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Are the Cavaliers and Thunder destined to meet in the NBA Finals?Oklahoma City was the most impressive team during the 2024-25 regular season, building a massive lead in the Western Conference standings and cruising to the No.

There will be two more Game 6s in the first round as Nuggets-Clippers and Rockets-Warriors are tied 3-2 after five games, with Denver and Golden State one game from advancing. The playoff field will be whittled down to eight teams by the end of the weekend, and the second round will begin on Sunday, May 4.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.

The play-in — the NBA’s version of the Wild Card round — concluded on April 18, with two games: Miami defeating Atlanta and Memphis knocking off Dallas. The playoffs start on Saturday, April 19, with four games, and will run through mid-June.

The 2025 NBA playoffs continue Wednesday night with a pair of elimination games. First the Golden State Warriors will try to punch their ticket to the second round and send the Houston Rockets packing in Game 5 of their first-round series. Then the Minnesota Timberwolves will attempt to oust the Los Angeles Lakers in L.A.

Before the first round officially gets underway Friday, the play-in tournament will decide which teams advance to the postseason or head to Cancun.

The quest for championship glory begins this weekend.Some of the NBA's best will take the court to kick off the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Among the first-round matchups slated to take place this weekend is Warriors vs.

After the Heat and the Grizzlies clinched the last two NBA Playoff berths, the line-up for the postseason proper is now set.

The 2025 NBA postseason ... any first-round schedule details beyond that the first games take place April 19. The second round is slated to get underway May 5-6, though those start dates could be moved up to May 3-4. The conference finals will start ...

The Cavaliers, Celtics, Pacers and Thunder have secured spots in the conference semifinals, but there's still plenty of first-round drama left.

The Milwaukee Bucks ' playoff schedule for their first-round series against the Indiana Pacers is set. The NBA announced full schedules for all first-round matchups following the first two play-in tournament games on April 15. The league on April 14 had only announced Game 1 times and dates for all the series.

The OKC Thunder is waiting to learn who it'll face in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. OKC will face the winner of the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers. Denver holds a 3-2 lead in that best-of-seven series entering Game 6 at 9 p.m. CT Thursday in Los Angeles.

The NBA playoffs will feature the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets in a first-round series. Here is the schedule and series odds.

The NBA Finals will broadcast on ABC. ABC is available on many streaming services, including DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV. You can also catch NBA Finals games with an over-the-air antenna that has access to a local broadcasting station.

After a thrilling four quarters of regulation, the game needed five more minutes to be decided. Milwaukee jumped out to an early lead in overtime thanks to a scorching hot performance from Gary Trent Jr., but the Pacers crawled back to stay in the game.

The Timberwolves big man rescued his team from an abysmal shooting performance and finished with 27 points and 24 rebounds. Los Angeles had no interior defense to stop his easy looks, and his ability to keep possessions alive on the offensive glass also proved critical in crunch time.

The NBA has released the schedule for Game 2 and beyond of the first-round playoff series between the Detroit Pistons and the New York Knicks.

Here is a complete guide to watching the Knicks vs. Pistons series, including start times, TV channels and live stream information.

Friday’s Game 6 from Golden State will tip at 8:00 p.m. Central and be televised on ESPN, while a Game 7 in Houston would be Sunday night on TNT.

After making quick work of the Milwaukee Bucks in a second straight first round series defeat, the Indiana Pacers are now gearing up for a second round playoff