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2020: Beginning in 2020, play-in games were used to determine the final qualified team(s) in the first round of the NBA playoffs. In the 2020 play-in format, if the ninth-place team within a conference finished the regular season within four games of the eighth-place team, they would compete in a postseason play-in series. [11]
The Knicks' game 2 comeback against the 76ers marked just the fourth time in the play-by-play era (dating to the 1996–97 season) that a team won a playoff game after trailing by at least five points in the last 30 seconds. [5] The Knicks were also the first team to win in regulation, as the other three teams completed their comeback in ...
The NBA play-in tournament is the preliminary National Basketball Association (NBA) postseason tournament. It determines the final two playoff seeds in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference and is played immediately prior to the NBA playoffs, which is the main tournament of the postseason and regarded by the league as separate from the play-in tournament.
Here's a complete look at the NBA's play-in and playoff bracket: More: OKC Thunder is back in NBA Playoffs, ... Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 on Friday (TNT), time TBD.
1. Boston Celtics (63-18) Clinched No. 1 seed and first-round playoff series vs. No. 8 seed (determined by play-in tournament) 2. Milwaukee Bucks (49-32)
Playoff team(s) played for (years) [2] Games played Titles won 1 LeBron James ^ SF: Cleveland Cavaliers (2006–2010, 2015–2018) Miami Heat (2011–2014) Los Angeles Lakers (2020–2021, 2023–2024) 287 4 2 Derek Fisher: PG: Los Angeles Lakers (1997–2004, 2008–2011) Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder (2012–2014) 259 5 3 Tim Duncan * PF/C
The Knicks go into the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed after a 120–119 win over the Chicago Bulls, coupled with the Milwaukee Bucks losing to the Orlando Magic.
This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association (NBA) playoff series, grouped by franchise. Series featuring relocated and renamed teams [ nb 1 ] are kept with their ultimate relocation franchises. [ 1 ]