{"id":605798,"date":"2026-04-14T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605798\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:38:09","slug":"2026-nba-play-in-playoffs-finals-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/605798\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NBA Play-in, Playoffs &#038; Finals Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2159106 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-playoffs-10-teams-logos-1568x882.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-play-in-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Playoff Bracket<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This page will be updated each time postseason scheduling is officially announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 NBA Playoffs Dates To Know:<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a02026 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament\u00a0will take place\u00a0April 14-17.<br \/>\nThe first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs presented by Google will start April 18.<br \/>\nGame 1 of the\u00a02026 NBA Finals\u00a0will be June 3.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/play-in-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament<\/a> will take place April 14-17.<br \/>All games will be broadcast exclusively on Prime Video.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 14<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, April 15<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 17<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&gt; First Round<\/p>\n<p>The schedule for the first round of the NBA Playoffs will be announced at the conclusion of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/east-first-round-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(1) Detroit vs. (8) TBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: TBD at Detroit | Sunday April 19 (6:30 ET, NBC\/Peacock)<br \/>\nGame 2: TBD at Detroit | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Detroit at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Detroit at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: TBD at Detroit* | TBD<br \/>\nGame 6: Detroit at TBD* | TBD<br \/>\nGame 7: TBD at Detroit* | TBD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/east-first-round-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(2) Boston vs. (7) TBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: TBD at Boston | Sunday April 19 (1 ET, ABC)<br \/>\nGame 2: TBD at Boston | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Boston at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Boston at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: TBD at Boston* | TBD<br \/>\nGame 6: Boston at TBD* | TBD<br \/>\nGame 7: TBD at Boston* | TBD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/east-first-round-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(3) New York vs. (6) Atlanta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: Atlanta at New York | Saturday April 18 (6 ET, Prime Video)<br \/>\nGame 2: Atlanta at New York | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: New York at Atlanta | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: New York at Atlanta | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: Atlanta at New York | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: New York at Atlanta | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: Atlanta at New York | TBD*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/east-first-round-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(4) Cleveland vs. (5) Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: Toronto at Cleveland | Saturday April 18 (1 ET, Prime Video)<br \/>\nGame 2: Toronto at Cleveland | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Cleveland at Toronto | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Cleveland at Toronto | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: Toronto at Cleveland | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: Cleveland at Toronto | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: Toronto at Cleveland | TBD*<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/west-first-round-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(1) Oklahoma City vs. (8) TBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: TBD at Oklahoma City | Sunday April 19 (3:30 ET, ABC)<br \/>\nGame 2: TBD at Oklahoma City | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Oklahoma City at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Oklahoma City at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: TBD at Oklahoma City | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: Oklahoma City at TBD | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: TBD at Oklahoma City | TBD*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/west-first-round-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(2) San Antonio vs. (7) TBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: TBD at San Antonio | Sunday April 19 (9 ET, NBC\/Peacock)<br \/>\nGame 2: TBD at San Antonio | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: San Antonio at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: San Antonio at TBD | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: TBD at San Antonio | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: San Antonio at TBD | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: TBD at San Antonio | TBD*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/west-first-round-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(3) Denver vs. (6) Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: Minnesota at Denver | Saturday April 18 (3:30 ET, Prime Video)<br \/>\nGame 2: Minnesota at Denver | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Denver at Minnesota | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Denver at Minnesota | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: Minnesota at Denver | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: Denver at Minnesota | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: Minnesota at Denver | TBD*<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\/west-first-round-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(4) Los Angeles vs. (5) Houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game 1: Houston at Los Angeles | Saturday April 18 (8:30 ET, ABC)<br \/>\nGame 2: Houston at Los Angeles | TBD<br \/>\nGame 3: Los Angeles at Houston | TBD<br \/>\nGame 4: Los Angeles at Houston | TBD<br \/>\nGame 5: Houston at Los Angeles | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 6: Los Angeles at Houston | TBD*<br \/>\nGame 7: Houston at Los Angeles | TBD*<\/p>\n<p>* = If necessary<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Conference Semifinals<\/p>\n<p>The Conference Semifinals schedule will be updated at the conclusion of the previous round.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&gt; Conference Finals<\/p>\n<p>The Conference Finals schedule will be updated at the conclusion of the previous round.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&gt; 2026 NBA Finals<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NBA Finals will be begin on June 3, with ABC as the exclusive broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>June 3:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 1 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nJune 5:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 2 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nJune 8:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 3 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nJune 10:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 4 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nJune 13:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 5 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary)<br \/>\nJune 16:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 6 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary)<br \/>\nJune 19:\u00a0NBA Finals 2026 \u2013 Game 7 on ABC, 8:30 p.m. ET (if necessary)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022 SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament | Playoff Bracket This page will be updated each time postseason scheduling is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[294794,64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-605798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-2026-nba-playoffs-schedule","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}