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The 2025 NBA postseason got started Tuesday night, and the Warriors are now officially in the playoffs. Stephen Curry and Jimmy Butler led the Warriors to a victory over the Grizzlies in a thrilling game in the NBA Play-In Tournament. The Magic took down the Hawks in Tuesday’s first game to earn the East’s No. 7 seed. The postseason schedule continues with play-in games on Wednesday and Friday, and the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs get started on Saturday.
The Warriors will face the Rockets in the first round, and the Magic will go up against the reigning champion Celtics in a best-of-seven series. We’ll know all eight first-round matchups by Friday night, and four of them were set at the end of the regular season: Knicks vs. Pistons and Pacers vs. Bucks in the East, Lakers vs. Timberwolves and Nuggets vs. Clippers in the West.
All eight first-round series will begin this weekend, and the first round could run through May 4. The NBA Finals are set to begin June 5.
2025 NBA playoff bracket
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East first-round matchups
No. 1 Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Hawks/Bulls/Heat
No. 2 Celtics vs. No. 7 Magic
No. 3 Knicks vs. No. 6 Pistons
No. 4 Pacers vs. No. 5 Bucks
West first-round matchups
No. 1 Thunder vs. No. 8 Grizzlies/Kings/Mavericks
No. 2 Rockets vs. No. 7 Warriors
No. 3 Lakers vs. No. 6 Timberwolves
No. 4 Nuggets vs. No. 5 Clippers
2025 NBA Play-In Tournament schedule, scores
All times Eastern
Tuesday, April 15
Magic 120, Hawks 95
Warriors 121, Grizzlies 116
Wednesday, April 16
Bulls vs. Heat, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN/fubo
Kings vs. Mavericks, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN/fubo
Friday, April 18
Hawks vs. East TBD, Time TBD, ESPN/fubo
Grizzlies vs. West TBD, Time TBD, TNT
2025 NBA playoffs: First-round schedule, scores
All times Eastern
Saturday, April 19
Game 1: Pacers vs. Bucks, 1 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Game 1: Nuggets vs. Clippers, 3:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Game 1: Knicks vs. Pistons, 6 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Game 1: Lakers vs. Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m., ABC/fubo
Sunday, April 20
Game 1: Cavaliers vs. TBD, Time/Channel TBD
Game 1: Celtics vs. Magic, Time/Channel TBD
Game 1: Thunder vs. TBD, Time/Channel TBD
Game 1: Rockets vs. Warriors, Time/Channel TBD
The rest of the first-round schedule has not yet been released by the NBA.
2025 NBA playoffs: Key dates
- April 13: Final day of regular season
- April 15-18: Play-In Tournament
- April 19: Playoffs begin
- May 12: NBA Draft Lottery
- June 5: NBA Finals begin
