in the East and West, *** 16 teams will qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs are first played within the East-West League, and the forms of confrontation are as follows; 1 pair is 8, the fourth pair is 5, the third pair is 6, and the second pair is 7. The elimination system is adopted in the playoffs, and the best of seven games is adopted in the competition. Whoever wins the first four games can eliminate the opponent. According to the principle of 2-2- 1- 1- 1, the home and away games are arranged, and the top teams in the regular season get an extra home advantage.