Teams will need to progress through four rounds to claim the NBA title.
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First round (16 teams compete)
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Conference semi-finals (Eight teams compete)
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Conference finals (Four teams compete)
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NBA finals (Two teams compete)
In each round, the team with the better regular-season record will gain home-court advantage. That team plays games one, two, five and seven at home.
Each round uses a best-of-seven format. If one team wins the first four games, they will progress to the next round. There could be anywhere between 60-105 games in total, in the play-offs.
In the first round, the top seeds will play the bottom seeds from each Conference.
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Series 1 – first seed vs eighth seed
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Series 2 – second seed vs seventh seed
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Series 3 – third seed vs sixth seed
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Series 4 – fourth seed vs fifth seed
The winners of Series 1 and Series 4 play each other in each of the Conference semi-finals, as do the winners of Series 2 and 3.
The winner of those games will meet in the Conference final.
