Why the final round of the NBA regular season is similar to the first round of the playoffs

Coincidentally, the schedule was set at the beginning of the season.

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These are pure coincidences, the schedule is scheduled before the start of the regular season, and the time is also determined, maybe this year is more coincidental, there were not many cases in the past.

It's a coincidence, but you can also think of the NBA's **ability**, their schedules are all set before the season!

This must be a coincidence, because there is no need to adjust.

This is specially arranged by the organizing committee of the competition...

Because after the last game, it doesn't have much impact on the playoffs...

So let the two sides play a game in the regular season,,, so that they can get to know each other...

As for why the other games didn't do that, it's because after this one, the team had other games.

Led to a change in the rankings...

Of course, this is a coincidence, theoretically a game plays a small role in 82 games, but when the record is very close, the difference between the wins and losses of a game is determined by the rankings, so there is the situation you said.

To be sure, the schedule is generally not adjustable...

I don't know if you're satisfied with mine.

Yes, on the one hand, it is a coincidence, and on the other hand, there must be moisture.

The NBA is, after all, a commercial sport. The first thing to make money is, of course, to do what the audience likes.

Therefore, it is not excluded that the act of deliberate arrangement.

The schedule is set at the beginning of the season.

At the end of the regular season, each league selects eight teams to enter the playoffs according to NBA ranking rules. The playoffs are elimination, with a best-of-7 system, and whichever team wins four games first will eliminate the opponent and advance to the next round.

The game is played on a 2-2-1-1-1 basis, with the team with the highest percentage of wins in the regular season getting four home games (2 home, 2 away, 1 home, 1 away, 1 home). The playoffs are divided into four rounds, and the Grand Finals are also part of the playoffs.

The second round matchup looks like this: the winner of the name of the winner of 1 and 8. The winner of the 2,7th place vs the winner of the 3,6th place. The winner of these two groups plays the East and West finals.

The winners of the first and eighth places play against the winners of the fourth and fifth places, and the winners of the second and seventh places play the winners of the third and sixth places. This is the second round matchup, and then the winner of these two series will be the Eastern Conference or Western Finals, and then the winner will be the East and West champions, and then the East and West champions will face each other, and the winner will be the Grand Finals winner!

1st in the East vs 8th in the East) vs. winner between (4th in the East vs 5th in the East).

2nd in the East vs 7th in the East) vs. (3rd in the East vs 6th in the East).

Second round: the winner of the first and eighth place vs the winner of the fourth and fifth place, and so on.

First of all, the NBA is divided into two divisions, east and west, 15 teams in each division, the top 8 teams in each division can advance to the playoffs, the rules of the playoffs are 7 games and 4 wins, which team wins 4 games first, and that team can advance to the next round of games. And the number of playoff games is (in the West, for example).

Round 1: 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th. And so on.

Second round: the winner of the first and eighth place vs the winner of the fourth and fifth place, and so on.

The third round is the Western Conference Finals: The remaining two teams win 4 out of 7 games to advance to the Finals and compete with the Eastern Conference champions until the championship is decided.

The difference between the playoffs and the regular season.

1. The competition system is different.

All teams in the NBA participate in the regular season, and each team has 82 games, and in these 82 games, they will play 3-4 games against teams in the same league (including 4 games against teams in the same division, 2 home and 2 away), and 2 games against teams in another league (1 home and 1 away); Due to the nature of the playoffs, the intensity of the playoffs, the intensity of confrontation, and the level of attention they receive are all incomparable to the regular season.

2. Awards are different.

At the end of the regular season, the team with the highest winning percentage is called the regular season champion, and the regular season MVP is also judged, ranking first in the year.

1st, 2nd and 3rd teams, best rookie, best sixth man, etc. The playoffs are over, and the championship and finals MVP are produced.

3. The data statistics are different.

Because players participate in the playoffs are not fixed, and the number of games is not the same, which may be unfair to some players, the NBA official counts the regular season and playoff data (the finals data are included in the playoffs) separately, and the general total data of the player's career refers to the regular season data, such as Abdul-Jabbar 38,387 points.

There is a minimum of 32 games.

Matchup rules: The top eight teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences enter the playoffs respectively, and the matches are based on the first against eighth, second against seventh, third against sixth, and fourth against fifth, and each round of the series adopts a best-of-seven system, and the team with the best regular season record has home court advantage. The divisional champions of the two major leagues advanced to the finals, also with a best-of-seven game.

Eight teams from each of the East and West qualified for the playoffs. The top eight teams in the East and West divisions will be ranked according to the NBA league ranking rules

Extended Information: NBA Regular Season Schedule:

The NBA regular season begins on the first Tuesday at the end of October and ends around April 20 of the following year. During this period, the 30 teams play a total of 1,189 regular season games, with each team playing 82 games, split home and away. The playoffs begin in late April and continue until mid-June when the overall champion is decided.

The NBA is divided into two leagues, East and West, each with three divisions. During the regular season, each team plays four games against teams from the same division, three to four games against teams from different divisions of the same league, and two games against teams from another league. Each team plays at least one game against 29 other teams on their home ground in a season.

The regular season is a tight schedule, with teams playing three to four games a week, and each season has varying degrees of difficulty such as "back-to-back" and consecutive away games. During the regular season, there are two days of games that are carefully scheduled by the NBA league, and that is the opening game of the first day and the Christmas battle of Christmas.

First round: eight teams from each of the East and West, according to the ranking 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5 knockouts, second round: 1-8 winner next round against 4-5 winner, 2-7 winner against 3-6 winner The third round is the East and West finals, and the winner enters the finals, home and away: except for the finals is a 2-3-2 format, that is, two home-3 away-2 home, the first three rounds of the playoffs are 2-2-1-1-1, that is, 2 home-2 away-1 home-1 away-1 home.

The regular season rankings are 1 against 8, 2 against 7, 3 against 6, and 4 against 5. The Eastern and Western champions are competing for the overall title.