I just read where Coby White's career-high 42 points the other night against Atlanta won't count as his regular-season high nor his playoff high.
I'm pretty sure most of us can agree that play-in stats should at least count one way or the other - either as regular-season stats (like the former one- and three-game MLB playoffs series - typically to decide a division - counted) or as playoff stats; they should not be essentially in thin air as their own category. That they don't count as either one is, IMO, absurd.
BTW, I just checked on basketball-reference.com and on the season summary page where you get a complete overview of the postseason (
https://www.basketball-reference.com.../NBA_2023.html), there's no reference to the play-in games. I think the only place you can find those is on each team's schedule (results) listing...