NBA Playoff Preview: The Play-in Tournament

According to the NBA, at the end of the regular season, but before the beginning of the first round of the playoffs, the seventh seed in each conference will host the eighth seed in a play-in game (Seven-Eight Game). The winner of this game in each conference will earn the seventh seed and will face off against the second seed in the first round of the playoffs.

Next, the team with the ninth best record in each conference will face off against the team with the tenth best record in the “Nine-Ten Game.” The loser of this game season is over whereas the winner will face off against the loser of the “Seven-Eight” matchup. The winner of that game will earn the eighth seed in each conference.