Sai Dong and Xi I * * *, a total of 6 games, involving 8 teams. According to the regulations of NBA, every team will get its own ranking after 82 games in the NBA regular season, and the teams ranked seventh to 10 in the east and west are eligible to participate in the play-offs.
It turns out that eight teams in the East-West Division of the NBA participated in the playoffs, all of which were directly produced according to the regular season results. However, starting from the 2020/2 1 season, the seventh and eighth teams participating in the playoffs will no longer be directly produced, but the teams with the seventh to tenth total scores will decide the last two playoff places in the East and West through one or two play-offs.
Play-offs are opposed by some upper-middle teams in NBA. The reason they gave was that the play-offs were unfair to the teams ranked seventh and eighth in the regular season. Too many games are likely to increase the possibility of players being injured and so on.
Specific rules of NBA play-offs
The teams ranked seventh and eighth in the regular season in each division will play a play-off, which will be a decisive game. The winning team will be the seventh in the regular season of this division and enter the playoffs. At the same time, the teams ranked 9th and 10 in the division will play a play-off, which will also be a decisive match. The losing team ranked 10 in the regular season, and directly entered the offseason. The winning team will play another match with the loser between the 7th and 8th places, and the winning team will become the 8th seed in the division.
It is worth mentioning that the ninth and 10 teams in each division must win two games to advance, while the seventh and eighth teams have two chances. Even if they fall behind in the seventh and eighth place, they can still win the second game and win the right to the playoffs.