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Guide

Step 1

Format

Participants

Elimination

Consolation

Lose once and you're out. Fastest format.

Draw

Top seeds play the bottom seeds in round 1, and any byes go to the top seeds. Reorder the team list to set the seeds.

Step 2

Teams & seeding

16 teams
How many
Bulk add. Paste a list
Seed order
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16

The number is the seed. Move a team up to promote it. Seeds only matter for a seeded draw — a random draw shuffles this list.

NBA Playoff Bracket

Teams
16
Format
Single elimination
Rounds
4
Matches
15

Bracket

Round 1

Game 1
11. Pistons
168. Suns
Game 2
88. Magic
91. Thunder
Game 3
44. Cavaliers
135. Rockets
Game 4
55. Raptors
124. Lakers
Game 5
22. Celtics
157. Trail Blazers
Game 6
77. 76ers
102. Spurs
Game 7
33. Knicks
146. Timberwolves
Game 8
66. Hawks
113. Nuggets

Quarterfinals

Game 9
Winner of Game 1
Winner of Game 2
Game 10
Winner of Game 3
Winner of Game 4
Game 11
Winner of Game 5
Winner of Game 6
Game 12
Winner of Game 7
Winner of Game 8

Semifinals

Game 13
Winner of Game 9
Winner of Game 10
Game 14
Winner of Game 11
Winner of Game 12

Final

Game 15
Winner of Game 13
Winner of Game 14
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