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The Cleveland Cavaliers seek out a 2-0 lead in their first-round NBA Playoffs series against the Toronto Raptors, as they open the doors at Rocket Arena for Game 2 on Monday night. The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.
Basketball fans have plenty of options for catching every game of the playoffs this season.
Here's the NBA playoff games today, TV schedule and bracket: The 4 vs. 5 and 3 vs. 6 matchups in both the Eastern and Western conferences begin their best-of-seven first-round series on Saturday, April 18: Toronto Raptors (5) vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (4), noon Minnesota Timberwolves (6) vs. Denver Nuggets (3), 2:30 p.m.
The postseason tournament tips off on April 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
NBA regular season over, the NBA Play-In Tournament begins to see which teams will take the last four spots (the 7-seed and 8-seed east and west, respectively) in the NBA Playoffs. Once in the playoffs,
The New York Knicks play against the Atlanta Hawks in an NBA game today. The game is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. CT on Peacock. Fans can watch this game live online by purchasing a monthly Peacock subscription for $10.
Read this preview for Monday's NBA playoff matchup between the Knicks and Hawks. Explore the different Kalshi markets available.
The NBA postseason is underway, and the full schedule for the first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs is set. The playoffs tip off this Saturday (April 18) and the first round, with eight best-of-seven series, could run through May 3. The NBA announced the full schedule for the first round late on Tuesday night.
A subscription to DirecTV — which comes with ESPN, ABC and NBC for the NBA Playoffs — gets you access to live TV, local and cable channels with the streamer’s “Choice” package, starting at $59.99 for the first month of service ($94.99 per month afterwards). The service even offers a five-day free trial to watch for free, if you sign up now.
Every NBA playoff series moves to Game 2 with three games on tap Monday night: Raptors vs. Cavaliers, Hawks vs. Knicks and Timberwolves vs. Nuggets.