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2025 NBA Play-In Tournament- Teams, Schedule, Where to Watch, And More

The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament will begin on April 15.

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After the thrilling 2024-25 regular season concluded on Sunday, the NBA is headed towards the most exciting phase, the playoffs. However, before that, we will have the play-in tournament, where a total of eight teams, four from each conference, will fight for one last chance to make it to the playoffs.

The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament begins Tuesday, April 15 and comes to an end on April 18. It will feature the teams that finished 7 through 10 in the Eastern and the Western Conference standings. The tournament that was approved for the first time in the 2019-20 season, helps to determine the number 7 and number 8 seeds in each conference’s bracket.

In the ongoing season, seedings got finalized in the East a couple of days ago. However, things came down to the final day in the West, when the Los Angeles Clippers took down the seven-time champions, Golden State Warriors, in a dramatic OT game to occupy the fifth seed in the standings. The Steve Kerr side booked the seventh spot, and is now one of the four Western Conference teams that will tussle it out to book the remaining two seeds before the playoffs start.

THE BRACKET IS SET 🍿 pic.twitter.com/xZBRkF7LT7
— NBA (@NBA) April 13, 2025

As the 2024-25 season is advancing to the postseason, let’s break down the 2025 Play-in Tournament, and its schedule.

2025 NBA Play-In Tournament Participating Teams

Seed	Eastern Conference	Western Conference
7	Orlando Magic	Golden State Warriors
8	Atlanta Hawks	Memphis Grizzlies
9	Chicago Bulls	Sacramento Kings
10	Miami Heat	Dallas Mavericks

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2025 NBA Play-In Tournament Schedule

Tuesday, April 15

(7) Orlando Magic vs. (8) Atlanta Hawks (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT)
(7) Golden State Warriors vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies (10 p.m. ET, TNT)

The winners will book the seventh spot in their respective conferences, and advance to the playoffs. The losers will be in action again on Friday.

Wednesday, April 16

(9) Chicago Bulls vs. (10) Miami Heat (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
(9) Sacramento Kings vs. (10) Dallas Mavericks (10 p.m. ET, ESPN)

The winners will be up against the losers of the first two games for the final spot in their respective standings. The losers, on the other hand, will be eliminated from the contention.

Friday, April 18

East 9/10 Winner vs. East 7/10 Loser (TBD, TNT)

West 9/10 Winner vs. West 7/8 Loser (TBD, ESPN)

The winners will book the eighth spot on the standings in their respective conferences.

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Garima Ranawat

Garima is a sports writer with around two years of experience in Indian sports and a newfound interest in the NBA. Inspired by the leadership of cricketing legend MS Dhoni, she wishes to bring in newer perspectives to the NBA fanatics with her writing.