The 2026 NBA playoffs will begin on April 18. The 2025-26 regular season wraps up on April 12, giving teams a short break before the postseason tips off. The Play-In Tournament, introduced in 2021 to keep more teams competitive and reduce tanking, determines the final two playoff spots in each conference.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James doesn't believe losing the 2025 NBA Finals did anything to hurt the Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton from a legacy standpoint.

The NBA today announced the schedule for the NBA Finals 2026 presented by YouTube TV. The best-of-seven series tips off Wednesday, June 3. Game 7 is scheduled for Friday, June 19, if necessary.

The 2026 NBA Finals will be played with a slightly altered schedule this June, which may result in there being more time between the league crowning its champion and the NBA Draft. Last season's Game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers came only 72 hours prior to Cooper Flagg going No. 1 overall in the draft.

It looks like the Los Angeles Lakers are confident that they will fare much better in the 2026 playoffs compared to the regular season.

One Eastern Conference team has an analyst more worried than impressed by the New York Knicks' six-game streak, and it's not the Boston Celtics.

One NBA insider proposed a wild 4-team trade that would give the Chicago Bulls an intriguing young wing from a division rival.

Daniel Gafford gingerly peeled back the multiple layers of tape from his right foot and ankle that, once again, were not enough to prevent a painful and scary occurrence. This time, Gafford went down late in the first half of the Mavericks’ Tuesday night loss to Boston.

NBA legend Ralph Sampson believes that the Houston Rockets should rest Kevin Durant more during the back half of the regular season.

In a recent report from The Athletic’s Dan Woike, it was revealed that a 28-year-old forward who played alongside Luka Doncic in the 2024 NBA Finals ( Dallas Mavericks) is an asset the Lakers are considering trading for.