The Miami Heat has already made NBA play-in tournament history before, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tourney and then win a first-round series. The Heat did ...

The NBA first visited the play-in concept at the 2020 bubble in Orlando. It expanded the format the following year, creating the tournament that decides the final two seeds in each conference that ...

The winner of Friday’s contest between the Heat and Hawks in Atlanta will qualify for the playoffs as the East’s eighth seed ...