{"id":35820,"date":"2025-04-13T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=35820"},"modified":"2025-04-13T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T15:00:05","slug":"when-does-the-2025-nba-play-in-tournament-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/when-does-the-2025-nba-play-in-tournament-start\/","title":{"rendered":"When does the 2025 NBA Play-in Tournament start?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024-25 <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> regular season is in its final stage and the race to NBA playoffs heats up. The top six teams will automatically qualify for the NBA playoffs, but two teams will be decided through the Play-In tournament. The NBA already confirmed the dates for the 2025 Play-In competition. <\/p><p>Let&rsquo;s get to know everything about the play-in tournament, kick-off time, streaming and all. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-long-is-overtime-in-nba-how-many-overtimes-in-nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>How long is overtime in NBA? How many overtimes in NBA?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-is-the-nba-3-point-record-in-a-single-game\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What Is the NBA 3-Point Record in a Single Game?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-are-the-nba-tiebreakers\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What are the NBA tiebreakers?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the format of NBA play-in tournament? <\/h2><p>Four teams from each conference will appear in the NBA Play-In tournament and only two teams qualify for the main playoff round. The top six teams from each conference will make direct entry to the NBA playoffs. The teams that finish No. 7-10 in the conference standings will enter Play-In Tournament. These teams will fight out for the 7th and 9th playoff seeds.<\/p><p>Here&rsquo;s the complete format of play-in tournament: <\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Each conference&rsquo;s No. 7-seeded team will host the No. 8 team. The winners of this game will join as the No. 7 seed in the playoffs. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The loser of the opening game will get one more chance to claim the remaining spot. Before this, each conference&rsquo;s No. 9-seeded team will host the No. 10 team. The winners will advance to the final stage of the Play-In Tournament. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To secure the No. 8 seed in the playoffs, the loser of the opening game (No. 7 vs No. 8) and the winner of the second game (No. 9 vs No. 10) will battle out. <\/li>\n<\/ul><p>This is how two teams will be added to the main round of the playoffs. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When does the 2025 NBA Play-in Tournament start?<\/h2><p>The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament will be played over four days from Apr. 15 to Apr. 18. Before the final stage, there will be an off-day for teams. All six games will be played before the first round of the NBA playoffs begins. Each conference will have three games and two teams will be qualified.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The schedule for the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoFi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@SoFi<\/a> NBA Play-In Tournament &#11015;&#65039;<br><br>More information will be provided as it is finalized. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzHg5r9eeE\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/AzHg5r9eeE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1907455755910869284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 2, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Here&rsquo;s the schedule for the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament: <\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>East No. 8 vs. East No. 7 &ndash; Apr. 15 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West No. 8 vs. West No. 7 &ndash; Apr. 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>East No. 10 vs. East No. 9 &ndash; Apr. 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>West No. 10 vs. West No. 9 &ndash; Apr. 16<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winner of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 1 &ndash; Apr. 18 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winner of Game 4 vs. Loser of Game 2 &ndash; Apr. 18 <\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch the 2025 NBA Play-in Tournament <\/h2><p>The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament will air on TNT and ESPN. Both broadcasters will combine to televise all six games. <\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TNT &ndash; Game 1, Game 2, Game 5 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESPN &ndash; Game 3, Game 4, Game 6 <\/li>\n<\/ul><p><em>Image Credit: Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All six games will be played before the first round of the NBA playoffs begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":35849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[647,5344,5109],"class_list":["post-35820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-2024-25","tag-nba-play-in-tournament","tag-nba-playoffs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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