get ‘IN, it’s the ‘OFFs of 2026

The 2026 NBA playoff bracket is set. All 20 seeds are locked in, and the postseason gets started on Tuesday with the Play-In Tournament. In the East, the Raptors clinched the final top-six seed and a guaranteed playoff berth on Sunday, and the Nuggets closed out the regular season by clinching the No. 3 seed in the West over the Lakers.

The Play-In Tournament will run through Friday, and the first round of the playoffs will tip off on Saturday (April 18). The play-in will decide the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds in both conferences, but we already know four of the eight first-round matchups. In the East, the No. 3 Knicks will face the No. 6 Hawks, and the No. 4 Cavaliers will go up against the No. 5 Raptors. In the West, it's the Nuggets against the Timberwolves in the conference's 3-6 matchup, and the Lakers facing the Rockets in the 4-5.

The Pistons, Celtics, Thunder and Spurs await the winners of the Play-In Tournament. The Celtics, as the East's No. 2 seed, will face either the 76ers or the Magic in the first round; the Spurs will battle either the Suns or Trail Blazers in Victor Wembanyama's playoff debut.

did magic johnson write this

lakers were only mentioned once, so, no

Portland Trail Blazers only own their pick if it's in the lottery. So it seems quite likely they'll tank in the play-ins, which would leave Suns in 7th, and Clippers or Warriors at #8.

Hoping the dubs lose the play in to avoid further injuring Curry tbh

So it seems quite likely they'll tank in the play-ins

If they were planning to tank they had plenty of chances to do it already. The draft may be deep this year, according to widely held opinion, but once you get down below the 6th pick or thereabouts the chances of your picking the right guy who's going to play much above his scouting grade starts to be a toss up among the next dozen teams. The Blazers are already fully stocked with role player types and a few young 'project' players. They don't need to go to that well right now.

i can't tell if aphoristical is being facetious but obviously the blazers aren't going to tank the play-in, they have an exciting(ish) young team and an opportunity to be back in the offs for the first time in 6 years

stoked for the in n offs

Nice that the teams that didn't want to win don't have to play now.

its the perfect system

hey we have some games that really matter today thats cool its been a few months

gonna find out who wemby's first playoff victim is tonight, thats cool

it's the fans

play-in games are prime only huh. just tried to read info on where all the playoff games are going to be broadcasted and.... what a mess.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7179631/2026/04/11/nba-playoffs-2026-how-to-watch-prime-nbc-espn/

a disgrace truly

the illegal bootleg streamers will figure it out for me

rip ballstreams

i do not have amazon prime because i am against amazon but i do borrow someones account in order to watch nba and i would like to say that amazon video sucks butt

I signed up for a 3 month trial for $7 so I could get fast shipping on something. I'm so guilty for violating my Bezos boycott. But, now I have NBA. But should I even use it? I hate to encourage this sort of thing.

I pretend to be a student so it’s like $4 a month for me o sweet

i like the prime broadcast (eagle and SVG might be my fav pair going) and halftime/postgame crew i just hate that its on amazon. i think their video actually looks the best of the broadcast partners too

this game is fun

amazon video controls are bad

incredibly bad. and it always jumps live if you want to start from the beginning.

nothing better than post-season crowd energy from a team thats been in the dumps for a decade plus

exciting cool team too its good the hornets are back they used to have a good crowd back before they sucked

makes sense since its a basketball area

bam injured his butt

i'm back baby it's the offs i'm in vegas for some reason go blazers go hornets go nba

clay! hi

yeah i'm sitting in my suite in the venetian avoiding a "company happy hour" and streaming this game illegally :) sorry busy this year but back for offs

vegas baby

that's what i keep saying to literally everyone i see

yeah thats what i would say too

tight game

vegas baby

― lag∞n, Tuesday, April 14, 2026 7:34 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

ppl are always saying this but have u ever even seen a baby in vegas, theyre not allowed there im p sure

its true they are too young to gamble

Back for the offs respect

Is ware the best player on the court y/n

its coby white

kon ice cold from 3

if the hornets lose this game swear to god

would love for the hornets to pull this out but if bridges is the hero...

wigdawg going jordan mode

game turned into a 3 point contest

hornets dont run the clock down when youre behind challenge

i think the hornets team has dumb players who make bad decisions imo

melo didnt want the ball

grant is not the guy

herro with a pseudo-ben simmons there but maybe it's fine since he's so money from the line

harper is unbelievable

That corner banked 3 lol.

tight game

Going into the 4th tied vs the Knicks is not where you want to be.

That rebound by Wemby lmaooo

i love when they cut to spurs greats in attendance and theyre wearing the tshirts

vassell is about 25% more athletic than i expected him to be

The admiral looked unamused.

Grimes giving McDonald's one of her songs seems apt.

shes gotta pay for the ai subscriptions she uses to make racist memes, just my guess

This is what I see
Welcome to McFlurry

Spurs legends just get it

Maybe not Parker tho

you cant ask a french guy to wear a dumb tshirt like that

just put the lacoste logo on it and he’ll wear it

fan on the court what the heck

wemby thought it was funny

Brunson baby

Not a great Wemby game (yet)

mitch rob in wemby’s pocket

okay just turned this on what is up with the shirts the crowd is wearing

those are the fiesta colors

mitch rob in wemby’s pocket

― the manda-whore-ian and hoe-gu (voodoo chili), Wednesday, June 3, 2026 10:57 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

as the last series went on they were having wemby initiate the offense more in order to counteract the attention he was getting on his actions when he tried to set up down low

wow wemby trucked kat

14 boards for hart

man Brunson is ridiculous

goddamn

fox is the weak link and they kept him in and benched harper

i cannot wait to listen WFAN tomorrow - Brunson an absolute goat

not a great game from castle

Brunson too good sheesh

i think this is one of the highest energy games ive ever seen i hope they play like this all series incredible stuff idk how these guys are still walking

crowd out of its mind too the nba is back baby

yeah and an ideal sitch for the nba, knicks + the future face of the league

yup

knicks 12 in a row in the playoffs thats crazy

Not sure what happened but seemed like Brunson eliminated like 90% of his flopping and head snapping and has just been hooping this year no nonsense. Super fun player like this

otm

10 in a row wining by 10 or more I believe

Hart rollplayer hollafame stat line 3-15-6-4-1 +22 0 tos

not a huge fan of this one tbh

but i have not lost faith, spurs have been down before

the frenetic style of play tonight def benefited the knicks they were clearly trying to pump it up all game its easier for them to roll with it cause they have brunson to run the offense plus running around like crazy can pull wemby out of position, spurs prob need to find a way to play more deliberately

curse of oj lifted

Law Murray lawmurraythenu.bsky.social‬

This is the first time the Knicks have had a LEAD in the NBA Finals since they won Game 5 in 1994

That is the White Bronco game by the way

Kat acceptng his role and doing it well is a cool development

First of all incredible game. Wemby kinda flubbed it there at the end...

Okay so I decided to watch this at a bar in lower Haight, and towards the end of the game was chatting up this old mate who claimed he taught Tim Duncan in middle school in St. Croix and said how good of a swimmer he was. Go figure he was rooting for the Knicks lol

Molotovs?

that game ruled

Kat acceptng his role and doing it well is a cool development

― You better go listen to lemonade and pray about it (Spottie), Wednesday, June 3, 2026 11:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

maybe one of the greatest selfless moves for the Knicks

xxp Nickie's