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How many games is the first round of the NBA playoffs? All playoff series are best of seven with a 2-2-1-1-1 format. The higher seed hosts Games 1, 2, 5 and 7. Unlike the NFL playoffs, teams aren't reseeded after the first round. So the winner of the 1-8 ...
The studio program to serve as pregame, halftime and postgame show for highth-profile NBA events on ESPN and ABC.
NBC’s streaming service has Peacock NBA Monday doubleheaders starting October 27, plus simulcasts of all NBC’s games and the November 1 game in Mexico City between Dallas and Detroit. Peacock and NBC combine to televise a Martin Luther King Jr. Day quadrupleheader January 19.
The six group winners plus a wild card from each conference — determined by head-to-head record and point differential — go into an eight-team knockout round bracket (East vs. East, West vs. West, similar to the NBA playoffs where the conferences are separate until the Finals). The knockout round games are single-elimination.
It's the 2025 Sports Equinox. Similar to a solar equinox, when the sun lines up perfectly with the Earth's equator to signal the change of seasons, the sports seasons from the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL all align.
The NBA Cup is back. The league's in-season tournament is entering its third season as part of the NBA schedule, and this year's edition will tip-off Friday, as group play begins on Halloween. The Lakers and Bucks have put up NBA Cup (or,
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2025-26 NBA Power Rankings: Trail Blazers, Lakers, Bucks rise, while Clippers, Warriors fall!
After suffering a three-game losing streak on the road to the Heat, Bucks, and Bulls — the Knicks bounced back with two dominant home victories versus the Bulls and Wizards by 12 and 17 points. New York has five straight home games on deck as apart of this seven-game home stand.
The 2025-26 Cleveland Cavaliers season is in its infancy, and there are layers to this thing. Let's peel them back.