The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.

It was just two weeks ago the Knicks toppled the Spurs 124-113 in the NBA Cup final in Las Vegas. Despite their loss, the Spurs were the hottest team in the NBA after the Cup final, winning their next five games. Two of those wins came against the Thunder — and they had already beaten Oklahoma City in Vegas in the NBA Cup semifinals.

Carlisle, who led Dallas to the 2011 title and Indiana to the Finals last season, finally became one of two active coaches with 1,000 wins.

Jaylen Brown locks up Luka Doncic in Game 5 to seal the Bill Russell trophy as 2024 NBA Finals MVP.

The Indiana Pacers are picking up the pieces after a difficult collapse over the past seven months. The team led 2-1 after beating the Thunder in Game 3 at home

A pair of recognizable and sorely missed logos will apparently make their way back to the court for the 2026 NBA Finals, when the NBA will resume painting the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy and the NBA Finals script on the home team's court, according ...

The Los Angeles Lakers may be without multiple key players in Friday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

DETROIT — In his first media interview about the Knicks in almost three years, James Dolan explained he fired Tom Thibodeau because, among other reasons, the coach was averse to collaboration. The owner also shot down a potential trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo and declared this season as Finals or failure.