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Friday 16 April 2010

NBA Playoffs Explained

What are the NBA Playoffs?
To put it simply the playoffs are an elimination tournament between 16 of the National Basketball Association’s best teams leading to a final showdown between for the Larry O’Brien trophy.

How do those 16 teams qualify for the playoffs?

Between the end of October and mid-April each NBA team plays 82 regular season games. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference and the top eight teams in the Western Conference go through to the playoffs.



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