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In American team sports, the NFL playoffs and WNBA playoffs employ re-seeding, and the NBA playoffs and the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament do not. The Stanley Cup Playoffs used re-seeding between 1975 and 1981 and again from 1994 and 2013, and the MLS Cup Playoffs used re-seeding until 2018.
The playoff format in place for the 2005 and 2006 NBA playoffs created controversy and would be changed prior to the 2006–07 NBA season. [ 7 ] Prior to 2004, when the NBA was aligned into two conferences with two divisions each, the division champions were guaranteed the top two seeds.
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.
How does the NBA play-in tournament work? The No. 7 and No. 8 seeds in each conference play against each other, with the winner advancing to face the No. 2 seed in the standings in the playoff ...
The 2024 NFL season is coming ... qualify for the playoffs as the No. 4 seed with an 8-5 record and a two-game lead over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC South. ... and will turn their eyes to ...
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)
Clinching the higher seed (MLB, NHL, and NFL) Winning more games than the opponent, but not necessarily clinching the higher seed (NBA) In a best-of series, the order of arenas/stadiums in which the games are played also affects the home-field advantage. In the NBA and the NHL, all rounds are played in a "2–2–1–1–1" format.
For example, in MLB's 12-team playoffs, the No. 6 seed – the worst of three wild-card teams – plays the No. 3 seed, with the winner of the three-game series guaranteed to play the No. 1 seed ...