Where Are the NBA Playoffs?

The NBA playoffs are in full swing and there are plenty of storylines to follow. Where are the playoffs being held this year?

Introduction

The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among the top eight teams in each of the NBA’s two conferences, the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference’s bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. All rounds are best-of-seven series; the team with four wins advances to the next round, while the other team is eliminated from playoff contention.

The NBA Playoffs Format

In the NBA, the playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament among sixteen teams that have each qualified in their respective conference, either by winning a division title or earning a Wild Card berth. The four division champions in each conference (seeded 1–4 based on regular season record) earn home court advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs, while the other teams (seeded 5–8) start on the road.

The NBA Playoffs Schedule

The NBA playoffs are a post-season tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The playoffs began on April 15, 2019, after the 2018–19 NBA regular season.

The playoffs will end in June with the 2019 NBA Finals. The championship series is a best-of-seven format, and it is being played between the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference champions.

In the first two rounds of the playoffs, the four team divisional winners will be seeded first and second based on their regular season records. The other two teams in each conference with the next best records will be seeded seventh and eighth. These seedings are used to create a match-up schedule so that each team plays each other at least once during the first two rounds.

The four divisional winners will then be reseeded one through four based on their regular season records, with the winner of each conference playing the fourth seed from the opposite conference in the semifinals.

The better record between any two teams remaining in contention determines which team obtains home-court advantage in any given round.

The NBA Playoffs Locations

The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament annually held after the NBA’s regular season to determine the league’s champion. The playoffs follow a tournament format. Each team plays an opponent in a best-of-seven series, and the first team to win four games wins the series and advances to the next round, until the final round, whose winner becomes the league’s champion. Its winner receives the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

The NBA Playoffs began on April 15, 2019. The playoffs will end on June 16 if it goes to seven games, or June 13 if it goes to six games. Therefore, the earliest possible date for Game 7 of the 2019 NBA Finals is June 16, and the latest possible date is June 30.

The Eastern Conference finals will be held at TD Garden in Boston, while the Western Conference finals will take place at Oracle Arena in Oakland. The 2019 NBA Finals will be played at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The NBA Playoffs Tickets

The NBA Playoffs are the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The playoffs began on April 14, 2019, after the 2018–19 NBA regular season. The playoffs will end in June 2019.

The NBA Playoffs TV Schedule

The first round of the 2020 NBA playoffs began on August 17. The conference semifinals are set to begin on September 4, followed by the conference finals on September 15. The NBA Finals are set to begin on September 30 and will conclude no later than October 13.

ABC and ESPN will air the majority of the games during the 2020 NBA playoffs. TNT will also air some games during the first, second and third rounds, as well as the Western Conference Finals. NBA TV will televise select first- and second-round games, while ESPN Radio will provide extensive coverage throughout the playoffs.