Nets, T'wolves Win NBA Play-in Games

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Published on April 13 2022 6:16 am
Last Updated on April 13 2022 6:16 am

The NBA’s play-in tournament began Tuesday night, with teams seeded seventh through 10th playing to decide who will be the Number 7 and 8 seeds in the playoffs. The Number 7 seed plays the Number 8 seed in each conference, and the Number 9 seed plays the Number 10 seed.

The winner of the 7/8 games get the Number 7 playoff spots and the losers face the winners of the 9/10 games. The losers of the 9/10 games are out, the winners of the second game get the Number 8 spots, and those losers are out too.

The Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves won the first two games Tuesday night. The Nets beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-108, earning the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and the Timberwolves beat the L.A. Clippers 109-104 for the Western Conference’s seventh seed.

 

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National Basketball Association

Tuesday, April 12 Scoreboard

Play-In Tournament

Brooklyn 115, Cleveland 108

Minnesota 109, Los Angeles Clippers 104

 

Wednesday, April 13 Schedule (All Times Central)

Charlotte at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

NBA Play-in East, ninth place vs. 10th place, 6 p.m.

San Antonio vs. New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

NBA Play-in West -- ninth place vs. 10th place