A competitive league, comprosed of the world’s best.
The National Basketball Association was founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York. Maurice Podoloff was the league’s first president, a title later changed to commissioner. Eleven teams were part of that league, originally called the Basketball Association of America.
The top eight teams in each Conference reach the postseason, with the No. 1 seed facing No. 8 in the first round, No. 2 vs. No. 7 and so on. Each round features a best-of-seven series with a 2-2-1-1-1 format (two games at the top seed’s home court, two games at the lower seed’s home, then back and forth one game at a time).
The NBA Board of Governors approved a proposal to implement a Playoff Play-In Tournament. The Play-In Tournament will determine the teams that will fill the seventh and eighth playoff seeds in each conference.