How the NBA playoffs are finally arranged

There has been controversy about the playoff seeding rules, and after discussion by the league management, it was officially announced on August 3, Beijing time, that the pre-existing playoff ranking rules will be changed starting next season.

There are 30 teams in the NBA, divided into two major divisions, East and West, each of which is divided into three small divisions, the East Division is the Atlantic Division, the Central Division and the Southeast Division; The western division is the Southwest Division, the Northwest Division, and the Taiping Performance Division.

The new seeding rules are that the top four seeds in each division are made up of the top-ranked team from each region and the best remaining team, although the top four seeds are ranked according to their respective results.

The previous playoff seeding rules were clearly unreasonable, as the previous ranking rules used to allow the top three teams in each division to be the top three seeds in the Eastern and Western Divisions, and their rankings were based on their respective records. The second place in one region, even if it has a winning percentage that exceeds the top spot in another region, can only be ranked as the fourth seed in the division.

The two strongest teams in the Western Conference happen to be St. Anthony's (Anthony News, Anthony Talk) O'Spurs and Dallas Mavericks, but according to last year's playoff seeding rules, the Spurs are the No. 1 seed, while the Mavericks have a much higher winning percentage than the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns, the top of the Pacific Division, but they can only be ranked No. 4. As a result, the two best teams in the West had to meet early in the second round of the playoffs. In the end, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Spurs in seven games and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

In addition to this, the league has announced several rule changes:

Playoff roster size will increase: In the past, only 13 players per team were allowed in the playoffs, but under the new rules, the number of players in the playoffs will increase to 15. However, before the start of each round of the playoffs, the team designates 12 players who can play, and the remaining three are inactive players.

This is consistent with the rules of the regular season.

In addition, the timeout will be shortened: if a team has two 60-second timeouts in regulation time or in the last two minutes of extra time, one of the timeouts will be automatically shortened to a 20-second timeout. In overtime, teams only had two 60-second timeouts and one 20-second short timeout, compared to three 60-second timeouts in overtime. Short timeouts of 20 seconds that are not used in regulation time will not be carried over to overtime.

Changing the league's rules, especially in the playoff rankings, is a bit fairer for teams and allows for a quicker last-minute kick of each game. In an official statement, NBA executive vice president Stuart Jackson said, "The league believes it would seem more reasonable to have players available to each team in the playoffs the same as they did in the regular season." ”

If the playoffs start now, that's how it will be matched, and the standings have been adjusted by division, with both the Spurs and Rockets surpassing the Jazz.

The NBA playoffs begin in mid-April each year.

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.

The 2016-2017 NBA playoffs officially began on April 16, 2017. On June 13, 2017, the Warriors eliminated the Cavaliers 4-1 to win the 2016-17 NBA championship. With a 16-1 playoff record, the Warriors surpassed the 2000-01 Lakers (15-1) to become the team with the highest winning percentage in NBA history.

Tournament records

The Golden State Warriors have a 16-1 win rate this season.

On May 23, 2017, the Warriors defeated the Spurs 129-115 and advanced to the Finals for the third consecutive year with 12 straight wins. Became the first team in NBA history to win 12 consecutive playoff games in a single season. The Warriors returned home to play Game 5 of the Cavaliers Finals, where they defeated the Cavaliers 129-120 to defeat the Cavaliers 4-1 overall and claim the 2016-17 NBA Championship.

Durant won his first career championship and was elected Finals MVP (FMVP).

The Los Angeles Lakers have a 15-1 win rate this season.

The Lakers in the 00-01 season were led by Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, and they swept the Trail Blazers, Kings and Spurs in the Western Conference playoffs. In the Finals, it was just a negligence to lose to the Philadelphia 76ers in the first game, otherwise the Lakers could have won the championship trophy with a complete victory.

After the regular season, the East and West Conferences will have some play-off arrangements according to the winning percentage, and the top eight teams in the East and West Conferences will enter the playoffs, and the playoffs will be the knockout rounds, and the rules of the match will be 1st - 8th, 2nd - 7th, 3rd - 6th, 4th - 5th, and this is the format in the East and West.

The eighth-placed team has a play-off if it has four or fewer games ahead of the ninth-place team, while the eighth-ranked team has to win one game to advance directly to the playoffs, while the ninth-ranked team must win two games to qualify for the playoffs.

Event schedule

Each opener marks the official start of the NBA's season, during which last season's championship members will be raised to the championship flag, wear championship rings, and review some of last season's classic playoff matchups, including the transfer premieres of big-name players, the debut of rookies, and the return of star players, each ready to go.

It's a revelation for the six teams in the opener every year, even if you're nostalgic for last season's glory. Because any team has a record of 0 wins and 0 losses from now on, anyone can get off to a good start.

After watching the NBA for so many years, do you know how to distribute home and away games in the playoffs?