![]() The ninth-seeded team hosts the 10th-ranked side, with the winner facing the loser of the game between the seventh and eighth seeds the winner of this game will get the eighth and final spot in the playoff bracket, where it will take to the court against the top-ranked team in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. 7 seed in the playoffs and a best-of-seven first-round series against the No. The seventh-seeded team hosts the eighth, with the winner earning the No. In each conference’s end-of-season standings, the teams ranked between seventh and 10th compete in the Play-In. It was brought in to allow two more teams the opportunity to compete for the final two spots – seventh and eighth – in each conference’s playoff seedings. The Play-In Tournament is a concept which was adopted fully in July 2022 after being used in two previous seasons. ![]() The Play-In has added a level of drama and excitement to an already gripping part of the basketball calendar and, with some big teams involved, this year’s edition is no different. A good omen for Denver: The Heat are 0-3 all-time in NBA Finals games played on June 12.The NBA postseason commences on Tuesday with the beginning of the Play-In tournament. A good omen for Miami: Road teams are 11-5 all-time in NBA Finals games played on June 12. That 0.5% margin might not look like much, but the Heat and Nuggets would have to shoot a combined 0-for-344 from the line to fall below the record pace. It will be an NBA record, topping the 77.8% rate from two seasons ago. The league’s 30 teams are shooting a combined 78.3% from the foul line this season, including all games. The Heat are up to 11,587 entering Game 5.) (Miami has already broken its franchise record for points in a season. Denver is one point from tying its franchise record for most points in a season, including playoffs. He’s seen a lot, he’s been through a lot, and I think he deserves it. We’ve got to win one, and then we’ve got to win another one, and then we’ve got to win another one.”ĭenver’s Nikola Jokic, on Toronto hiring fellow Serbian Darko Rajakovic as coach: “I think it’s a lot of respect for him and his work. No matter what the odds are, the analytics, when we get out there we’ve just got to compete. Miami’s Jimmy Butler, on being down 3-1: “We didn’t come this far to stop playing now. ![]() Game 5 will be Denver’s 102nd game of the season, tying Boston for the second-most in the league. The previous franchise record for most games played in a season was 105, done during Heat championship years of 2005-13. Miami’s total is aided a bit by the two play-in games that the Heat had to endure just to get into the postseason. New York played 107 games in 1993-94, and Detroit also played 107 in 2004-05. Game 5 will be Miami’s 107th game of the season, tying for the second-most in NBA history.īoston played a record 108 games in 2007-08. The only other player who reached 100 games this year was Boston’s Derrick White, who got into 102. Both are set to play in their 100th game of the season. Game 5 will be a milestone game for Denver’s Bruce Brown and Miami’s Bam Adebayo as well. Prince didn’t miss a single game that season Strus has missed two games this season. If the Heat-Nuggets series goes to Game 6 and Strus plays, he’ll be the first to appear in 106 games since Boston’s Paul Pierce in 2007-08.Īnd if this title series goes the distance and Strus gets to 107 games played, he’ll be the first to do that since Detroit’s Tayshaun Prince in 2004-05. ![]() The last season in which somebody appeared in 105 games was 2009-10, when five members of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics - Derek Fisher, Lamar Odom, Shannon Brown and Jordan Farmar for the Lakers, Rajon Rondo for the Celtics - all played in that many contests. ![]()
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