The first tiebreaker is head to head, the next is conference record.
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April is an exciting month for NBA fans. Every regular season game takes on greater importance as teams jockey to make the NBA Playoffs and secure home-court advantage for the postseason. One or two wins often decide if a team makes the Playoffs or watches the postseason on television. Likewise, one or two wins often separate the first and second place teams.
The top eight teams in each conference qualify for the First Round of the NBA Playoffs. The division winner with the best record in each conference is ranked No. 1, the other division winner is ranked No. 2 and the remaining six teams are ranked Nos. 3-8 according to their win-loss records.
In the Western Conference, for example, this means that even if the teams with the top two records are from the Midwest Division, the Pacific Division winner still will rank second. The team with the better regular season record has home court advantage in each round of the Playoffs.
The First Round is a best-of-five series, so the team that wins three games wins the round. The opening round has a 2-2-1 format, meaning the first two games are played on the home court of the team with the better regular season record, the third and fourth games (if both are necessary) are played on the other team's court and the fifth game (if necessary) returns to the original court.
The four teams in each conference that win their respective First Round series proceed to the best-of-seven Conference Semifinals, played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format. This means the team that wins four games wins the series. The two winning teams in each conference then advance to the Conference Finals, a best-of-seven series with a 2-2-1-1-1 format.
The last stage is the NBA Finals, which pits the top Eastern Conference team with the best squad in the West. It is a best-of-seven series with a 2-3-2 format.
In the event that two or more teams are tied in the standings, a series of tiebreakers are applied to determine which team receives the higher seeding. If one tiebreaker still yields a tie, the next tiebreaker is used and so on, until the higher seeding is determined.
The tiebreakers include:
1 Better record in head-to-head games
2 Higher winning percentage in conference games
3 Higher winning percentage within division (if teams are in the same division)
4 Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in own conference
5 Higher winning percentage against playoff teams in opposite conference
6 Higher point differential between points scored and points allowed