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Only the second-place teams with the best records in each league make the playoffs as wild cards.
8 teams from each conference. The top teams from each division (makes up 6 teams) plus the next 5 best records of the according conference, so even if the 8th best team in the eastern conference has a better record then the 9th best team in the western conference the latter will not advance. In total there are 16 teams that advance.
A "wildcard" is a team that made the playoffs without winning their division. Playoffs are made up of the top 6 teams from each conference. There are 4 division winners and 2 wildcards from each conference. The wildcards are the 2 teams with the best win-loss records that did not win their division
During the regular season, each team plays 82 games, 41 each home and away. Since there are 30 teams in the NBA, that is a total of 1,230 games in each season.
A maximum of 4 since there are eight divisions in the League and each team plays the other teams within their division twice and each team within a division of a Conference plays each team within a division of the other Conference.
Only the second-place teams with the best records in each league make the playoffs as wild cards.
Since there are two teams, and ten games, there are 20 possible outcomes, since either team may win each game.
8 teams from each conference. The top teams from each division (makes up 6 teams) plus the next 5 best records of the according conference, so even if the 8th best team in the eastern conference has a better record then the 9th best team in the western conference the latter will not advance. In total there are 16 teams that advance.
They changed the playoff format in 2020 and now there are 7 teams from each conference. The #1 seed in the conference gets a bye and they added an extra wildcard team.
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At the end of the regular season, the winners of the 3 divisions in each league go on to the playoffs. Of the REMAINING teams in each league, the 2 teams with the best records are the WILD CARD teams. Each league has a Wild Card Playoff Game, from which the winner goes on to play one of the 3 division winners in the League Division Series.
16 teams total make the NBA playoffs, 8 teams from the Western Conference and 8 teams from the Eastern Conference. The teams with the eight best records in each conference will play in the playoffs. Division leaders are placed within the top four, and the next best record is also in the top four.
Since the 2013 season, when the Houston Astros moved from the National League to the American league, there have been 15 teams in each circuit.
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There are now 30 NBA teams. There are two conferences with 15 teams each. There are five in each of three divisions within each conference.
Round robin play involves each entry playing all other entries. For example if you have 4 teams entered, each team plays all the other teams or 3 games each for a total of 12 games played. If you have larger number of teams, split them up into pools. Ie. 12 teams 3 pools of 4 each team playing 3 games. You then can take the top 2 best records from each pool and put them into a championship pool so you would have 6 teams playing 5 games each and the eventual winner would be team with best record.
A "wildcard" is a team that made the playoffs without winning their division. Playoffs are made up of the top 6 teams from each conference. There are 4 division winners and 2 wildcards from each conference. The wildcards are the 2 teams with the best win-loss records that did not win their division