NBA Playoffs 2025: TV Schedule, First Round Matchups, How to Watch Today's Games

The Boston Celtics begin their title defense on Sunday in search of the franchise's 19th NBA championship. They enter the NBA playoffs as the No. 2 seed in the East and will face the No. 7 Orlando Magic in the first round. The Cleveland Cavaliers are the top seed in the East and have a first-round matchup against the winner of tonight's No. 8 play-in game between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks. The Oklahoma City Thunder won an NBA-best 68 games this season and are the top seed in the West behind what is likely to be an MVP campaign for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who led the league in scoring at 32.7 points a game. If SGA doesn't win MVP honors, then it will be Nikola Jokić winning his fourth MVP in the last five years. The Denver Nuggets center became just the third player in NBA history to average a triple-double for the season, finishing third in scoring (29.6 points per game) and rebounds (12.7 per game) and second in assists (10.2 per game). The most interesting development in th ... Read full article.