National Basketball Association (NBA) Playoffs are the tournament of 16 NBA top basketball clubs in two regions of East and West (before 1970 called Divisions).
Following the annual NBA season, eight excellent teams from each region (conference) will enter the Playoffs round and be divided into seed teams. The team with the best performance in each of the 3 divisions of a region (conference) will be the champion of that area. The three regional champions and one other team that had the best performance among the three regions to be selected as the seed fall into the Playoffs round.
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