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The NBA playoffs are here. Round 1 continues tonight, with the last two teams battling for the final spot in the Western Conference Semifinal.

The NBA playoffs: how does the format work?

Once the 16 teams have been decided, who plays will be determined based on seeds. There are eight teams from each conference, Eastern and Western. The Nos. 1-6 ranked teams are selected based on their regular season records, and the Nos. The results of the Play-in tournament determine 7-8 seeds.

The NBA playoffs have four rounds:

  • First Round
  • Conference Semifinals
  • Conference Finals
  • NBA Final

Best of seven format

As there are eight teams in each conference in the playoffs, there will be four matchups per conference. Within each matchup, there can be up to seven games, with the winner being the first to win four. Thus, sometimes all seven games are not necessary as some teams will reach four wins before then.

In each round, the teams with the better regular-season record will win home-court advantage with a 2-2-1-1-1 home/away format. So, the teams with the higher seed will play Games 1, 2, 5, and 7 at home in each round.

First Round

Here are how the matchups look in the First Round:

  • No. 1 vs No. 8
  • No. 2 vs. No. 7
  • No. 3 vs. No. 6
  • No. 4 vs No. 5

The first through fourth-ranked teams will have home-court advantage in the First Round. The First Round of the 2023 NBA playoffs begins this Saturday, April 15 until Sunday, April 29.

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Conference Semifinals

The four teams who won the best of seven in each conference will then move on to the Conference Semifinals. The best-of-seven format continues with the same home-court advantage rules in the second round.

Depending on how quickly the games finish in the First Round, the Conference semifinals will either be from May 1-2 or April 29-30.

Conference Finals

At this point, just two teams will be left in each conference. Those two teams will compete against each other in the Conference Finals for the conference title and a spot in the NBA Final. The best-of-seven format and home-court advantage rule still apply.

Depending on how quickly games finish in the previous two rounds, the Conference Finals could be held May 16-17 or May 14-15.

NBA Finals

This will be the final round when just one team from the Eastern Conference and one from the Western Conference is left. The Finals are also a best-of-seven format with the home-court-advantage rule applied. The team who reaches four wins first will become the NBA Champion and win the Larry O\u2019Brien Championship trophy.

The NBA Finals will begin on June 1:

  • June 1: NBA Finals Game 1
  • June 4: NBA Finals Game 2
  • June 7: NBA Finals Game 3
  • June 9: NBA Finals Game 4
  • June 12: NBA Finals Game 5 (if needed)
  • June 15: NBA Finals Game 6 (if needed)
  • June 18: NBA Finals Game 7 (if needed)
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    The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the major professional sports leagues in North America. Founded in 1946, the NBA consists of 30 teams across the United States and Canada. Each team plays 82 regular season games from October through April. At the end of the regular season, top teams from each conference advance to the NBA playoffs to compete for the championship.


    The NBA playoffs started in 1947, just one year after the league was founded. Over the years, the playoff structure has evolved. There have been changes to the number of qualifying teams, the playoff bracket format, and more recently the addition of the play-in tournament. The latest innovation is the NBA In-Season Tournament, debuting in 2023/2024, which will also impact playoff seeding.


    With these changes, the playoff picture has become more complex. The number of teams and the seeding process is no longer as straightforward as it once was. Even loyal NBA fans find themselves needing a refresher on how everything works heading into the 2023/2024 postseason. The playoff structure and seeding process has become nuanced, but ultimately it still comes down to the best teams battling it out for the iconic Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.


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    1. Number of Teams in the NBA playoffs
    2. FAQs

    Number of Teams in the NBA playoffs

    16 teams take part in the NBA playoffs each season — eight each from the Eastern and Western Conference.


    During the regular season stretching from October to April, teams in each conference are ranked by their overall win-loss record. The top six teams from each conference automatically qualify for the NBA playoffs.


    The remaining four playoff spots are finalised through a play-in tournament. It is a tournament held for the teams who finished seventh to 10th in the regular season.


    Here is how the play-in tournament works:


    At the end of the regular season the No. 7 seed plays the No. 8 seed, while the No. 9 seed plays the No. 10 seed in each conference. The winner of the 7 vs 8 game earns the No. 7 playoff seed for that conference. The loser of that game gets another chance to make the playoffs.


