nba playoff seeding rules
The NBA announced the current revised playoff seeding system on September 8, 2015. Following the NBA regular season, eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight.The new format stipulates that the top eight teams in each conference, ranked in order by win-loss records, qualify for the playoffs.ollowing the NBA regular season, eight teams in each conference qualify for the playoffs and are seeded one to eight. The new format stipulates that the top eight teams in each conference, ranked in order by win-loss records, qualify for the playoffs.