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2024 Play-In Tournament odds: Lakers, Warriors locked into play-in spots

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 12:12 p.m. ET

The fourth edition of the NBA play-in tournament — where some teams kinda make the playoffs but still need to do a little more work to actually make the playoffs — will take place April 16-19.

The teams that finish the regular-season seeded seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th in the two conferences will participate in the play-in. The 7-seed will host the 8-seed with the seventh seed on the line. The loser of the 7-8 game will then host the winner of the 9-10 game, with the eighth seed on the line.

The loser of the 9-10 game is eliminated from playoff contention.

Last season, the 7-seed Miami Heat lost to the 8-seed Atlanta Hawks, before defeating the 10-seed Chicago Bulls to earn the eighth seed in the playoffs.

Miami then went on a magical run to the NBA Finals, before falling to the Denver Nuggets in five games.

Can a team make a run from the play-in to the Finals for a second year in a row?

Let's check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook for which teams are expected to participate in the play-in.

TO PARTICIPATE IN EAST PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT: *

76ers: -2000 (bet $10 to win $10.50 total) +135
Heat: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total) -2000
Pacers: +225 (bet $10 to win $32.50 total) +170
Magic: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total) +200
Knicks: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total) +2500

TO PARTICIPATE IN WEST PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT: *

Kings: -1100 (bet $10 to win $10.91 total) -1400
Suns: -240 (bet $10 to win $14.17 total) -155
Pelicans: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total) -105

* odds as of 4/11/24

As of Thursday, the Sixers, Heat, Bulls and Hawks hold the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th spots in the East, respectively.

Chicago and Atlanta are locked into the two final play-in spots, meaning the two will face off in the 9-10 game.

In the West, the Suns, Kings, Lakers and Warriors hold the seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th spots, respectively.

The Lakers and Warriors are locked into the play-in tournament, but both still have space to move into the seventh seed, as L.A. sits just a half-game behind Sacramento, and Golden State sits a half-game behind L.A. and one game behind Sacramento.

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