The 2023-24 NBA regular season is over and the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs is almost here. Expect plenty of drama after a memorable regular season.
The Boston Celtics clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference in March and have home-court advantage throughout the playoffs as they look to return to the Finals for the first time since 2022 and hang an NBA championship banner for the first time since 2008. They will wait for the results of the play-in tournament to know their first-round opponent, as will the No. 2 seed New York Knicks.
In the West, the defending champion Denver Nuggets are seeded 2, behind the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 2020 and looking to win the nation’s first NBA championship. the team since moving to Oklahoma City. In 2008.
After the play-in tournament, the 16-team NBA playoffs will begin with four games on Saturday and four more on Sunday. Eight teams from each conference will advance to the first round and compete in a best-of-seven series to advance. All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-7 and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the best regular season record in each series will have home-field advantage for that series. All series are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the team with the best record hosting games 1, 2, 5 and 7 (if necessary).
We’ll have full coverage of the NBA Playoffs throughout the 2024 NBA Finals, which begin June 6 on ABC and the ESPN app.
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EAST CONFERENCE
To be determined
Game 1: Sunday in Boston, 1 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 2: Wednesday, April 24 in Boston, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Saturday, April 27 at the winning play-in, 6 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Monday April 29 to the winning play-in
Game 5 (if necessary): Wednesday May 1 in Boston
Game 6 (if necessary): Friday May 3 at the winning play-in
Game 7 (if necessary): Sunday May 5 in Boston
To be determined
Game 1: Saturday, April 20 in New York (6 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Game 2: Monday in New York, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Thursday, April 25 at the winning play-in, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Sunday, April 28 at the winning play-in, 1 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday April 30 in New York
Game 6 (if necessary): Thursday May 2 at the winning play-in
Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday May 4 in New York (TNT)
Game 1: Sunday in Milwaukee, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Tuesday at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Game 3: Friday, April 26 at Indiana, 5:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Sunday, April 28 in Indiana, 7 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday April 30 in Milwaukee
Game 6 (if necessary): Thursday May 2 in Indiana
Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday, May 4 in Milwaukee (TNT)
Game 1: Saturday at Cleveland, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Monday at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Game 3: Thursday, April 25 in Orlando, 7 p.m. ET (NBA TV)
Game 4: Saturday, April 27 in Orlando, 1 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday April 30 in Cleveland
Game 6 (if necessary): Friday May 3 in Orlando
Game 7 (if necessary): Sunday May 5 in Cleveland
WESTERN CONFERENCE
To be determined
Game 1: Sunday in Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 2: Wednesday, April 24 in Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Saturday, April 27 at the winning play-in, 3:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Monday April 29 to the winning play-in
Game 5 (if necessary): Wednesday, May 1 in Oklahoma City
Game 6 (if necessary): Friday May 3 at the winning play-in
Game 7 (if necessary): Sunday, May 5 in Oklahoma City
Game 1: Saturday in Denver, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 2: Monday in Denver, 10 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Thursday, April 25 in Los Angeles, 10 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 4: Saturday, April 27 in Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 5 (if necessary): Monday April 29 in Denver
Game 6 (if necessary): Thursday May 2 in Los Angeles
Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday, May 4 in Denver (TNT)
Game 1: Saturday at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 2: Tuesday at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Friday, April 26 at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Sunday, April 28 in Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 5 (if necessary): Tuesday April 30 in Minnesota
Game 6 (if necessary): Thursday May 2 in Phoenix
Game 7 (if necessary): Saturday May 4 in Minnesota
Game 1: Sunday at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 2: Tuesday at LA Clippers, 10 p.m. ET (TNT)
Game 3: Friday, April 26 in Dallas, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Game 4: Sunday, April 28 in Dallas, 3:30 p.m. ET (ABC)
Game 5 (if necessary): Wednesday May 1st at the LA Clippers
Game 6 (if necessary): Friday May 3 in Dallas
Game 7 (if necessary): Sunday May 5 at the LA Clippers