    The loser of the 7 vs 8 game will then play the winner of the 9 vs 10 game. Whichever team wins that matchup claims the No. 8 and final seed for their conference.

    Essentially, the teams that finished 9th and 10th during the regular season need to win two games in a row to move up to the 8th seed and qualify for the playoffs. The teams in seventh and eighth position just need to win one game to secure their spot.


    So while 16 teams total make the playoffs, the last four spots are up for grabs through the new play-in tournament system.

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    For the season 2022/23, the NBA Playoffs will start on April 15, the day after the Play-In Tournament ends. Thereafter, the playoffs will last about 6 weeks and then make way for the Finals.

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    April 9NBA Regular Season ends
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    April 12Play-In Game 3East 9 vs. East 10
    April 12Play-In Game 4West 9 vs. West 10
    April 14Play-In Game 5East Loser 7/8 vs. East Winner 9/10
    April 14Play-In Game 6West Loser 7/8 vs. West Winner 9/10
    April 15NBA Playoffs 2023 begin
    May 1-2NBA Conference Semifinals beginpossible move-up to April 29-30
    May 16-17NBA Conference Finals beginpossible move-up to May 14-15
    June 1NBA Finals 2023 Game 1
    June 4NBA Finals 2023 Game 2
    June 7NBA Finals 2023 Game 3
    June 9NBA Finals 2023 Game 4
    June 12NBA Finals 2023 Game 5if necessary
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    June 18NBA Finals 2023 Game 7if necessary
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    The Playoffs represent the second part of the NBA season after the Regular Season. The best Eastern and Western Conferences’ teams confront each other in a tournament consisting of three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals and Conference Final.

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    The winning teams of the respective Conference Finals will confront each other in the NBA Finals, deciding the winning franchise of the NBA Title.

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    There are 16 teams in the Playoffs: the top eight teams in the Western Conference and the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference. The 16 qualifiers are paired based on their final position in Regular Season’s ranking:

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    Starting from 2019-2020 season, the last team in each Conference to enter the post-season is decided by a mini-tournament, the Play-In.

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    The Playoffs use a best-of-seven elimination format (the teams winning 4 matches pass the turn). The home field advantage is in favor of the team that achieved the best record during the Regular Season.

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    The format is 2-2-1-1-1, that is the team with the best record plays at home the first two matches of the series, then it is up to the other team to host. Finally, there will be alternating home games until Game-7, if necessary.

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    The NBA Finals are the last stage of the season. The winning teams of the Western and of the Eastern Conferences partecipate in it.

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    The home field advantage is assigned to the franchise with the best W-L record in the Regular Season, who will play at home Game-1, Game-2, Game-5 and Game-7, if necessary. The other team will play at home Game-3, Game-4 and Game-6, if necessary.

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    The NBA playoffs are a series of elimination rounds that determine the National Basketball Association (NBA) champion for that particular season.

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    The NBA playoffs are here. Round 1 continues tonight, with the last two teams battling for the final spot in the Western Conference Semifinal.

    The NBA playoffs: how does the format work?

    Once the 16 teams have been decided, who plays will be determined based on seeds. There are eight teams from each conference, Eastern and Western. The Nos. 1-6 ranked teams are selected based on their regular season records, and the Nos. The results of the Play-in tournament determine 7-8 seeds.

    The NBA playoffs have four rounds:

    • First Round
    • Conference Semifinals
    • Conference Finals
    • NBA Final

    Best of seven format

    As there are eight teams in each conference in the playoffs, there will be four matchups per conference. Within each matchup, there can be up to seven games, with the winner being the first to win four. Thus, sometimes all seven games are not necessary as some teams will reach four wins before then.

    In each round, the teams with the better regular-season record will win home-court advantage with a 2-2-1-1-1 home/away format. So, the teams with the higher seed will play Games 1, 2, 5, and 7 at home in each round.

    First Round

    Here are how the matchups look in the First Round:

    • No. 1 vs No. 8
    • No. 2 vs. No. 7
    • No. 3 vs. No. 6
    • No. 4 vs No. 5

    The first through fourth-ranked teams will have home-court advantage in the First Round. The First Round of the 2023 NBA playoffs begins this Saturday, April 15 until Sunday, April 29.

