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Former Brooklyn Nets forward Mikal Bridges helped the New York Knicks beat Dennis Schroder and the Detroit Pistons in the 2025 NBA playoffs.

The Knicks' Jalen Brunson hit a game-winning 3-pointer to beat the Pistons and set up New York for a second-round series vs. Boston.

This has been a pass-first playoff series for Nikola Jokic. In Bogdan Bogdanovic’s view, that just goes to show some things never change.

Heres's a look at the series schedules for the second round of the NBA playoffs in the Eastern Conference. There's a significant change in how they're structured this year, leaving the league vulnerable to a concerning possibility.

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Jalen Brunson 's 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 4.3 seconds remaining in regulation lifted the New York Knicks to a 116-113 win over the Detroit Pistons in Game 6 of their first-round NBA playoff series. With the win, the Knicks advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals to face the Boston Celtics.

The Houston Rockets staved off elimination Wednesday night in a 131-116 win over the Golden State Warriors at home. All five of Houston’s starters scored double-digit points in a dominant showing to force a Game 6. The series heads back to San Francisco on Friday night.

Mark Williams went through a whirlwind of emotions back in February when he was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers in a deal that sent Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, a

Here's what t City Thunder's second-round NBA playoff schedule will be, depending on how the rest of the first round plays out:

The Denver Nuggets play against the Los Angeles Clippers in game 6 of their NBA Playoff series tonight. Fans can watch this game for free.

The Knicks face the Pistons in Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs. We continue our NBA Playoffs props series our Knicks-Pistons props.

The Nuggets face the Clippers in Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs. We continue our NBA Playoffs props series our Nuggets-Clippers props.

The Boston Celtics are moving on to the second round of the NBA Playoffs after closing out the Orlando Magic with a 120-89 Game 5 win at TD Garden on Tuesday night.

The Los Angeles Lakers ended up going out of the NBA Playoffs with their loss on Wednesday night to the Minnesota Timberwolves. That also ended the first year for head coach JJ Redick in Los Angeles in disappointment.

Murray’s 43-point outburst powered Denver’s 131-115 win over the Clippers on Tuesday night that handed Los Angeles its first back-to-back losses since March 4 and put the Nuggets one win away from a Round 2 matchup with Oklahoma City.

The Detroit Pistons play against the New York Knicks in game 6 of their NBA Playoff series tonight. Fans can watch this game for free.

After a blowout loss in Game 5, the Clippers recovered with a complete effort on Thursday at the Intuit Dome to force a winner-take-all game on Saturday in Denver. The winner's reward: a date with the No. 1 seeded Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Pacers can put the Bucks in the rearview mirror and turn their attention to a team that will require all of it: the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers

The Celtics secured a spot in the Eastern Conference semifinals after ousting the Magic with relative ease in the opening round of the NBA playoffs.

The New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons will do battle again in what should make for a thrilling Game 6 showdown. This game tips off on Thursday, May 1 at 4:30 p.m. PT/7:30 p.m. ET (6:30 p.m. CT) with a live broadcast on TNT and streaming live on demand.

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.

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) drives past Detroit Pistons guard Dennis Schroder (17) in the second half during Game 5 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) AP

The Wolves didn't just dispatch the Lakers in five games; they came into L.A. for Game 5 and took their spirit: as they were all series long, Minnesota was too big, too strong, too fast for a Lakers team whose dynamic duo looked run ragged by series end (and who never managed to find enough viable pieces around them after acquiring Doncic back in February).

The LA Clippers face off with the Denver Nuggets tonight in this NBA Western Conference first-round playoff series.

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook, left, looks to pass the ball as Los Angeles Clippers guard Kris Dunn defends in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball playoff series Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) AP

Arguably no team was hotter down the final stretch of the NBA regular season than the Los Angeles Clippers. Going 18-3 since early March, Kawhi Leonard has quietly returned to being one of the more consistent scoring threats, James Harden is playing like ...

The regular-season rivalry wasn't very much of a rivalry, as the Celtics won all four matchups. Boston won the first three games by 23, 27 and 13 points, respectively, before taking the final showdown, 119-117, in overtime back on April 8 in New York.

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Below is every “Gone Fishin’ ” segment from the 2025 NBA playoffs. Ernie, Charles, Kenny & Shaq send the Magic off for the summer. Shaq, Kenny, EJ and Charles send the Bucks off for the summer. Ernie, Shaq, Charles and Kenny send the Heat off for the summer.

The Los Angeles Lakers will have a long offseason after they were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Which means they will have plenty of time to get in better shape.

Expect Boston to target Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns in the 1st Celtics-Knicks playoff series since 2013.

After a wild NBA season that saw the Los Angeles Lakers start slow, add Luka Dončić and eventually surge to 50 wins and the West's third seed, they were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Behind a monster 27-point, 24-rebound performance from Rudy Gobert, Minnesota won 103-96 on the road to end the series in just five games.