Friday, May 18, 2012

NBA Playoffs


The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best of seven game series. It contains sixteen teams in two different conferences, the Eastern and Western conference. It determines which is the best. The playoffs happen each year in the month of April. This year it started on April 28th. The top eight teams in each conference battle it out in the first round. First place team against eighth, second against seventh, third against sixth, and fourth against fifth. They then advance to the Conference Semifinals, the Conference Finals, and eventually into the Finals where the two best teams in each conference battle it out until they win the NBA championships. During the playoffs, the MVP award, the Sixth Man award, and the Most Improved Player award is rewarded of the by the commissioner of the NBA, David Stern. Win or go home!

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