The NBA hopes play-in tournaments will be adopted as a permanent change, according to a report from Sports Illustrated on Monday.
The league used a play-in tournament last year ahead of the playoff bubble and brought it back this season.
In this year’s format, the top six teams in the regular season automatically qualify for the playoffs and etch their names into the bracket.
The No. 7-10 teams are then relegated to the “play-in” round.
No. 7 and No. 8 play each other for the right to the 7 seed. The loser of that matchup would host the winner of the No. 9 and No. 10 seed for the right to the final spot as the 8 seed.
Per the SI report, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and…
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