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The National Basketball Association ( NBA) playoffs is the annual elimination tournament held to determine the league champion. The four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held after the league's regular season and its preliminary postseason tournament, the NBA play-in tournament.
The 2021 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2020–21 season.With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting the NBA for the second consecutive year, the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team and the start date of the playoffs was moved from its usual time in mid-April to May 22, 2021.
The 2024 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2023–24 season. The playoffs began on April 20 and concluded on June 17 with the Boston Celtics winning the 2024 NBA Finals for their 18th championship, the most in NBA history.
The Boston Celtics swept the Brooklyn Nets, marking the 46th year in a row that a sweep occurred. The last time a sweep did not occur was in 1976. This was the 182nd series sweep in NBA playoffs history. The Philadelphia 76ers and Toronto Raptors series became the first Eastern Conference First Round series to go to a game 6 since 2018.
The NBA playoffs started early in the week with the play-in mini-tournament, but the 16-team bracket gets going for real this weekend as the Denver Nuggets look to defend their title.. Those ...
The NBA's postseason playoff pool is up nearly $10 million from last year. This year, the 16 playoff teams will divide up $26,969,000. Every team is assured of at least $402,493 for making the ...
The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the 2023 NBA Finals , their first title in franchise history.
Since 1984, 39 of the 40 NBA champions have entered the playoffs seeded 1, 2 or 3 in their conference. That said, it's been an unpredictable year. And the playoffs inevitably bring surprises.