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Here’s the updated bracket and schedule for today, May 5. NBA playoffs schedule today. Orlando Magic at Cleveland Cavaliers (Series tied, 3-3); 12 p.m. (CT) on ESPN. Saturday’s NBA playoffs scores
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada).The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. [3]
Of the six teams, only the 1986–87 Seattle SuperSonics and the 2022–23 Los Angeles Lakers made it as far as the Conference Finals; no seventh-seeded team has advanced to the NBA Finals. The 2022–23 Miami Heat and the 2022–23 Los Angeles Lakers are the only teams to win a playoff series after qualifying for the play-in tournament.
The 2024–25 NBA season is the 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2024, and ends on April 13, 2025. [1] The NBA held an in-season tournament for the second consecutive year, now called the Emirates NBA Cup. [2]
conference Put West or East divisionxleader Replace the divisionx 's with the names of the divisions in the conference, in lowercase. The numbers should indicate the conference ranking of each division leader.
The NBA first started awarding a Western Conference championship trophy during the 2000–01 season, renaming it after Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson in the 2021–22 season. [1] Also in 2021–22, the league began awarding the Earvin "Magic" Johnson Trophy to the Western Conference Finals Most Valuable Player , named after Hall of Famer Magic ...
The NBA first started awarding an Eastern Conference championship trophy during the 2000–01 season, renaming it after Hall of Famer Bob Cousy in the 2021–22 season. [1] Also in 2021–22, the league began awarding the Larry Bird Trophy to the Eastern Conference Finals Most Valuable Player , named after Hall of Famer Larry Bird .
The number of teams competed increased from 12 teams to 17 teams and the league realigned itself to three divisions, creating the Central Division. The division consisted of five teams, the Chicago Stags, the Fort Wayne Pistons, the Minneapolis Lakers, the Rochester Royals and the St. Louis Bombers. All five teams joined from the Western Division.