The NBA play-in is coming, and it’s giving teams hope

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal goes to the basket against Detroit Pistons center Isaiah Stewart during the first half on April 17, 2021, in Washington.If this season was like most others, Washington, Chicago and Toronto would be pretty much out of the race by now.

Adding four more teams to the post-season equation, as one would expect, opens the have-a-chance floodgates considerably. Again, in normal times, there would be nine teams right now with a realistic chance at securing one of the eight playoff spots in the East, and 10 teams for the eight slots out West. With the play-in, as many as a half-dozen more teams can still say they’ve got a shot.Others don’t.

“I think if we can put a nice little run together, I think we can give ourselves a nice little chance,” Wizards guard Bradley Beal said. It didn’t take long for the league to put into place the plan for a bigger play-in this season, officially on a one-year basis, though nobody will be surprised when it doesn’t go away next season. Even teams that aren’t going to be in the play-in round – but might be awaiting the winners from it – seem intrigued by what will happen with those games.

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