Although the NBA Play-In Tournament has been a fixture for several seasons, the rules and format may still be confusing to some fans. The play-in, essentially, is like the playoffs before the ...

Instead, the Nos. 7-10 seeds in each conference go to the NBA Play-In Tournament, a new-ish format (it began in 2020 before being officially adopted in 2022) brought on by the league to add ...

After not much of an encouraging season to brag about, the Mavericks managed to keep themselves afloat in the play-ins. However, once the knockouts started, the Mavericks looked quite polished.