06-04-2020, 12:57 AM
(06-03-2020, 08:09 PM)omahen Wrote:Yeah so this seems to designed to hit some threshold for the local TV deals to kick in. I mean there is really no big difference between just going straight to the play-offs with the 16 teams and this format of heavily protecting the 8th seed.(06-03-2020, 05:54 PM)Mavs2019 Wrote: what do they do, when two West teams qualify?
Not possible. There are two play-in tournaments, one for each conference. And only, if 9th seed is within 4 games of 8th seed. I guess mess will be, if there will be a couple of teams with same number of wins on 9th spot. Totally possible for the Western conference.