The 2025 NBA playoff bracket is about because the 2024-25 common season wrapped up Sunday on a loaded slate that decided seven completely different seeds within the Western Convention. The Clippers beat the Warriors within the last sport of the day to clinch the final playoff spot within the West. The 2025 NBA playoffs will kick off on Saturday, April 19 and all first-round collection will start subsequent weekend.
The Nuggets and Timberwolves additionally clinched their very own playoff spots on Sunday, beating the Rockets and Jazz, respectively.
All 10 Japanese Convention seeds have been locked in earlier than Sunday’s motion. The No. 1 Cavaliers and No. 2 Celtics must wait to see who comes out of the Play-In Match to face them within the first spherical. The 2 East first-round collection we all know now? The No. 3 Knicks vs. the No. 6 Pistons and a Pacers vs. Bucks rematch within the convention’s 4-5 matchup.
2025 NBA playoff bracket
East first-round matchups
- No. 1 Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Magic/Hawks/Bulls/Warmth
- No. 2 Celtics vs. No. 7 Magic/Hawks
- No. 3 Knicks vs. No. 6 Pistons
- No. 4 Pacers vs. No. 5 Bucks
West first-round matchups
No. 1 Thunder vs. No. 8 Warriors/Grizzlies/Kings/Mavericks
No. 2 Rockets vs. No. 7 Warriors/Grizzlies
No. 3 Lakers vs. No. 6 Timberwolves
No. 4 Nuggets vs. No. 5 Clippers
And listed here are the ultimate regular-season standings.
Japanese Convention standings
Western Convention standings
| Rank | Staff | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Metropolis – x | 68 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston – x | 52 | 30 |
| 3 | L.A. Lakers – x | 50 | 32 |
| 4 | Denver | 50 | 32 |
| 5 | L.A. Clippers | 50 | 32 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 49 | 33 |
| — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Golden St. | 49 | 33 |
| 8 | Memphis | 48 | 34 |
| 9 | Sacramento | 40 | 42 |
| 10 | Dallas | 39 | 43 |
x = clinched playoff spot
As a reminder: the highest six groups in every convention routinely get spots within the 16-team playoff area. The ultimate 4 playoff spots can be decided by the Play-In Match, which can function Nos. 7-10 in every convention. The seventh-place staff hosts the eight-place staff to earn the No. 7 seed. The loser of that sport will face the winner of a sport between the ninth- and Tenth-place groups for the No. 8 seed.
Tiebreakers
This is how NBA playoff tiebreakers work:
Within the occasion of a two-way tie, the staff that received the season collection will get the upper seed. In the event that they break up the season collection and one of many groups received its division, the division winner will get the upper seed. If that does not resolve the tie, then the tiebreakers are, so as: division report (if the groups are in the identical division), convention report, report in opposition to top-10 in-conference groups, report in opposition to top-10 groups in each conferences, level differential.
Within the occasion that greater than two groups are tied, the tiebreakers are, so as: division winner, report in opposition to tied groups, division report (if all tied groups are in the identical division), convention report, report in opposition to top-10 in-conference groups, report in opposition to top-10 groups in each conferences, level differential.
2025 NBA playoffs: Key dates
- April 13: Ultimate day of standard season
- April 15-18: Play-In Match
- April 19: Playoffs start
- Might 12: NBA Draft Lottery
- June 5: NBA Finals start
