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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.

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.

Four days remain in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, and there is still plenty of for grabs in terms of playoff seeding -- especially in the league's wild West. The Thunder, Rockets and Lakers have clinched playoff berths in the West,

Now these two teams face off in the second round after Cleveland swept Miami out of the playoffs, while Indiana knocked out Milwaukee for the second straight year. Here's a previe

Under the format, teams with the seventh- and eighth-highest winning percentages will have two opportunities to win one game to earn a playoff spot, while the teams with the ninth- and 10th-highest winning percentages need to win two straight games to advance.

The 2025 NBA playoff bracket is officially set, as the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat earned the No. 8 seeds in their respective conferences on Friday night in the final games of the NBA Play-In Tournament. The Heat won a 123-114 overtime thriller ...

The 2025 NBA postseason field is locked in. But the actual playoff bracket is still several days away from being set. Entering the final weekend of the regular season, there are battles taking place up and down the standings for automatic playoff berths ...

The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament began Tuesday, featuring the teams that finished 7 through 10 in the East and West standings, with a chance to earn the final two playoff spots in each conference on the line. Let's break it down: • (7) Orlando Magic 120, (8) Atlanta Hawks 95 • (7) Golden State Warriors 121, (8) Memphis Grizzlies 116

The Houston Rockets clinched the No. 2 spot in the 2025 ... standings courtesy of Tuesday's victory by the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Rockets are 52-27 with three games left to play in their 2024-25 regular season.

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.

Winning three of the last four games should Memphis in a solid spot to secure a top-six seed. The Grizzlies have the tiebreaker over the Timberwolves, and Friday’s game against the Nuggets decide the winner of that season series.

In the first matchup, the No. 3 seed New York Knicks defeated the No. 6 seed Detroit Pistons by the final score of 116-113. The Knicks clinched a six-game series victory with the win, advancing to the second round of the playoffs for a third straight year.

Both teams not only easily swept their opponents, but they also currently possess the two highest margins of victory averages in NBA playoff history. OKC beat the Memphis Grizzlies by an average of 19.5 points per game, while the Cavaliers demolished the Miami Heat by 30.5 (!) points in their four victories.