Eight clubs: the top four of each second-round group.
Play-ins, best of three games: first in one group plays second in the other, and third plays fourth. The higher-placed club has home court.
The clubs that win a first-against-second series go straight to the semifinals. The clubs that lose one drop to the quarterfinals, where each meets the winner of a third-against-fourth series.
From the quarterfinals on, one game decides each round, through the third place game and the final.