The ultimate 4 is about within the 2025 NBA playoff bracket, and the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder and Indiana Pacers are each one win away from reaching the NBA Finals. Each groups have 3-1 leads on reverse sides of the bracket, and the Thunder have the prospect to shut out the Minnesota Timberwolves within the Western Convention finals on Wednesday evening as they host Recreation 5.
Within the Japanese Convention finals, in the meantime, the Pacers took a 3-1 collection lead over the New York Knicks on Tuesday evening. The Knicks will return to Madison Sq. Backyard making an attempt to maintain their season alive on Thursday.
All 4 groups left standing are all in search of long-awaited NBA Finals appearances. The Thunder final made the Finals in 2012. The Pacers haven’t been to the championship spherical since 2000, and the Knicks final acquired there in 1999. The Timberwolves, in the meantime, have by no means been to the NBA Finals. The final championship amongst these 4 franchises got here in 1979 and was gained by the Seattle SuperSonics (years earlier than they moved to OKC).
The highest-seeded Thunder, who wanted seven video games to get previous the Denver Nuggets final spherical, had been anticipated to be right here within the playoff bracket. The Wolves, Knicks and Pacers have all pulled off upsets. The Timberwolves took out the third-seeded Los Angeles Lakers within the first spherical earlier than knocking out the seventh-seeded Golden State Warriors. The Knicks ousted the defending champion Boston Celtics final spherical, and the Pacers took down the East’s high seed within the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Warmth, Grizzlies, Bucks, Magic, Pistons, Rockets and Clippers, alongside the Lakers, had been knocked out within the first spherical of the playoffs.
2025 NBA playoff bracket
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2025 NBA playoffs: Convention finals schedule
All instances Japanese
Tuesday, Might 20
Recreation 1: Thunder 114, Timberwolves 88
Wednesday, Might 21
Recreation 1: Pacers 138, Knicks 135 (OT)
Thursday, Might 22
Recreation 2: Thunder 118, Timberwolves 103
Friday, Might 23
Recreation 2: Pacers 114, Knicks 109
Saturday, Might 24
Recreation 3: Timberwolves 143, Thunder 101
Sunday, Might 25
Recreation 3: Knicks 106, Pacers 100
Monday, Might 26
Recreation 4: Thunder 128, Timberwolves 126 (Oklahoma Metropolis leads 3-1)
Tuesday, Might 27
Recreation 4: Pacers 130, Knicks 121 (Indiana leads 3-1)
Wednesday, Might 28
Recreation 5: Thunder vs. Timberwolves, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Thursday, Might 29
Recreation 5: Knicks vs. Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT/Max
Friday, Might 30
*Recreation 6: Timberwolves vs. Thunder, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Saturday, Might 31
*Recreation 6: Pacers vs. Knicks, 8 p.m., TNT/Max
Sunday, June 1
*Recreation 7: Thunder vs. Timberwolves, 8 p.m., ESPN/fubo
Monday, June 2
*Recreation 7: Knicks vs. Pacers, 8 p.m., TNT/Max
2025 NBA playoffs: Second-round schedule, scores
All instances Japanese
Sunday, Might 4
Recreation 1: Pacers 121, Cavaliers 112
Monday, Might 5
Recreation 1: Knicks 108, Celtics 105 (OT)
Recreation 1: Nuggets 121, Thunder 119
Tuesday, Might 6
Recreation 2: Pacers 120, Cavaliers 119
Recreation 1: Warriors 99, Timberwolves 88
Wednesday, Might 7
