The NBA play-in tournament has been used to determine the final playoff teams in each conference since being adopted by the league during the bubble. The current iteration of the play-in tournament has a format that’s easy to understand, and puts extra pressure on teams to maximize their regular season win total to secure their seeding.
The NBA play-in tournament has never been more consequential than it is this year, with five Western Conference teams battling for the last three protected seeds in the final games of the regular season. Two of these teams will be sequestered to the play-in tournament, where their season can end quickly if
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