<p>With only a few games left in the<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-schedule-2021-22-find-here-the-complete-fixture-for-the-nba-2021-22-season-20211018-0008.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2021-22 NBA regular season</strong></a>, fans are already projecting the possible routes of their teams in the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-2021-22-playoff-format-how-will-the-basketball-postseason-work-20211018-0003.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>postseason</strong></a>. Except for those franchiseswho have already been <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/lebron-james-lakers-eliminated-from-playoff-contention-funniest-memes-and-reactions-20220406-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eliminated from playoff contention</a>, of course.</p>
<p>Even though <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/how-many-times-has-lebron-james-failed-to-qualify-for-the-nba-playoffs-20220405-0014.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>LeBron James</strong></a> and the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-rumors-lakers-already-have-a-replacement-for-frank-vogel-20220406-0007.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Los Angeles Lakers</strong></a> will be a notable absence, the knockout stage of the season will be a must-watch, with many teams heading into the playoffs as legit contenders.</p>
<p>The <strong>National Basketball Association</strong>, however, introduced a significant change to its traditional playoffs by creating the <strong>Play-In Tournament</strong>. Here, find out what’s <strong>the difference between the Play-In and the Playoffs</strong>.</p>
<h2>NBA postseason explained: What is the Play-In Tournament?</h2>
<p>The Play-In Tournament <strong>is part of the postseason but it precedes the first round of the playoffs</strong>. This idea was implemented for the Orlando bubblein 2020 under the strange circumstances of the pandemic-shortened season and established itself as an official part of the postseason the following campaign.</p>
<p>This has <strong>changed the traditional playoff system</strong> by which the first eight teams ineach conference advanced to the playoffs. <strong>The Play-In Tournament involves teams that finished from 7th to 10th in each conference,</strong> while the first six of the East and West advance directly to the playoffs.</p>
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<li>Qualify directly for the playoffs: 1st to 6th of each conference</li>
<li>Take part in Play-In Tournament: 7th to 10th of each conference</li>
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<h2>How does the NBA Play-In Tournament work?</h2>
<p>The Play-In Tournament consists of <strong>single-game playoff ties</strong> for a place in the playoffs, with the <strong>7th and 8th seeds up for grabs</strong>.Once the regular season concludes, <strong>the team with the 7th highest percentage in each conference hosts the team with the 8th best record</strong>. <strong>The winner claims the 7th seed</strong> and advances to the playoffs.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the <strong>9th best record in each conference hosts the team with the 10th</strong> highest winning percentage. <strong>The winner of this game faces the loser of the 7-8 game for the 8th seed</strong> and final ticket to the playoffs.</p>
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<li><strong>7th place vs. 8th place:</strong> Winner advances to playoffs with 7th seed</li>
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<h3>NBA Play-In Tournament Explained: Bracket</h3>
<p>The Play-In Tournament of the 2021-22 NBA season will take place on <strong>April 12-15</strong>, while the playoffs get underway on <strong>April 16</strong>. This is what the NBA postseason bracket looks like with the Play-In:</p>
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<p>The <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA returns to normal</a></strong> in the new season 2021-22 after several problems related to Covid-19 and the Olympic Games that caused <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/nba-2021-22-how-many-games-are-in-the-nba-2021-22-season-20211018-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">changes in the dates and format of the NBA</a></strong>. The Opening Night of the NBA will be on <strong>October 19 with a game in Milwaukee and another in California.</strong></p>
<p>The first game of the Opening Night for the 2021-22 season on the NBA will be between <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/brooklyn-nets-t99901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Brooklyn Nets</a></strong> and the <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/milwaukee-bucks-t100207" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Bucks</a></strong> at <strong>7:30 PM (ET) and will be broadcast in United States by TNT and NBA League Pass</strong>. Steve Nash has another opportunity to show his leadership as head coach with the Nets, since he became head coach in 2020, the Nets have been playing better.</p>
<p>The <strong>second game of the Opening Night</strong> will be an interesting game in California, fun rivalry to watch, <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/golden-state-warriors-t101550" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Golden State Warriors</a></strong> play on the road against the <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/los-angeles-lakers-t101482" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Lakers</a></strong> at <strong>10:00 PM (ET)</strong>, the game will <strong>be available on television, apps and the internet by TNT and NBA League Pass</strong>.</p>
<h2>NBA 2021/22 start: Games for the NBA 2021 Opening Night</h2>