Recreation 2: Knicks 91, Celtics 90
Recreation 2: Thunder 149, Nuggets 106
Thursday, Might 8
Recreation 2: Timberwolves 117, Warriors 93
Friday, Might 9
Recreation 3: Cavaliers 126, Pacers 104
Recreation 3: Nuggets 113, Thunder 104 (OT)
Saturday, Might 10
Recreation 3: Celtics 115, Knicks 93
Recreation 3: Timberwolves 102, Warriors 97
Sunday, Might 11
Recreation 4: Thunder 92, Nuggets 87
Recreation 4: Pacers 129, Cavaliers 109
Monday, Might 12
Recreation 4: Knicks 121, Celtics 113
Recreation 4: Timberwolves 117, Warriors 110
Tuesday, Might 13
Recreation 5: Pacers 114, Cavaliers 105 (Indiana wins 4-1)
Recreation 5: Thunder 112, Nuggets 105
Wednesday, Might 14
Recreation 5: Celtics 127, Knicks 102
Recreation 5: Timberwolves 121, Warriors 110 (Minnesota wins 4-1)
Thursday, Might 15
Recreation 6: Nuggets 119, Thunder 107
Friday, Might 16
Recreation 6: Knicks 119, Celtics 81 (New York wins 4-2)
Sunday, Might 18
Recreation 7: Thunder 125, Nuggets 93 (OKC wins 4-3)
2025 NBA playoffs: First-round scores
Saturday, April 19
Recreation 1: Pacers 117, Bucks 98
Recreation 1: Nuggets 112, Clippers 110 (OT)
Recreation 1: Knicks 123, Pistons 112
Recreation 1: Timberwolves 117, Lakers 95
Sunday, April 20
Recreation 1: Thunder 131, Grizzlies 80
Recreation 1: Celtics 103, Magic 86
Recreation 1: Cavaliers 121, Warmth 100
Recreation 1: Warriors 95, Rockets 85
Monday, April 21
Recreation 2: Pistons 100, Knicks 94
Recreation 2: Clippers 105, Nuggets 102
Tuesday, April 22
Recreation 2: Pacers 125, Bucks 115
Recreation 2: Thunder 118, Grizzlies 99
Recreation 2: Lakers 94, Timberwolves 85
Wednesday, April 23
Recreation 2: Celtics 109, Magic 100
Recreation 2: Cavaliers 121, Warmth, 112
Recreation 2: Rockets 109, Warriors 94
Thursday, April 24
Recreation 3: Knicks 118, Pistons 116
Recreation 3: Thunder 114, Grizzlies 108
Recreation 3: Clippers 117, Nuggets 83
Friday, April 25
Recreation 3: Magic 95, Celtics 93
Recreation 3: Bucks 117, Pacers 101
Recreation 3: Timberwolves 116, Lakers 104
Saturday, April 26
Recreation 3: Cavaliers 124, Warmth 87
Recreation 4: Thunder 117, Grizzlies 115 (Oklahoma Metropolis wins 4-0)
Recreation 4: Nuggets 101, Clippers 99
Recreation 3: Warriors 104, Rockets 93
Sunday, April 27
Recreation 4: Knicks 94, Pistons 93
Recreation 4: Timberwolves 116, Lakers 113
Recreation 4: Celtics 107, Magic 98
Recreation 4: Pacers 129, Bucks 103
Monday, April 28
Recreation 4: Cavaliers 138, Warmth 83 (Cleveland wins 4-0)
Recreation 4: Warriors 109, Rockets 106
Tuesday, April 29
Recreation 5: Pacers 119, Bucks 118 (Indiana wins 4-1)
Recreation 5: Pistons 106, Knicks 103
Recreation 5: Celtics 120, Magic 89 (Boston wins 4-1)
Recreation 5: Nuggets 131, Clippers 115
Wednesday, April 30
Recreation 5: Rockets 131, Warriors 116
Recreation 5: Timberwolves 103, Lakers 96 (Minnesota wins 4-1)
Thursday, Might 1
Recreation 6: Knicks 116, Pistons 113 (New York wins 4-2)
Recreation 6: Clippers 111, Nuggets 105 (Collection tied, 3-3)
Friday, Might 2
Recreation 6: Rockets 115, Warriors 107
Saturday, Might 3
Recreation 7: Nuggets 120, Clippers 101 (Denver wins 4-3)
Sunday, Might 4
Recreation 7: Warriors 103, Rockets 89 (Golden State wins 4-3)
2025 NBA Play-In Match schedule, scores
All instances Japanese
Tuesday, April 15
Magic 120, Hawks 95
Warriors 121, Grizzlies 116
Wednesday, April 16
Warmth 109, Bulls 90
Mavericks 120, Kings 106
Friday, April 18
Warmth 123, Hawks 114 (OT)
Grizzlies 120, Mavericks 106