NBA playoff bracket 2025: Schedule, times, scores for conference finals

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The 2025 NBA playoffs conference finals picture is complete after Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Sunday.

It will be the fifth time the Thunder have competed in the conference finals since arriving in OKC in 2008.

Oklahoma City will have a home-court advantage when starting its Western Conference Finals series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

ANALYSIS: Run, gun and stun. Thunder’s offensive options, suffocating defense too much for Nuggets

Minnesota has not played since clinching the series victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.

The Eastern Conference Finals series will feature the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks. The Knicks haven’t played in the conference finals since losing the series 4-2 against the Pacers in 2000.

The Pacers reached the conference finals for the first time in over a decade last season but were swept by the Boston Celtics in four games. Indiana got the best of Boston this season in the semifinals, although Jayson Tatum suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon in Game 4.

Here’s the complete NBA playoffs schedule, including results and broadcast information:

NBA bracket: Playoff schedule, scores and results

The conference finals are set and could run through June 2.

All times Eastern. *-if necessary

Conference finals

Eastern Conference

• Game 1, May 21: Pacers at Knicks | TNT, 8 p.m.
• Game 2, May 23: Pacers at Knicks | TNT, 8 p.m.
• Game 3, May 25: Knicks at Pacers | TNT, 8 p.m.
• Game 4, May 27: Knicks at Pacers | TNT, 8 p.m.
• Game 5, May 29: Pacers at Knicks | TNT, 8 p.m.*
• Game 6, May 31: Knicks at Pacers | TNT, 8 p.m.*
• Game 7, June 2: Pacers at Knicks | TNT, 8 p.m.*

Western Conference

• Game 1, May 20: Timberwolves at Thunder | ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
• Game 2, May 22: Timberwolves at Thunder | ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
• Game 3, May 24: Thunder at Timberwolves | ABC, 8:30 p.m.
• Game 4, May 26: Thunder at Timberwolves | ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
• Game 5, May 28: Timberwolves at Thunder | ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*
• Game 6, May 30: Thunder at Timberwolves | ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*
• Game 7, June 1: Timberwolves at Thunder | ESPN, 8 p.m.*

2025 NBA Finals schedule

*-if necessary

• Game 1, June 5: TBD, ABC
• Game 2, June 8: TBD, ABC
• Game 3, June 11: TBD, ABC
• Game 4, June 13: TBD, ABC
• Game 5, June 16: TBD, ABC*
• Game 6, June 19: TBD, ABC*
• Game 7, June 22: TBD, ABC*

NBA playoff results: Second round

Eastern Conference

(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (4) Indiana Pacers

Pacers win series 4-1

(2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) New York Knicks

Knicks win series 4-2

Western Conference

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (4) Denver Nuggets

Thunder win series 4-3

(6) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (7) Golden State Warriors

Timberwolves win series 4-1

NBA playoff results: First round

Eastern Conference

(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (8) Miami Heat

Cavaliers win series 4-0

(2) Boston Celtics vs. (7) Orlando Magic

Celtics win series 4-1

(3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Detroit Pistons

Knicks win series 4-2

(4) Indiana Pacers vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks

Pacers win series 4-1

Western Conference

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies

Thunder win series 4-0

(2) Houston Rockets vs. (7) Golden State Warriors

Warriors win series 4-3

(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Minnesota Timberwolves

Timberwolves win series 4-1

(4) Denver Nuggets vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers

Nuggets win series 4-3

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