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The play-in tournament features the teams who finished in seventh to 10th in both Conferences.<\/p>\n
They face off to determine who fills the final two spots in their Conference play-offs.<\/p>\n
Under the play-in format, seventh play eighth – with the winners going straight into the play-offs. The loser gets a second chance against the winners of an eliminator between ninth and 10th.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies, who finished eighth in the Western Conference, go into the ‘second chance’ game against the Mavericks having lost their first play-in tie, to the seventh-placed Golden State Warriors,<\/a> in controversial circumstances.<\/p>\n The Warriors secured their play-off spot following a late flurry against the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n However, the NBA has since acknowledged officiating errors in the final moments of the match. <\/p>\n With the Warriors leading 117-116, the NBA’s Last Two Minute Report said the Grizzlies should have been awarded the ball with 7.6 seconds left after Stephen Curry got the last contact on an out-of-bounds play.<\/p>\n It was Curry that then sank two free throws to give the Warriors a 119-116 lead. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n