How Many NBA Games Are There Today?
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There are 12 NBA games scheduled for today. Check out the full schedule and where to watch each game.
How Many Games are in the NBA Season?
The NBA season is 82 games long, with each team playing 81 regular-season games and one game against each team in the other conference. There are also four rounds of playoffs, each consisting of best-of-seven series. So, in total, there are 1,230 NBA games played in a season.
How Many Games are in an NBA Playoff Series?
There are four rounds in the NBA Playoffs. The first round is a best-of-seven series. The Conference Semifinals and Conference Finals are best-of-seven series. The Finals is a best-of-seven series.
How Many Games are in an NBA Finals Series?
An NBA Finals series is a best-of-seven playoff series between the champions of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The conference champions are determined by a pre-set playoff bracket, and then they face off in the Finals to see who will become NBA champion for that season.
In previous years, the Finals were played in June, but starting in 2020, they will be played in October.
The first round of the playoffs is a single-elimination tournament, in which the lower-seeded team (the team with fewer regular season wins) faces off against the higher-seeded team. The winners of each series advance to the next round while the losers are eliminated from contention.
In the second round, there are two matchups: one between the winners of the first round series in each conference, and one between the two remaining teams in each conference with the best regular season records. These are also single-elimination games.
The third round is the Conference Finals, where each conference’s remaining teams play each other in a best-of-seven series. The winners of these series advance to the NBA Finals.
In previous years, there were four rounds of playoffs: two rounds of best-of-five series followed by two rounds of best-of-seven series. But starting in 2020, there will only be three rounds before the finals: two rounds of best-of-seven series followed by one round of best-of-seven series.
