Who Play Nba Playoffs Today?

The NBA playoffs are in full swing and we have your guide to who’s playing today and how to watch the games.

Introduction

The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament held after the conclusion of the NBA’s regular season to determine the league’s champion for that season. The playoff bracket is made up of 16 teams, 8 from each conference.

Eastern Conference

The Eastern Conference Finals are set: the Milwaukee Bucks will take on the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors have never been to the Finals before, while the Bucks haven’t been since 1974.

Toronto Raptors

The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Canada. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA’s expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since their debut, the Raptors have won six division titles. They have also been regular season conference leaders three times.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the league’s original eight teams, the team play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the most successful teams in NBA history; the franchise has won the most championships in the Eastern Conference and overall.

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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 continuously operating professional basketball franchises in the nation. The 76ers have had a rich history, with many of the greatest players in NBA history having played for the organization, including Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Billy Cunningham, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson. They have won three NBA championships, with their first coming as the Syracuse Nationals in 1955. The second title came in 1967, a team which was led by Chamberlain. The third title came in 1983, won by a team led by Erving and Malone. The 76ers have only been back to the NBA Finals once since then: when Allen Iverson led them to the 2001 NBA Finals.

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American 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 plays at the Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wesley Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the NBA on April 18. The new owners appointed Peter Feigin as the franchise’s fifth president.

Western Conference

The Western Conference Finals of the 2020 NBA Playoffs are set. The Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Denver Nuggets for a spot in the NBA Finals. This is a rematch of last year’s conference finals, which the Lakers won in six games. The Lakers are the favorites to win the series, but the Nuggets proved they can compete with the best in the league when they upset the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round.

Golden State Warriors

Golden State Warriors: The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are members of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Warriors compete in the NBA as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a founding member of the Basketball Association of America (BAA). In 1962, the franchise relocated to San Francisco Bay Area and was renamed as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to Golden State Warriors.

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles. The team was established in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego. In 1971, the Rockets moved to Houston.

Portland Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers, also commonly known as the 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 qualified for the playoffs in 34 seasons of their 50-season existence, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003, tied for the second longest streak in NBA history.

The Trail Blazers hold several franchise records including; most wins in a season, 41; most regular season losses, 63; most playoff games played, 53; and most points scored in a season, 4687.

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

The Thunder were previously the Seattle SuperSonics, an NBA team that relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City in 2008 under the ownership of Professional Basketball Clubs LLC, headed by Clay Bennett. The SuperSonics began play as an expansion team in 1967. The franchise won one NBA championship in 1979 and qualified for the NBA playoffs 22 times, winning divisional titles six times. In October 2006, Bennett announced that the SuperSonics would move to Oklahoma City as soon as the lease with KeyArena expired.

Conclusion

The answer to who play nba playoffs today is that it depends on the day that you are asking. The playoffs are always played on weekends, so if you are asking on a Friday, then the teams that will be playing are the ones that won their previous games. If you are asking on a Monday, then the teams that will be playing are the ones that lost their previous games.