The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Today is the five-year anniversary of the first Play-In Game/Tournament result. The Blazers beat the Grizzlies to secure the final playoff spot in the Western Conference during the bubble. Soon the Play-In Tournament would morph into four teams playing for the last two playoff positions in each conference. While it can provide some exciting basketball, let’s celebrate its main outcome, which has been limiting outright tanking down the stretch of each season.

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