All four rounds of the playoffs are best-of-seven, and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the better regular-season record in each series will have home-court advantage for that series. All series are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the team with the better record hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7.

Victor Wembanyama (11 pts, 15 reb, 12 blk) set the all-time record for blocks in a Playoff game, but the Timberwolves took Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinals series, surviving a game-winning 3-point attempt from Julian Champagnie to win 104-102.

The OKC Thunder remains inevitable. For a third straight game, the Los Angeles Lakers crumbled in the second half and the Thunder pulled away. This time, it was worse than the typical 18-point victory. OKC routed the Lakers 131-108 to go up 3-0 in the ...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a game-high 35 points and the Thunder outlasted the Lakers for a 115-110 win Monday to advance to the Western Conference finals.

What Jalen Brunson is doing in this playoff run is simply remarkable. He’s putting up playoffs numbers that earn his name on lists of league legends. In the first round, he became the second player to score 40 and dish 10 assists in two straight playoff ...

Round 2 of the NBA playoffs commences on Monday, featuring high-profile matchups including the Philadelphia 76ers against the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves facing off against the San Antonio Spurs. This stage of the playoffs showcases a ...