You are just looking for your team to cover the spread or you are looking for a high scoring or low scoring quarter. The sportsbook sets the number for the individual quarter and you can bet it just as you would a full game line. There will be a side and a total for each individual quarter of a game.
Six teams from each of the two conferences automatically advance to the playoffs based on regular season winning percentage, while those teams finishing 7 through 10 from each conference compete in the play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff seeds.