NBA Playoffs Articles - Page 55

His name is Pat Connaughton and he will not be forgotten. The Milwaukee Bucks’ 10-year veteran who helped them win an NBA championship in 2021 — while earning his Playoff Pat nickname — has spent most of this season out of the rotation and buried on the bench. Yet he never lost confidence. “I think […]

This year, the NBA’s Western Conference has been super competitive, and it’s hard to tell who will come out and go to the Finals. There are some who think the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors have a good chance of making it to the Finals, and ESPN’s Kevin Pelton shared his upside […]

The stage has been set for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. After a thrilling end to the regular season, one that saw the Western Conference standings determined in the last few games on Sunday, the race for a championship has begun. However, as you look down the NBA Playoffs Power Rankings, the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma […]

The Hawks travel to play the Magic in the first NBA play-in game! This is a big game, and whoever wins will be safely in the next round of the postseason. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Hawks-Magic prediction and pick. The Hawks have struggled with inconsistency and have been mediocre […]

The Golden State Warriors ended the regular season with a 124-119 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Forward Jonathan Kuminga was noticeably benched in Sunday’s loss but teammate Stephen Curry sent him an inspiring message ahead of the play-in tournament. During the postgame press conference, the 37-year-old point guard was asked what he hopes to […]

The New York Knicks will officially enter the 2025 NBA Playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference. After a debatably successful season, the Knicks will face the Detroit Pistons, a team that beat New York in three of their four games this season. But the playoffs are an entirely different beast. And while […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers are going dancing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. They avoided going through the needle of the NBA Play-in Tournament after pulling off a come-from-behind 124-119 overtime victory over the Golden State Warriors on Sunday at Chase Center in San Francisco. The Clippers were down by as many as […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will be entering the 2025 NBA Playoffs as the fifth seed, finishing the 2024-25 season with a 48-34 record. As a result, they will face the number four-seeded Indiana Pacers, a familiar foe who has tormented them in the past. During the regular season, the Bucks took a solid 3-1 victory over […]

The Los Angeles Clippers sealed their playoff berth with a 124-119 overtime win over the Golden State Warriors on the final day of the regular season. They will be entering the playoffs as the fifth seed, going up against a Denver Nuggets team that’s looking to salvage its season after shaking up the team with […]

The Golden State Warriors enter the 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament with one clear objective: securing a postseason berth. Their opponent, the Memphis Grizzlies, presents a significant challenge. The two teams met four times in the regular season, with the Warriors emerging victorious in three of those matchups. Here, we offer four bold predictions for their […]

Draymond Green isn’t concerned about the Golden State Warriors’ aging star core ahead of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Green and the Warriors are coming off a 124-119 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday afternoon. This resulted in the team missing a chance to secure an automatic playoff spot, having to settle for […]

Rudy Gobert understands the importance of his role in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ upcoming first-round series against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Timberwolves won their season finale against the Utah Jazz on Sunday, securing the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoff bracket. This kept them safe from having to take part in the Play-In Tournament, […]

Losing to the Los Angeles Clippers was brutal for Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors. The game went down to the wire as both teams traded blows with one another. They competed until the final seconds of overtime, where the Clippers came out victorious by the final score of 124-119. Golden State had chances […]

The Memphis Grizzlies might have an uncertain ceiling going into the 2025 NBA Playoffs, especially with what Ja Morant can bring to the table. Tim Bontemps and Brian Windhorst co-wrote a piece on ESPN regarding the Grizzlies’ chances in the playoffs. They qualified for the Play-In Tournament, meaning they will face the Golden State Warriors […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers wrapped up their regular season with a 126-118 double-overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers. At first glance, it might seem like a game that would look like a stumble. But don’t let the box score fool you. This matchup at Rocket Arena wasn’t about wins or losses. It was a glimpse into […]

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham is getting ready for his first career trip to the NBA Playoffs. Cunningham has the Pistons rolling this season, and is setting some big goals for himself along the way. “I want to be the best player in the world. Every day … I don’t think there’s too many players […]

With the regular season nearly completed, it is almost time to turn the page to the 2025 edition of the NBA Playoffs. The Los Angeles Lakers have high hopes after acquiring Luka Doncic via a blockbuster trade in February, but a warning has been given to him as well as LeBron James. An anonymous NBA […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have earned the right to rest. With a dominant 64-17 record and the top seed in the Eastern Conference already locked in, they’ve done everything a team could ask for in the regular season. But as the curtain drops on the 2024-25 regular season campaign against the Indiana Pacers, the Cavs are […]

YorkThe Cleveland Cavaliers walked into Madison Square Garden with nothing to prove and everything stacked against them. They were down four rotation players, including All-Star Donovan Mitchell. The Cavs also played just the night before. They arrived in Manhattan late, with sore legs, tired eyes, and a No. 1 seed in the East already secured. […]

