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

40 points scored, 15 points allowed, 13 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks

smh hawks you are letting everyone down

40-15 is a score in tennis

Hey just woke up what’s the score? Ok going back to bed

So the Hawks just gave up after the 1st quarter?

40-15 is a score in tennis

― harper valley paul thomas anderson (voodoo chili), Thursday, April 30, 2026 4:54 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

literally match point over here

69-22

knicks are gonna have the highest combined scoring margin in a six game series ever

https://i.postimg.cc/j553PTJM/Screenshot-2026-04-30-at-8-10-40-PM.png

has there ever been a double up in a playoff game

its a triple up right now

4-0 hawks run

just gotta chip away

oof Ayo and Kyle Anderson rules out for tonight

AG and watson out for the nuggets too

The audio on my stream of PHI-BOS got mangled and it sounds like the announcers are trapped in the Hellraiser dimension.

what I just saw the score WTF is going on with the Hawks

more like the nawks

grant hill: the cenobites have been nothing but welcoming just wonderful hosts

noah eagle: i saw pinhead at the media buffet he was loading up cheesesteaks, bottomless agony the works

beyond belt to ass, belt to soul, jalen johnson's lil jalen jr is gonna pop out the womb with an ineffable feeling of woe that he will never be able to identify or describe his whole life, he will go to his grave wondering what is wrong with him

celtics only down by 6 but theyre playing so bad jesus

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37,964 games have been played in the NBA since the 1996-97 season, regular season & playoffs.

Knicks/Hawks is the first game where the road team scored 100 points before the home team had 50.

Jason Concepcion on Bluesky - scoreboard looks like a blood pressure reading

celtics look like they forgot how to basketball

celtics are bad now

What is happening with this Philly team?

Probably just trying to inflict maximum heartbreak on me.

Just completely miserable, zero coordination

xp

PG is good again? Hgh cycle hitting at the right time

Philly probably surprised as everyone else.

Boston backup squad looking far more poised than their starters.

maybe that backup squad should start on saturday

(also, where the hell is hugo?)

Game 7, baby!

I didn’t think they would win a game so this is fun money.

minny taking it right to the cup every possession right now

i dont know that it matters who the spurs play next rd. minny's obv very injured to denver's sorta injured, but if the spurs have title ambitions i feel like it helps them if they play a tougher team where they'd need to ram up their competitiveness. but i really wanna see minny pull off an upset with this hobbled lineup, its just too juicy.

Terrance Shannon Jr is crazy fast to the basket wow

the thing about watching the nuggets a lot is that it doesn’t really matter who’s playing for either team, it’s always the same

pretty hilarious to hear the Inside the NBA crew talk about Denver lacking energy and effort, physician heal thyself

jokic feasting in that short range pop-a-shot range

minny's competitiveness is unreal right now

randle's been a mess tonight

incredible effort by the Wolves tonight

happy for you matt. nuggets didn’t want this series clearly. easily the most embarrassing showing of the jokic era considering the injuries

looks like its gonna be sa town v the sota, an upper mississippi showdown if u will

wolves called them out kicked them in the nuts and strolled away. some shameful shit.

ha i dont mean shameful for the wolves obv. they were v good. not guys i like except ant but hey, nice job. congrats matt.

Gotta be the end of this era of the nuggets you’d think. No excuse

i’m happy for the wolves guys that they actually got to close this out, that was an A+ role player series from mcdaniels

Props to that dude for sure, talked his talk and backed it. Rudy legacy big boost too

four consensus contenders ones out anothers in a game seven