Introduction to the 2024 NBA Playoff Structure

The NBA Playoffs represent the culmination of a grueling 82-game regular season, where the top teams from the Western and Eastern Conferences compete in a high-stakes series of games to crown the NBA Champion. For the 2024 season, the league has maintained its playoff framework while implementing several key updates aimed at enhancing competition and viewer engagement.

Qualification and Seeding

The 2024 NBA Playoffs will feature the top eight teams from each conference, based on their regular-season records. These teams will be seeded one through eight, corresponding to their win-loss records, with tiebreakers involving head-to-head matchups and conference records being used if necessary. Notably, the league continues its commitment to rewarding consistent performance over the entire season by ensuring that only the best teams make it to the postseason.

The Play-In Tournament

The play-in tournament, introduced in recent seasons to add excitement and keep more teams competitive towards the end of the regular season, will remain a significant feature in 2024. Teams that finish the regular season ranked 7th through 10th in each conference will compete in