2025 NBA Play-In Tournament

S. Samek

It’s time for the start of the 2025 NBA playoffs. That means it’s time for the play-in tournament.

In the Western Conference the seven seed Golden State Warriors battle the eighth seed Memphis Grizzlies, while the ninth seed Sacramento Kings face the 10th seed Dallas Mavricks.

The Eastern Conference seven seed is the Orlando Magic, and they play the eight seed Atlanta Hawks. The Chicago Bulls are the ninth seed and face the 10th seed Miani Heat.

The winner of both seven vs eight matchup advances to the main playoff bracket as the seventh seed.

Both winners of the nine vs 10 seed games will play the losers of the seven vs eight seed games. The winners of those games become the eighth seed for the main playoff bracket.

The loser of that game as well as the initial nine vs 10 seed game are eliminated.

Here are my picks for the play-in tournament with winners in bold.

Eastern Conference

Magic vs Hawks

Heat vs Bulls

Bulls vs Hawks

Western Conference

Kings vs Mavricks

Warriors vs Grizzlies

Kings vs Grizzlies

The tournament takes place from April 15th-18th 2025. Tune in to see which team makes it to the main NBA playoff bracket.