The owners of the NBA clubs confirmed the adoption of the play-in tournament after the end of the league season of the biggest basketball league in the world.
The new playoff format, which was tested the previous two seasons, gives the opportunity to teams that finish the league part between a seventh and tenth place in their conferences to compete for two places in the playoffs.
Previously, the top eight teams from each conference advanced directly to the playoffs.
The new format allows for more uncertainty until the end of the season. According to the new rules, the teams that took seventh and eighth place at the end of the season play a duel between themselves, and the winner qualifies for the playoffs.
The losers of that duel will play a match with the winner of the match between the teams that took ninth and tenth place, and the better of that match will secure the last ticket to the playoffs.
In the 2022/2023 season. The play-in tournament will take place from April 11 to 14, between the end of the regular season (April 9) and the start of the playoffs (April 15), the NBA announced.
Source: Beta