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    Conference Semifinals

    The four teams who won the best of seven in each conference will then move on to the Conference Semifinals. The best-of-seven format continues with the same home-court advantage rules in the second round.

    Depending on how quickly the games finish in the First Round, the Conference semifinals will either be from May 1-2 or April 29-30.

    Conference Finals

    At this point, just two teams will be left in each conference. Those two teams will compete against each other in the Conference Finals for the conference title and a spot in the NBA Final. The best-of-seven format and home-court advantage rule still apply.

    Depending on how quickly games finish in the previous two rounds, the Conference Finals could be held May 16-17 or May 14-15.

    NBA Finals

    This will be the final round when just one team from the Eastern Conference and one from the Western Conference is left. The Finals are also a best-of-seven format with the home-court-advantage rule applied. The team who reaches four wins first will become the NBA Champion and win the Larry O\u2019Brien Championship trophy.

    The NBA Finals will begin on June 1:

    • June 1: NBA Finals Game 1
    • June 4: NBA Finals Game 2
    • June 7: NBA Finals Game 3
    • June 9: NBA Finals Game 4
    • June 12: NBA Finals Game 5 (if needed)
    • June 15: NBA Finals Game 6 (if needed)
    • June 18: NBA Finals Game 7 (if needed)
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    The bracket above lists the teams that currently hold the #7 and #8 seeds in each conference as the actual #7 and #8 seeds, but remember that those seeds are determined via the Play-In Tournament. Use the top menu to navigate to the “Play-In” section of the bracket to see which teams are currently positioned to meet in the 7-vs-8 and 9-vs-10 play-in matchups in each conference. (The winner of 7-vs-8 claims the #7 seed, while the winner of 9-vs-10 faces the loser of 7-vs-8 for the #8 seed.)

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    1Boston Celtics1OKC Thunder
    2Milwaukee Bucks2Denver Nuggets
    3Cleveland Cavaliers3Minnesota Timberwolves
    4New York Knicks4LA Clippers
    5Orlando Magic5New Orleans Pelicans
    6Philadelphia 76ers6Phoenix Suns
    7Indiana Pacers7Sacramento Kings
    8Miami Heat8Dallas Mavericks
    9Chicago Bulls9Los Angeles Lakers
    10Atlanta Hawks10Golden State Warriors
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    Seeds if the 2024 NBA playoffs started on March 12, 2024.

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    The early NBA Championship odds favor the Celtics, Bucks, and Nuggets. The same teams are favored odds to win the Eastern and Western Conference.

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    RoundStart Dates
    Play-In TournamentApril 16
    First RoundApril 20
    Second RoundMay 6*
    Conference FinalsMay 21*
    2024 NBA FinalsJune 6
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    *Start dates for the second round and conference finals may be moved up if the previous rounds finish in the minimum number of days.

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    When Do the 2024 NBA Playoffs Start?

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    The Play-In Tournament runs over four days, from April 16 to 19. The first round gets underway on April 20 and will likely run until the first weekend of May. While the first round and NBA Finals start dates are set in stone, the second-round and conference finals start dates will hinge upon how long the series in the previous round last.

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    How Does the NBA Playoff Bracket Work?

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    For the fifth straight season, the NBA will continue with the Play-In Tournament for the 7-10 seeds in each conference before commencing the traditional 16-team playoff format.

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    Following the Play-In Tournament, the playoffs will continue with a traditional playoff bracket: eight teams from each of the Eastern and Western Conference competing in a postseason of four rounds comprised of seven-game series. The opening round matchups are 1-vs-8, 2-vs-7, 3-vs-6 and 4-vs-5. The NBA does not re-seed if upsets occur. The bracket is fixed. So the winner of the 1-vs-8 matchup in the East will play the winner of the 4-vs-5 matchup no matter who wins each matchup.

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    In the Play-In Tournament, the #7 and #8 seed in each conference will each have two opportunities to win one game to earn a playoff spot. The #9 and #10 seed in each conference will each have to win two consecutive games to earn a playoff spot.

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    The #7 team in each conference hosts the #8 team, with the winner receiving the seventh seed. The winner of the #9 vs #10 game will then face the loser of the 7-8 game, with the winner of that game earning the #8 seed in the final bracket.

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