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The 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament will conclude Friday night time, with the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat battling for the East’s No. 8 seed within the early recreation adopted by Western Conference’s Oklahoma City Thunder going through the Minnesota Timberwolves within the nightcap. The winners will tackle the highest seeds of their respective conferences, the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets, within the first spherical of the playoffs on Sunday. On Tuesday, the Atlanta Hawks secured the No. 7 seed and can open their sequence towards the defending Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics at 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday whereas the West’s No. 7 seed, the Los Angeles Lakers, will meet the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday at 3 p.m ET.
Reminder on how the play-in match works: No. 7 performs No. 8 and No. 9 performs No. 10. The winner of the 7-8 recreation will get the No. 7 seed, whereas the loser performs the winner of the 9-10 recreation for the No. 8 seed.
Below is Play-In schedule, together with dates, occasions and TV information.
Tuesday, April 11
Play-In Game 1: Hawks 116, Heat 105Play-In Game 2: Lakers 108, Timberwolves 102 (OT)
Wednesday, April 12
Play-In Game 3: Bulls 109, Raptors 105Play-In Game 4: Thunder 123, Pelicans 118
Friday, April 14
Play-In Game 5: Bulls at Heat, 7 p.m. ET, TNTPlay-In Game 6: Thunder at Timberwolves, 9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
