Why didn't the NBA schedule the contending teams for the 8 spot to play each other on the last day?
Ehh tbh this is really hindsight talk
Very few people thought the Suns & Spurs would actually play well enough to have a legit shot at making it. I remember a lot of people questioning why the NBA even invited them. I mean, the Suns could go 8-0 and still not qualify for the play-in that’s how much ground they had to make up.
Also, the NBA had to stay true to the schedule teams already had. For example, the Blazers & Suns had already played four times before the shutdown.