The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.

Official home of the 2022 NBA Playoffs. News, video, stats, matchups and series previews. The NBA Playoffs start April 16, 2022.

The NBA Cup moved into the quarterfinal rounds with two games in the East Tuesday and two in the West on Wednesday.

The battle for the 2025 NBA Cup is officially down to eight teams. Entering Friday night, six of the eight spots in the single-elimination knockout round were still up for grabs. In the Western Conference, the Thunder topped the Suns 123–119 to clinch ...

The Blazers fumbled their chance to clinch Group C in the NBA Cup's West bracket on Wednesday night, but considered it a "good loss" to learn from for a team that has been out of the playoff mix in recent seasons.

Sept. 23: Earliest date for Media days for teams traveling outside of North America for 2025 Preseason: Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers (Sept 26th), New Orleans Pelicans, Phoenix Suns (Sept. 24th)

I've been a fan of the nba for a while now, and in this video I wanted to share with your what I think is going to happen in this years nba playoffs. I break down each bracket and give you my winners/losers along with the 2014 Champion.