

The draft consists of 2 rounds, the shortest (by far) of any of the major sports. Players come mostly from college basketball, though increasingly overseas players and even players from other North American leagues are also chosen, with high schoolers also previously being a source of interest.

The primary route from which new players enter the league is the NBA Draft, held each June. The current play-in tournament now allows for both the 7th seed and the 10th seed to compete for the final two seeds in each conference, though the 7th and 8th seeds get two chances for a playoff spot, while the 9th and 10th seeds need to win twice to earn a spot above the loser of the above spot once against the 9/10th spot, and again over the 7th/8th seed team to become the newest 8th seed of the conference. However, as of 2020 (yes, it relates to the COVID-19 Pandemic), the NBA has also implemented the play-in tournament, which first was a winner-takes all spot for the 8th and 9th seeds of a conference to compete for the final playoff spot before it got modified for the 2020-21 season onward. All playoff games are best-of-seven series.
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professional league to eliminate automatic playoff berths for division winners. or (theoretically) even miss the playoffs entirely. So a division winner could be as low as an 8th seed. Each conference sends 8 teams to the playoffs since the 2015≡6 season, seeding in the playoffs has been based purely on record, with no automatic berths for division winners at all. Each 15-team conference has three five-team divisions. Louis, Kansas City, Montreal, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Beach, with the Harlem Globetrotters also receiving interest within on joining the NBA as well), but NBA commissioner Adam Silver has stated that it's not a priority issue as of current times. The NBA has 30 teams split into two conferences (Eastern and Western) there has been talk of expanding to 32 teams as of December 2020 note (with Seattle as one of the most likely frontrunners should it happen, given the SuperSonics' passionate fanbase and the renovation of the now Climate Pledge Arena for the NHL's Kraken other locations that have been brought up for expansion in recent years include Vancouver, Mexico City, Las Vegas, San Diego, Louisville, St. The 2020-21 season began play on Decemand was truncated to 72 games as a result. The 2019-20 season was suspended on Madue to the COVID-19 Pandemic, with each team having played between 63 to 67 games after the NBA resumed play, the 22 teams that were still in playoff contention at the time of the stoppage had played between 71 to 75 games. Also, while most teams played a regular 82-game schedule in 2012-13, the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics missed a game due to a cancellation in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing (the game was the last of the regular season, and it wouldn't have affected either team's playoff seeding). The NBA didn't really have a consistent amount of games played until the 1967-68 season, when the league established its current 82-game schedule. note Besides the lockout seasons in (1998-)-12. Seasons are usually 82 games in length, with some rare exceptions. They've been around in some fashion since 1946. WIN-LOSS Orlando Magic 9-15 Portland Trail Blazers 14-8 ATS Orlando Magic 10-14 Sweat Barometer -5.9 Portland Trail Blazers 11-11 Sweat Barometer 2.2 OVER-UNDER Orlando Magic 11-13 Avg Over/Under Line -2.6 Portland Trail Blazers 11-11 Avg Over/Under Line 7.The National Basketball Association is the highest professional league of competitive basketball in The United States and Canada. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA-PTS: Nikola Vucevic 25.7, Damian Lillard 32.3 ASSISTS: Cole Anthony 4.3, Damian Lillard 8.5 REBOUNDS: Nikola Vucevic 11.4, Enes Kanter 13 SPORTS ODDS: Sportsbooks and handicappers have set the line at POR -6 TOTAL 221.5. The Trail Blazers are making 13.5 three pointers on 36 percent. The Magic are making 12.4 three pointers on 35.1 percent from three point range. The Trail Blazers are committing fewer turnovers at 11.4 vs 12.7 for the Magic. The Trail Blazers have the rebounding advantage at 50.2 to 47.1. The Magic are shooting 43.5 percent from the field and the Trail Blazers are forecasted to shoot 46.7 percent. The Portland Trail Blazers are solid 67.4 percent favorites over the Orlando Magic.
