The difference between the NBA regular season and the playoffs

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NBA games are divided into two parts: the regular season and the playoffs. The regular season begins in early November and ends around April 20 of the following year. The playoffs begin in late April and continue until mid-June when the overall champion is decided.

The NBA's regular season is played on a home-and-away basis, with 29 teams playing a total of 1,189 games during the regular season, with each team playing 82 games during the regular season.

However, the number of games played by teams against each other during the regular season varies. Teams in the same league and the same division play two home and two away games, a total of 4 games; There are two games between teams in different leagues, one home and one away; Two or three games are played between two teams in different divisions of the same league, the number of games varies from team to team, but the total number of games guaranteed to each team in the regular season is 82.

At the end of the regular season, the top 8 teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences will be ranked according to their game win percentage (82 wins), and these 16 teams will qualify for the playoffs. The playoffs are first played within the Eastern and Western leagues, and the format of the matchup is; 1st vs. 8th, 3rd vs. 6th, 2nd vs. 7th, 4th vs. 5th. The playoffs are eliminated, with the first and second rounds playing a best-of-5 format, with whichever team wins the first three regular games to eliminate the opponent.

Matches are arranged home and away according to the 2,2,1 principle, which means that the top teams in the regular season will receive the advantage of the first two and the last three home games (two home games first, then two home games, and the last home game).

The NBA Finals in the third round of the regular season (i.e., the Eastern and Western Conference Finals) and the Eastern and Western Conference champions will be played in a best-of-seven format, with home and away games arranged according to the 2,3,2 principle.

The NBA currently has 30 teams, divided into two leagues, East and West, with three divisions in each of the East and West, for a total of 6 divisions. The season is divided into the regular season, the playoffs, and the Grand Finals. Each team plays 82 games during the regular season.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences will compete in the playoffs, with the top teams in each region going directly to the top three in the playoffs. The playoffs are a knockout format, with the first round being the first place match against the eighth place, the second place match against the seventh place, the third place match against the sixth place, and the fourth place match against the fifth place in the East-West Conference. The knockout rounds are held until the East and West champions are decided.

Then the East and West champions will play the finals. Both the playoffs and the Finals are best-of-seven games, with teams with a higher percentage of regular season wins gaining an extra home advantage.

Round 1: 1st place vs 8th place Winner A

2nd place vs 7th place Winner B

3rd place vs 6th place Winner C

4th place vs 5th place Winner D

Second round: A vs D Winner E

b vs c victor f

Final: E vs F

The winner is either the West or East champion.

Finally, there is the battle of the East and West champions to determine the overall champion.

In the NBA regular season, the league's 30 teams play each other, and each team plays 82 games.

The NBA playoffs are the top eight games in the East and the top eight in the West, with the first playing eighth, the second playing seventh, the third playing sixth, and the fourth playing fifth, with a best-of-seven system. Then the champion of the East played the champion of the West, with a best-of-7 system and a battle for the championship.

The NBA is divided into East and West, with 15 teams in the East and 15 teams in the West, each team plays 82 regular season games, and according to the rankings, the top eight in the East and the top eight in the West are eligible for the playoffs. After entering the playoffs, the first game is eighth, the second game is seventh, the third game is sixth, and the fourth game is fifth, and each series is up to seven games, and the first four games are won. Then the first and eighth winners play against the fourth and fifth winners, the second and seventh winners play against the third and sixth winners, and finally they play again to determine the division champion.

In this case, there is a champion in the East and a championship in the West, and in the end they play the finals to determine the overall champion. If you play well in the regular season and rank high, you will have an advantage in the playoffs. Because it is a seven-game game, the team with a good record will have a home field advantage over the team with a bad record.

The difference is that you can paddle in the regular season, and when it comes to the playoffs, it's a real gun.

Which is more valuable to a player, the finals MVP or the regular season MVP?

2022 NBA Playoffs Rules:

The top six teams in the Eastern and Western Conference regular season will advance directly to the playoffs, while teams ranked 7-10 will play play-offs to compete for 7th and 8th place in the playoffs. The east and west should be subdivided into two upper and lower areas; The four teams with the first, fourth, and fifth places in the regular season record, and the winner of the lower bracket of the play-offs are in one district; The remaining four teams are in one district. The winners of the upper and lower districts will play the semi-finals, and the winners of the east and west will meet in the finals.

At the end of the regular season, each league selects eight teams to enter the playoffs according to the NBA ranking rules (see the previous article for details). The playoffs are elimination, using a best-of-7 system (not all playoffs before 2002 were best-of-seven), 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 (the format for the 1985-2013 Finals was 2-3-2), and the team with the highest percentage of wins in the regular season will receive 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.

NBA Playoffs Introduction:

The NBA playoffs refer to the games in which the NBA league ranks the top eight in the East and the West according to the NBA league ranking rules after the NBA regular season in mid-April every year, according to the 82 regular season records of each team, and the final winner wins the NBA championship.

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.

The NBA playoffs are based on the regular season rankings of the Eastern and Western Divisions, with the top eight teams from each of the Eastern and Western Divisions advancing to the playoffs. 1st vs. 8th, 2nd vs. 7th, 3rd vs. 6th, 4th vs. 5th.

The NBA playoffs are divided into three rounds, the first round is a best-of-seven system according to the above competition rules, using a 2-2-1-1-1 home-and-away arrangement, and the top team in the regular season has a home-court advantage. The second round will still be played in the division, and the winners of the first round will continue to be eliminated according to the arrangement of 18 winners vs. 45 winners, 27 winners vs. 36 winners.

In the third round of the playoffs, the remaining 2 teams from each of the East and West Divisions will play the East and West Division Finals. Finally, the winner of the East and West Divisions will compete for the overall championship.

1. The time of the competition is different.

The preseason is played first, followed by the regular season.

2. The competition venue is different.

The pre-season will go to different cities or overseas games, and the regular season will be played at their own home stadiums.

3. The nature is different.

The preseason can be said to be a warm-up game, and there is no calculation of the winning rate, mainly the run-in of the team and the trial game.

The regular season is the official start of the NBA, it is a round-robin system, each team needs to play 82 games, and the top 8 teams in the East and West enter the playoffs of their respective divisions.