The playoffs are divided into four rounds. When the seats in the East and West leagues are arranged separately, the first place in the two regions in the league is ranked as the first and second seed according to the record, and the other positions are occupied by the six teams with the second record in the league. The home advantage is determined by the record of the regular season, not the ranking order, that is, the first place in a certain division is at least the second seed regardless of the record. If the seventh seed (a team from another region) has a better record against it than the team, it has home court advantage.
After the playoffs, enter the regional finals (the winner is the western or eastern champion), and then the western and eastern champions play the finals to produce the champion.
Eastern and Western champions each have a regional trophy, and the champion has a championship ring and a finals trophy.
Ranking rules
The top eight teams in the East and West entered the playoffs, and the teams ranked from high to low. When there are teams with the same record, we need to consider the situation separately.
In the first case, when the gap between the two teams is the same, they will be ranked according to the following criteria:
1, the record is good in the front; 2. The champion of the division is at the top of the list; 3. The party with the highest winning rate in the division (only applicable to the two teams belonging to the same division); 3. Those with high winning percentage rank high in their respective leagues; 4. The top eight teams in the league have a high winning rate; 5. The top eight teams in another league have the highest winning rate; 6. Those with high gains and losses are in the front; 7. Draw lots to decide.
In the second case, when the difference between the victories of three or more teams is the same, they will be ranked according to the following criteria:
1, division champion is in the front; 2. The participating teams have good records with each other; 3. The party with the highest winning rate in the division (only applicable to the two teams belonging to the same division); 3. Those with high winning percentage rank high in their respective leagues; 4. The top eight teams in the league have a high winning rate; 5. The top eight teams in another league have the highest winning rate; 6. Those with high gains and losses are in the front; 7. Draw lots to decide.
Grouping matching rule
NBA playoff scene
NBA playoff scene
After the regular season, each league will select eight teams to enter the playoffs according to the NBA ranking rules (see above for details). The playoff is the elimination system, which adopts the best-of-seven system (not all playoffs adopted the best-of-seven system before 2002). Which team can eliminate its opponents by winning four games first and advance to the next round. The competition adopts the principle of 2 -2-1-1-1(1985-2013 finals is 2-3-2), and the team with high winning percentage in the regular season will get four home games (2 home games-2 away games- The playoffs are divided into four rounds, and the finals are also part of the playoffs.
The first round:
East-west regional trophy
East-west regional trophy
First place versus eighth place champion a
Second place vs seventh champion b
Third place vs sixth champion c
Fourth place versus fifth place winner d
Second round (regional semi-final):
A vs D winner e
Nba championship trophy
Nba championship trophy
The winner of b versus c, f
Division finals (the champion is the western or eastern champion):
E versus f champion g
Finals (the winner is the NBA championship of that year): G East vs G West.
Eastern and Western champions each have a regional trophy, and the champion has a championship ring and a finals trophy.
Note: The championship ring and trophy are regarded as supreme glory and affirmation of ability by athletes and officials, as well as basketball fans all over the world, so they are generally valued and treasured.
Unlike regular season clips
Different competition systems
All teams in the NBA must participate in the regular season, and each team has 82 games. In these 82 games, you must play 3-4 games with the team in the same division (including 4 games with the team in the same division, 2 games at home and 2 games away) and 2 games with the team in another division (home 1, away1);
Due to the nature of its elimination, the intensity, confrontation intensity and attention of the playoffs are incomparable in the regular season.
Different awards
After the regular season, the team with the highest winning percentage is called the regular season champion. In addition, the MVP in the regular season, the first, second and third team of the year, the best rookie and the best sixth person should all be evaluated. The playoffs are over, resulting in the championship and finals MVP.
Different data statistics
Because the players' participation in the playoffs is not fixed and the number of games is different, which may be unfair to some players. Therefore, NBA officials separately count the regular season and the playoffs (the finals data are included in the playoffs). Generally speaking, player career data refers to regular season data, such as Jabbar's 38,387 points.