2007 NBA Playoffs

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The 2007 NBA Playoffs will be the postseason of the National Basketball Association's 2006-2007 season.

Contents 1 Format 2 Playoff bracket 3 References 4 External link

[edit] Format

Main article: NBA Playoffs

Consisting of 16 teams in 2 conferences, the playoffs involve nearly two months of play. The playoffs are conducted in four rounds of best-of-seven series. The three division winners in each conference, along with the five best non-division winners in each conference, qualify for the playoffs. The division winners and top second-place team are seeded first through fourth based on record, with the remaining teams seeded fifth through eighth on record. Up until last year, the division winners earned the top three seeds in the conference; this was amended by the NBA on August 3, 2006 to rectify the problem highlighted by controversy in last year's playoffs.^[1] Under this new system, the teams with the two best records in the conference cannot meet until the conference finals, unlike last year, when the 63-win San Antonio Spurs and the 60-win Dallas Mavericks met in the conference semifinals.

In each series, the team with the better record (or which wins a tiebreaker, in the event that teams with identical records are matched) holds home court advantage, meaning that the seventh game, if played, is held in their home arena. The first two games in each series are played in the home arena of the team with home court advantage. The third and fourth games are played in the other arena. The fifth, sixth, and seventh games alternate between the two arenas. However, in the NBA Finals, the team with home court advantage hosts the first two and last two games, while the other team hosts the middle three games.

[edit] Playoff bracket

	First round					Conference Semifinals					Conference Finals					NBA Finals
	1	Orlando	0
	8	Miami	0
	4	New Jersey	0
	5	Indiana	0
	3	Cleveland	0
	6	Chicago	0
	2	Detroit	0
	7	Atlanta	0
	1	Utah	0
	8	Sacramento	0
	4	L.A. Lakers	0
	5	Houston	0
	3	Dallas	0
	6	Denver	0
	2	San Antonio	0
	7	Phoenix	0

[edit] References

1. ^ NBA announces postseason seeding format change

[edit] External link

• Official website of the NBA