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2024 NBA Play-In Tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores, standings, rules – FOX Sports
Before the 2024 NBA playoffs officially started on April 20, four teams from each conference participated in a play-in tournament for the seventh and eighth seeds in their respective conferences.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament:
Tuesday, April 16
Wednesday, April 17
Friday, April 19
Here’s how the NBA Play-In Tournament race shook out:
The NBA Board of Governors approved the adoption of the NBA Play-In Tournament on a full-time basis back in July 2022. In the 2023-24 NBA season, the Play-In Tournament took April 16-19, 2024, between the last day of the regular season on April 14 and the start of the playoffs on April 20.
The tournament included the four teams with the seventh to tenth best winning percentages in the Eastern and Western Conferences. After six games, the seventh and eighth seeds in each conference were determined for the NBA Playoffs.
The 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament took from Tuesday, April 16 to Friday, April 19.
The seventh and eighth seeds in each conference will play in the first play-in games on April 16, and the ninth and tenth seeds in each conference will play on April 17. The winners of the 7-8 games will advance to the playoffs as the No. 7 seed. The losers of the 7-8 games will face the winners of the 9-10 games on April 19, with the No. 8 seed on the line. The team that loses will be disqualified from playoff contention.
The losers of the 9-10 games are disqualified from playoff contention.
Essentially, the teams that finish seventh and eighth in their conference after the NBA season get two chances to earn a spot in the NBA playoffs.
All six games of the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament will be broadcast on ESPN and TNT.