NBA board approves play-in tourney for 2021-22

The NBA Board of Governors on Tuesday gave the OK to continue the play-in tournament for the 2021-22 season.

The 2021-22 season tips off on Oct. 19.

The tournament will maintain the same format as this year; teams that finish the regular season with the seventh-highest through the 10th-highest winning percentages in each conference will compete to fill the seventh and eighth playoff seeds in each conference.

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