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NBC Sports on MSN.com · 2h

2025 NBA Playoffs: Bracket, schedule, scores, matchups for first round including Jokic, Nuggets vs. Clippers

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.
FOX Sports · 7h

2025 NBA playoff bracket: Updated schedule, scores

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.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 20d

2025 NBA playoff picture: Updated standings, bracket, projected matchups

Editor's note: Standings and playoff matchups have been updated below. The final weekend of the 2024-25 NBA regular season is looming, as teams launch their final pushes for playoff seeding.
Icon for www.usatoday.comUSA Today · 18d

2025 NBA Play-In Tournament standings: Final bracket, dates, matchups

Now that the 2024-25 NBA regular season is over, it's time for the "playoffs" before the playoffs. The bracket for the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament is officially set, where seeds No. 7 through 10 ...
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · 24d

NBA playoff standings 2025: How NBA playoff picture, NBA play-in tournament look right now

Where do the Phoenix Suns stand in the NBA playoff picture? Take a look at the NBA playoff picture and NBA playoff standings for each ... for the Phoenix Mercury in 2025 3 Arizona State football ...
Icon for www.tennessean.comTennessean · 18d

When are the NBA playoffs? Format, bracket and final standings for 2025 postseason

Here's a breakdown of the 2025 NBA playoffs before the start, including this year's format, bracket, final standings and how to watch the postseason, beginning with the play-in tournament ...
Icon for www.cbssports.comCBSSports.com · 1d

2025 NBA playoff bracket: Matchups, schedule, game times as Lakers get knocked out by Timberwolves

The field for the second round is beginning to take shape in the 2025 NBA playoffs. Eleven teams remain in the playoff bracket, and five teams -- the Thunder, Cavaliers, Pacers, Celtics and ...
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NBA play-in tournament 2025: Schedule, standings, format

MORE: Which teams are in the 2025 ... your NBA champion! Create A Bracket The top six teams in each conference will be guaranteed playoff spots, while teams Nos. 7 through 10 in the standings ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Mar 4, 2025

NBA standings 2025: Latest rankings, playoff race, and tiebreaker rules explained

The NBA standings determines the performance of each ... It quickly shows how successful a team is overall. Games Back (GB): This tells you how far behind a team is from the first-place team.
Icon for www.nbcsports.comNBC Sports · 25d

2025 NBA playoff picture: Bracket, standings, projections, scenarios heading into final week of season

There is just one week left in the NBA season and very little is settled. The top couple of seeds in each conference are set — Oklahoma City and Houston in the West, Cleveland and Boston in the East — and after that things open up quickly. Here’s ...
Sports Illustrated on MSN.com · 10d

Final 2025 NBA Draft Standings Following Tiebreakers

On Monday, five ties among teams with the same regular season record were decided by random drawings to determine their order at the 2025 NBA Draft lottery or t
Icon for www.sbnation.comSB Nation · 21d

NBA play-in tournament rules, explained for 2025, with updated standings for tight races

The No. 7 team in the regular season standings hosts the No. 8 team in a single-elimination game. The winner gets the No. 7 seed in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The No. 9 team in the regular season ...
Icon for www.azcentral.comAZ Central · Apr 1, 2025

NBA playoff picture: Latest standings, bracket outlook ahead of playoffs

We are now in the heart-pounding final two weeks of the NBA season, with teams fiercely battling for those precious postseason spots. The intensity of the playoff race is palpable, with every ...
Icon for www.sportingnews.comSporting News · 19d

Lakers playoff standings: Updated scenarios, schedule for L.A. in 2025 NBA bracket

Jan 23, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; The Los Angeles Lakers logo at midcourt at the Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The NBA Playoffs ... at 50-31 overall, Los ...
Icon for www.desmoinesregister.comDes Moines Register · 24d

What's the Bucks' playoff picture in the Eastern Conference? 2025 NBA standings, bracket, schedule

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks (47-34) secured their position in the playoff standings ahead of the surprising Detroit Pistons (44-37), a team they had been jockeying with for that spot in ...
Icon for www.si.comSports Illustrated · 13d

Two Former Cards Reach 2025 NBA Playoffs

With both the regular season and the NBA Play-In Tournament now in the rear view mirror, the 2025 iteration of the ... with the Heat - and 10th in the NBA overall - after getting traded from ...
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When are the NBA playoffs? Format, bracket and final standings for 2025 postseason

NBA playoffs are almost here and the action begins soon with the play-in tournament. Here's what to know about the league's postseason:
Icon for abc7news.comABC7 San Francisco · 13d

NBA play-in tournament 2025: Schedule, standings, format

7 through 10 in the standings will enter the play-in. Any team that finishes worse than No. 10 will be in the NBA draft lottery. The 2024-25 NBA regular season concluded on April 13, with all 30 ...
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Lakers playoff standings: Updated scenarios, schedule for L.A. in 2025 NBA bracket

📲 Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp Finishing the season at 50-31 overall ... in the first round. SN's NBA HQ: Live NBA scores | Updated NBA standings | Full NBA schedule Here's a look ...
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Grizzlies playoff standings: Updated scenarios, schedule for Memphis in 2025 NBA bracket

The Memphis Grizzlies are looking to make it into the NBA playoffs for the first time ... The Grizzlies have been moving around the standings in the final days of the regular season, seeking ...
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2025 NBA Playoff Picture, Standings, Bracket Predictions for Lakers, Warriors, More

The stakes could not be more different in the Eastern and Western Conferences going into the final day of the NBA regular season ... above the Pistons in the standings and keep the No. 5 seed.
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · Apr 2, 2025

2025 NBA Playoffs: Updated standings and clinching scenarios on April 2

With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, teams around the NBA have already started to lock up their positions in the standings ahead of the playoffs on April 19. The top six teams ...
Icon for sports.yahoo.comYahoo! Sports · 26d

2025 NBA Playoffs: Updated standings, clinching scenarios on April 6

With one week remaining in the regular season, teams around the NBA have started to lock up their positions in the standings ahead of the playoffs on April 19. The top six teams in each conference ...
Icon for www.covers.comCovers · 27d

2025 NBA Draft Odds: Who Will Win the Cooper Flagg Lottery?

Based on the inverted current NBA standings ... The 2025 NBA Draft will take place on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26. Who is the favorite to be drafted first overall?