The Phoenix Suns entered the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. The Minnesota Timberwolves entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

The winner will take on either the Dallas Mavericks or the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals, with Dallas currently holding a 3-2 lead over OKC. Meanwhile, the Boston Celtics await their opponent for the East finals after eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The 2024 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament will include teams with the 7th through 10th-highest winning percentages in each conference. What is the Play-In Tournament? The SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament will determine the teams that fill the seventh and eighth playoff seeds in each conference for the 2024 NBA playoffs.

Both conferences conduct the playoffs in the traditional bracket format. All rounds are best-of-seven series. Series are played in the 2–2–1–1–1 format, meaning the team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while their opponent hosts games 3, 4, and 6, with games 5, 6 and 7 being played if needed.