In what should be a highly competitive game on the basketball court, the Brooklyn Nets will host the Chicago Bulls at the Barclay's Center in a Monday night playoff showdown.

The NBA playoffs officially announced its currently altered seeding system on August 3, 2006. Upon the end of the regular season, eight basketball clubs from each conference with the league's best records are given a seed ranging from the No. 1 to 4, assuring that each division champion team will be ranked no lower than the fourth seed.

Also, it allows for the two best conference clubs to be ranked as the top two. If two or more teams end up being tied in the standings, a series of tiebreakers are then used in order to determine which club gets the higher seed.

Thus, the seeds are used to put together a bracket that determines the format for the playoff matchups.

CLICK HERE to watch the Brooklyn Nets take on the Chicago Bulls via live stream. Coverage of the NBA playoff game is set to begin at 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 22.

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