<p>Brooklyn Nets open <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the new 2021-22 season</a></strong> against the Bucks, hoping this season will be as good as the last when they finished as the second-best team in the <strong>Eastern Conference with 48 wins and 24 losses</strong>. The Bucks finished one spot behind the Nets last season with a <strong>46 wins and 26 losses but they end up winning the NBA Championship.</strong></p>
<p>The last game of Opening Night is a new opportunity for <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/golden-state-warriors-t101550" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Golden State Warriors</strong></a> since they did not fare in the 2020-21 season, the team finished in eighth position in the<strong> Western Conference with 39 wins and 33 losses</strong>. LeBron James and the Lakers also did not have good results last season with <strong>42-30 and 7th spot in the Western Conference</strong>, it was a mediocre season for the Los Angeles Lakers.</p>
<p>The Opening Night is just a small sample of what the new season will be, the fans want everything to return to normal and the league to be as or more competitive than before. There are no changes to the playoff format despite the fact that some arenas do not allow full capacity due to <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19 rules</a></strong>.</p>
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<p>The last two seasons suffered game <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cuts due to the Coronavirus</a></strong> and the <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Olympic Games</a></strong>, but for the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>new season 2021-22 </strong></a>the number of games returns to normal with a total of 82 games for the 30 teams that make up the Western and Eastern Conference. Most importantly, this season is special as the <strong>NBA celebrates the 75th anniversary since the founding of the league</strong>.</p>
<p>All <strong>30 NBA teams</strong> have enough time <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/nba-playoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to reach the playoffs with 82 games on the schedule</a>, each team will play 82 games this season, 10 games more than last season when the tournament was cut to give time to the players who were going to play in the Olympic Games.</p>
<p>Fans want to see the teams playing as many games as possible, but this year it will be difficult for the arenas to allow full capacity as there are still <strong>strong measures against sporting events</strong> in some cities in the United States.</p>
<h2>NBA 2021-22: How many total games are in the NBA 2021/22 season?</h2>
<p>The original format returns to 82 games after<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> two seasons with 67 and 72 games,</strong></a> the 2019-20 season was shortened by the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020-21 by the aforementioned, the Olympic Games. It is not the first time that a game cut has happened, but it is the first time since the 1967-68 season that the season has been cut twice in a row.</p>
<h2>Have the teams always played 82 games in the NBA season?</h2>
<p>The answer is no, the first official<a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong> NBA season was in 1946-47</strong></a>, the 11 teams then played a total of 60-61 games including the playoffs and the finals <strong>that was won by the Washington Capitols</strong>. The following season, 1947-48, the games were reduced to just 48 for each team. It wasn’t until the <strong>1953-54 season that the NBA imposed a minimum number of 70 games, teams played at least 72 games until the early 1960s.</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>82-game-per-season format began in the 1967-68 season with two new teams for a total of 12 teams</strong> and gradually more teams for a total of 22 teams joined in the 1979-80 season. The first time games were cut in the 82 format was in the 1998-99 season during the lockout, then again in 2012 for another lockout, and the following year in 2013 for a terrorist attack in Boston.</p>
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<p>The <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Covid-19 </a></strong>brought <strong><a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new changes for the NBA,</a></strong> the postseason underwent some interesting changes during the disney bubble and the 2020-21 season. <strong>Apparently the NBA bosses liked the new format </strong>so much that they decided to add it for <strong>the new 2021-22 NBA season</strong>. The playoffs will be played the same, but for other teams to be able to play in the playoffs they will have to go through something called a <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/this-is-how-lebron-and-the-lakers-can-avoid-the-play-in-tournament-20210511-0002.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>‘play in tournament</strong></a>‘ first.</p>
<p>The <strong>Play in tournament will be played between April 12 and 15, 2022</strong>, the new format consists of teams ranked 7-10 from the regular season playing against each other to dispute a place in the playoffs.<strong> Teams 7 and 8 from each conference will have to fight to defend their positions for the playoffs</strong>, they will play a round of three games.</p>
<p>The<strong> winner of that round mentioned above gets the 7th <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/nba-playoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spot in the playoffs</a></strong>. The loser of that round <strong>must play the a game against the winner team of the 9th and 10th matchup</strong> of the play in tournament. The last game will be between the loser of the first round (7th-8th team) and the winner of the second round game (9th-10th team), the team that wins that game enters <strong>the playoffs as the 8th seeded team.</strong></p>
<h2>NBA 2021-22 playoff format: Does the Play In Tournament affect the other 6 places in the playoffs?</h2>
