After 1,230 regular-season games and a play-in tournament, the NBA playoffs have finally arrived! The moment when the best separate themselves from the rest, and the highest level of basketball is on show, with all roads leading to the NBA Finals, where only one team can be crowned champions. Check NBA results here.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships since the Golden State Warriors in 2017 and 2018. They ended this season as the best team in the league after finishing with a 64-18 record, topping the Western Conference.
Alongside them, the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and Los Angeles Lakers secured homecourt advantage during the playoffs, while the Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, and Phoenix Suns make up the other teams in the West.
In the East, the Detroit Pistons topped the standings (60-22), with the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Cleveland Cavaliers making up the top four. They are joined by the Toronto Raptors, Atlanta Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic.
Teams on each side will battle through the playoffs in best-of-seven series to be named conference champions, before eventually meeting in the NBA Finals, which begin on June 3rd. Live NBA scores.