The Boston Celtics received a key update on the health of last year’s NBA Finals MVP, Jaylen Brown, just days before the start of their postseason campaign. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, Brown received pain management injections in his right knee earlier this week to promote healing and manage discomfort ahead of the NBA Playoffs. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves took care of business on Friday night in their second-to-last game of the regular season, picking up a 117-91 victory over the lowly Brooklyn Nets. Despite that, they still find themselves sitting in the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoff picture, which would force them to participate in the NBA’s […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have no reason to panic. While everything may look awful with Minnesota holding the 8-seed in the Western Conference with two games left, this team actually has the easiest path out of any team to make the playoffs and avoid the play-in tournament. How could this even be possible? Well, the Wolves […]

Despite recent struggles, Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham expressed confidence in his team’s ability to finish the season strong. With the playoffs approaching, he is slated to be a key figure. Cunningham is being referred to as the best player in an upcoming first-round series against the New York Knicks, per David Dennis of ESPN’s […]

With two games left on all 30 teams’ schedules, every win and loss matters a little more around this time of the year. This is very true in the Western Conference standings, as one game separates teams in the playoff picture from those in the play-in region. The Golden State Warriors are one of the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder went through a rite of passage last season. Following a massive leap to the top of the Western Conference standings, the No. 1 seed fell in devastating fashion to the Dallas Mavericks in a six-game playoff series. They suffered a fate that so many other young squads endured before them. Besides […]

Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are looking to get to the finish line this season with some momentum. After firing head coach Michael Malone and GM Calvin Booth, this team got a key win and snap their four-game losing streak with a 124-116 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. Now, Denver faces their […]

The NBA Playoffs bracket is starting to become clearer after Ja Morant’s misfiring Memphis Grizzlies (47-33) fell to Anthony Edwards’ trash-talking Minnesota Timberwolves (47-33) in the third-to-last game of the regular season. Newly appointed head coach Tuomas Iisalo and the Grizzlies had full control of their destiny going into the game, but the 141-125 loss […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers arrived in Indianapolis down four starters, resting and nursing injuries in preparation for the playoffs. However, what they lacked in star power, the Cavs made up for in grit, resilience, and the kind of next-man-up mentality that championship contenders are built on. Without Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, and Max Strus—and […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached the mountaintop of the Eastern Conference, clinching the playoffs’ number one seed with time to spare. But with the Cavs’ triumph comes a new challenge: how do you finish the regular season strong when there’s seemingly nothing left to play for? The answer, it appears, is rest. As the Cavs […]

The Western Conference standings have been changing every night. While the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets have clinched their spots at the top of the conference, every other team is still jockeying for position. Even more drama was added to the West playoff picture on Wednesday night when the Golden State Warriors suffered arguably […]

The Boston Celtics have officially locked up the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference, meaning they will play out the fiddle over their final two regular season games before turning their attention to the NBA’s play-in tournament, where their first-round opponent will be determined. After winning the 2024 NBA Finals, the Celtics will be […]

The Detroit Pistons have been absent from the NBA playoffs since 2019. This season, however, they have orchestrated a remarkable turnaround. The Pistons have positioned themselves as a team to watch in the Eastern Conference. As the regular season nears its conclusion, the Pistons’ seeding and potential matchups are subjects of intense speculation and analysis.​ […]

The Miami Heat’s 2024-2025 NBA season has been a rollercoaster ride. They have gone through ups, downs, and roster changes. This has left fans and analysts alike pondering the team’s fate as the playoffs approach. With a record that has sthem firmly entrenched in postseason contention, the Heat’s journey is a testament to resilience and […]

When the Minnesota Timberwolves led the Milwaukee Bucks by 20 points entering the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game in Milwaukee, it appeared as if Anthony Edwards and his team were on their way to another key victory. This win would have extended the Wolves’ win streak to six games. It would have also kept […]

No team has been hotter in recent weeks than the Golden State Warriors. Since Jimmy Butler’s arrival, the Dubs have been flying up the Western Conference standings, with Stephen Curry looking like a true MVP candidate and Draymond Green being the frontrunner for Defensive Player of the Year. This hot streak continued on Tuesday night […]

Where will the Los Angeles Lakers end up in the Western Conference standings? While the Lakers could have inched closer to clinching a playoff spot on Tuesday night, they fell 136-120 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a game that never seemed to be on their side. After handing the Thunder their worst loss of […]

The New York Knicks are nearing the end of another successful season and heading to the NBA playoffs. They’ve secured their second-straight 50-win season, and they are on the verge of locking down the third seed. But there are still issues to solve. And many of those issues were on full display in New York’s […]

On a night when their brightest star, Donovan Mitchell, was sidelined with a sprained ankle, the Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t shrink from the spotlight—they embraced it. With the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference within reach and playoff intensity already seeping into Rocket Arena, the Cavs delivered a 135-113 dismantling of the Chicago Bulls that […]

Confusion ran through the NBA on Tuesday when the Denver Nuggets decided to fire Michael Malone as head coach, along with general manager Calvin Booth. With the playoffs right around the corner, team owner Josh Kroenke finally opened up and explained the timing of making such changes. During an interview, Kroenke sat down and revealed […]