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NBA reveals format tweak for 2020-2021 campaign
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The National Basketball Association will use a playoff tournament to determine the seventh and eighth seeds in the 2020-2021 postseason, according to a new format unveiled by the league on Tuesday.
The shortened season tips off on December 22, with each team playing 72 games rather than the traditional 82 games in order to allow playoffs to be completed in July and players to be made available for the Olympics. The biggest change to the season format is the new method for determining the top eight postseason teams from the Eastern and Western Conferences. Previously, the top eight teams in each conference advance to the playoffs. This season, the league plans to play a mini-tournament between teams placed from seventh to 10th in order to determine the seventh and eighth seeds. A similar format was used last season when the league restarted in its Orlando bubble following a four-month coronavirus shutdown.
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