<p>The first <strong>six places in the playoffs</strong> will have nothing to do with <strong>the new play in tournament</strong>, the best six from each conference have direct access to the playoffs as has been done for several seasons. The only modification that was made was for the<strong> <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7th-10th seeds of the regular season.</a></strong></p>
<p>The Playoffs will be played in the same way as before,<strong> a full bracket in the traditional way with 16 teams</strong>. All matchups will be under the best-of-seven format, the series will be played taking into account the home advantage for a team with<strong> 1, 2 and 5 at home and 7 (if needed)</strong>. The<strong> other games will be on the road (3, 4, 5, 6 if needed)</strong>.</p>
<p>The conference semifinals will be with the 8 winning teams of the first round, with the best-of-seven format the four teams that will advance to the Conference Finals will be defined to finally close the postseason with the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/topic/nba-finals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA Finals.</a></p>
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<p>The <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/2021-nba-playoffs-key-dates-format-bracket-tv-schedule-20210520-0007.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>2020/21 NBA Playoffs</strong></a> continue their course and the series between the <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/los-angeles-clippers-t96054" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Los Angeles Clippers</strong></a> and <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/dallas-mavericks-t92327" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dallas Mavericks</a> is still wide open. <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/luka-doncic-t118703" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Luka Doncic</strong></a>‘s team stunned the Clippers at first, putting itself 2-0 on the road. However, <strong>Kawhi Leonard</strong> and his teammates put themselves even and <strong>there’s plenty to be played</strong>. Here, find out the match information, storylines, results, lineups, predictions, odds, and even how to watch it.</p>
<p><strong>Tyronn Lue</strong>‘s side has had a tough start to this round, <strong>having lost both games at home</strong> and heading a pretty dark outlook for the remaining of the series. However, <strong>it won both games in Dallas</strong>and head back to LA hoping to take the lead for the first time.</p>
<p>The Mavericks, on the other hand, seemed to be about to sweep their opponentsafter such a strong start on the road. However, <strong>they failed to seize their two initial wins</strong> and now they are <a href="https://bolavip.com/en/nba/rick-carlisle-shares-terrible-news-about-luka-doncic-injury-20210531-0004.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in serious trouble with Luka Doncic’s injury</a>.</p>
<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Match Information</h2>
<p><strong>Date</strong>: Wednesday, June 2, 2021<br> <strong>Time</strong>: 10 PM (ET)<br> <strong>Location</strong>: Staples Center, Los Angeles</p>
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<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Time by State in the US</h2>
<p><strong>ET</strong>: 10 PM<br> <strong>CT</strong>: 9 PM<br> <strong>MT</strong>: 8 PM<br> <strong>PT</strong>: 7 PM</p>
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<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Storylines</h2>
<p>Kawhi Leonard and <strong>Paul George</strong>‘s Clippers are alive in this first-round matchup thanks to an unexpected <strong>comeback in Los Angeles after being outplayed by the Mavericks</strong> in the first two games. The two superstars from Tyronn Lue’s side stepped up and now they’ll try to go further and book the ticket to the next round.</p>
<p>Their apparent decision of tanking at the end of the regular season just to meet with Dallas now might pay off. Not onlythey’ve tied the series but the rival’s key player, <strong>Luka Doncic, might miss the upcoming game</strong>.</p>
<p>His injury is a huge threat for the Mavericks, <strong>whose aspirations might be seriously reduced without him</strong> on the court.<strong> The 81-106 loss in Game 4</strong>, in which Doncic was clearly in pain and unableto perform at his best, already <strong>showedhow they’d struggle when he is not there to carry the team by himself</strong>. It’s uncertain whether he’ll make it or not to Game 5, but <strong>the team is already working around the clock to have him</strong>.</p>
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<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Results</h2>
<p>Los Angeles Clippers:<strong>47-25 (26-10 at Home)</strong><br> Dallas Mavericks: <strong>42-30 (21-15 on the Road)</strong></p>
<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Lineups</h2>
<p><strong>Los Angeles Clippers</strong></p>
<p>Patrick Beveley (PG)<br> Paul George (SG)<br> Kawhi Leonard (SF)<br> Marcus Morris (PF)<br> Ivica Zubac (C)</p>
<p><strong>Dallas Mavericks</strong></p>
<p>Luka Doncic (PG) *<br> Josh Richardson (SG)<br> Doriann Finney-Smith (SF)<br> Kristaps Porzingis (PF)<br> Maxi Kleber (C)</p>
<p>* In doubt.</p>
<h2>How to watch or live stream Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks in the US</h2>
<p>The 2020-2021 NBA Playoffs game to be played between Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center will be broadcast in the US by <strong>TNT</strong>,<strong>BSSC</strong>, and<strong>BSSW-DAL</strong>.</p>
<h2>Los Angeles Clippers vs Dallas Mavericks: Predictions and Odds</h2>
<p>Oddsmakers already revealed their odds for this game, and as expected, they seethe hosts winning Game 5. Los Angeles Clippersare favored by 7 points, while the game total is set at 217 points.</p>
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<p><em>* Odds via FanDuel.</em></p>
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