What Teams Are Left in the NBA Playoffs 2021?

The 2021 NBA Playoffs are in full swing and there are only a few teams left vying for the championship title. Who are the contenders and who do you think will come out on top?

Eastern Conference

As of May 25th, 2021, the Eastern Conference Finals are set to feature the Milwaukee Bucks and the Brooklyn Nets. The Bucks dispatch the Miami Heat in five games, while the Nets needed six to get past the Boston Celtics. Game 1 of the series is set to take place on Saturday, May 29th.

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, until selling it to billionaire hedge fund managers Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry in 2014.

The Bucks have won one NBA championship (1971), two conference titles (1971, 1974), and 13 division titles (1970–71, 1972–74, 1980–86, 1987–88, 2001–02, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18, 2018-19). They have featured many notable players over the years including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Bob Dandridge, Alex English, Junior Bridgeman, Terry Cummings, Vin Baker,. Glenn Robinson,, Ray Allen,, Sam Cassell,, Michael Redd,, and Brandon Jennings,.

Since 1994,, the Bucks have played their home games at the Fiserv Forum,. Previously known as the Bradley Center from its 1989 opening until its 2018 sale to new owners,, it underwent $250 million in renovations from 2017 to 2019 to become the Fiserv Forum..

Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The franchise was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA).

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division and play at Wells Fargo Center. Founded in 1946 and originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest teams in the NBA, and one of only eight (out of 23) to survive the league’s first decade.

Atlanta Hawks

The Atlanta Hawks are a professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at State Farm Arena.

While the franchise can trace its beginnings to the presence of the Buffalo Bisons in Buffalo, New York, dating back to 1946, the Hawks actually began in 1946 as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, based in Moline, Illinois. The Blackhawks were one of 17 NBA Expansion Franchises that were awarded by the NBA in 1949.

Western Conference

As the regular season comes to an end, the playoff picture is starting to take shape. In the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers have clinched the top two seeds. The Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Houston Rockets, and Oklahoma City Thunder are fighting for the remaining spots.

Los Angeles Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The franchise began with the 1947 purchase of a disbanded team, the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League (NBL). The new team began playing in Minneapolis, calling themselves the Minneapolis Lakers. Initially a member of the NBL, the Lakers won the 1948 NBL championship before joining the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA), where they would win five of their next six championships. In 1949, led by center George Mikan, who was acquired in a trade with the Gems, they won their sixth championship, and by 1950 were losers of an NBL-record 33 consecutive games.

After Mikan’s retirement in 1954 following knee injuries sustained during his final seasons with Minneapolis (who had since relocated to Los Angeles), brainstorming by general manager Fred Schaus led toweet c a radical modification to NBA rules that prohibited offensive goaltending. Using this new rule Pistons’ head coach Charles Wolfenstein devised a system that employed center Bill Russell as a last line of defense; this innovation became known as “The Goaltending Defense” or “The Zonen Defense”. When picked up by Boston owner Walter Brown he used it to lead his team to nine NBA titles in thirteen seasons; making them one of only two teams that have ever won more than eight championships (the other being their rivals, the Lakers).

Los Angeles Clippers

The Los Angeles Clippers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Clippers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The franchise was founded in 1970 as the Buffalo Braves, one of three expansion teams to join the NBA that year. The Braves moved from Buffalo, New York to San Diego, California in 1978 and became known as the San Diego Clippers. In 1984, The Clippers moved to Los Angeles.

The franchise began in Western New York as the Buffalo Braves, one of three NBA expansion franchises that began play in the 1970–71 season, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers. They played their home games at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium from 1971 through 1978. The franchise was named after a term for striping horsehair used in mattresses and upholstery; boisterous fans would often “clip” (or strip) paper or plastic cups or bags in Xs or Os of their team logo to show support for their Braves during games played there.

Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are one of the teams remaining in the Western Conference of the NBA Playoffs for 2021. They are currently in second place in the conference, behind the Los Angeles Clippers. The Nuggets have a strong team this year and are looking to make a deep run in the playoffs. They have All-Star caliber players in Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, who are both early candidates for MVP of the league. The Nuggets also have great role players like Gary Harris and Will Barton, who provide great defense and shooting. The Nuggets are a team to watch out for in the playoffs and could make a run at the NBA Finals.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Trail Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The franchise was founded in 1970, and played its home games in Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (called the Rose Garden until 2013). The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. The team has made the playoffs 20 times in franchise history, through the 2020–21 season.