NBA play-offs 2026

Cade
Cunningham
Detroit Pistons
point guard

PLAY-IN TOURNAMENT
Eight teams battle for four play-off places

Eastern Conference
M1 8 	Orlando	 	- 7 Philadelphia	7th seed
M3 10 	Miami 		- 9 Charlotte
  	Winner M3	- Loser M1 	8th seed

Western Conference
M2 8 	Portland	 	- 7 Phoenix	 7th seed
M4 10 	Golden State 	- 9 LA Clippers
	Winner M4 	- Loser M2 	8th seed
 

PLAY-OFFS: Apr 18-Jun 19.
Top eight teams in each conference contest best-of-seven play-off series

Round 1

Record: 64-18*						60-22
1 Oklahoma 						Detroit 1 
8 –							– 8
– 							–
	Conference 			Conference
	semi-final			semi-final
53-29 							52-30
4 LA Lakers 						Cleveland 4 
5 Houston						Toronto 5 
50-32 							46-36
		Conference	Conference
54-28		final		final			53-29
3 Denver 						New York 3 
6 Minnesota						Atlanta 6
49-33 							46-36
	Conference 			Conference			
	semi-final			semi-final
62-20							56-26
2 San Antonio						Boston 2
7 –							– 7
–							–
			NBA FINALS
			Start: Jun 3
  
New York Knicks beat
San Antonio Spurs
to win NBA Cup
title in
December

*Regular season win-loss


Source: NBA
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