National Basketball Association (NBA) is the major professional basketball league for men in North America. It also is known as the premier men’s professional basketball league in the world. The NBA Playoffs are a tournament among best 16 teams from Eastern Conference and Western Conference, 8 from each. Which teams will be qualified for the tournament are determined by the NBA’s selection formula which was changed in September 2015.

This year’s playoff will start on Saturday, April 15. We already know which teams have been qualified for the tournament.

Eastern Conference:

Boston Celtics Cleveland Cavaliers Toronto Raptors Washington Wizards Atlanta Hawks Milwaukee Bucks Indiana Pacers Chicago Bulls

Western Conference:

Golden State Warriors San Antonio Spurs Houston Rockets Los Angeles Clippers Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder Memphis Grizzlies Portland Trail Blazers

Teams are sorted by their seeding that also determines who will be facing whom (1-8, 2-7, 3-6, 4-5). As every series is a knock out, One who will be winning 5 matches is the champion. There will be 15 matches in total. 8 in the first round. 4 in conference semi-finals, 2 in conference finals and one NBA Finals match. All rounds are best-of-seven series. All series are played in 2-2-1-1-1 format.

April 15, 2017 With Scores:

@3.00 PM Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers in Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH. Score (108- 109).

@5.30 PM Milwaukee Bucks vs. Toronto Raptors in Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON. Score (97- 83).

@8.00 PM Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs in AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX Score (82- 111).

@10.30 PM Utah Jazz vs. LA Clippers in Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA Score (97– 95).

Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

This will take place at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio at 3.00 PM. This is the first match in the best-of-seven series. Last few matches went very good for the pacers. They won all of the last 5 matches. Though all wins were not by big differences, they have shown their expertise in basketball and winning it. Cavaliers had bad time in last four matches. Although, Cavaliers still have more seed points than the Pacers do. And they have won more matches in head to heads. Now the time will tell.

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Toronto Raptors

This match starts at 5.30 PM in Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario. This also is the first match in the best-of-seven series. In last 5 matches’ statistics, Raptors are ahead of Bucks. And they are also ahead in terms of seeding. In last 5 matches, they won the recent 4 matches in a row. On the other hand, Bucks won 2 matches and lost 3.

Both teams are practicing hard, and they goal to win.

Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs

It starts at 8.00 PM in AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas. This is also the first in the best-of-seven series. Grizzlies haven’t done very well in their last 5 matches. They won their recent 3rd match and lost others. Same goes for the Spurs. But they won the recent 4th match. But Spurs have more seeding than the grizzlies. We will see what happens.

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Starts at 10.30 PM in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Jazz is having a great form in last 5 matches. They won 4 of them and the records look very competitive. Clippers are having a better time indeed. They won all the recent matches by the good record. This match is going to be very much exciting. Their seedings are very close and they will be fighting, hard.

April 16, 2017 With Scores:

@01.00 PM Washington Wizards vs. Atlanta Hawks at Verizon Center. Score (00- 00).

@2.30 PM Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers at Oracle Arena, Oakland. Score (00- 00).

@6.30 PM Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls at TD Garden. Score (00- 00).

@9.00 PM Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder at Toyota Center. Score (00- 00).

Atlanta Hawks vs. Washington Wizards

This will take place in Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. at 1.00 PM. This is the first match in the best-of-seven series. Last few matches went well for the Hawks. They won all except for the last one. They have been playing very well in this season. Their consistency is enviable. Wizards also had pretty good games recently. They lost one more match. The First and the Third recent match were not very good for them. Miami Heat burnt them well. But they are in good form now. We hope for an exciting match.

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Golden State Warriors

This match starts at 3.30 PM in Oracle Arena, Oakland, California. This also is the first match in the best-of-seven series. In last 5 matches’ statistics, Warriors are ahead of Trail Blazers. Warriors have one more win than them. And in their head-to-head encounter, Warriors are ahead with one win, against zero for the Trail Blazers.

Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics

It starts at 6.30 PM in TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts. This is also the first in the best-of-seven series. It looks like Bulls’ and Celtics’ have the same number of wins in last five matches. Let’s check their head-to-head encounters’ history.

They have met four times before in playoff and Celtics won all the matches. So, judging by the previous results, it won’t be a good one for the Bulls.

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Houston Rockets

Starts at 9.30 PM in Toyota Center, Houston, Texas. In last five games, they both have the same winnings. The permutation of the winnings is different. And in their last playoff meetings, Thunder won six games among seven matches. Rockets need to worry. This is not going to be easy. But a light of hope is that Rockets are in great form now.

Indiana Pacers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

This will take place at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio at 3.00 PM. This is the first match in the best-of-seven series. Last few matches went very good for the pacers. They won all of the last 5 matches. Though all wins were not by big differences, they have shown their expertise in basketball and winning it. Cavaliers had a bad time in last four matches. Although, Cavaliers still have more seed points than the Pacers do. And they have won more matches in head to heads. Now the time will tell.

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Toronto Raptors

This match starts at 5.30 PM in Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario. This also is the first match in the best-of-seven series. In last 5 matches’ statistics, Raptors are ahead of Bucks. And they are also ahead in terms of seeding. In last 5 matches, they won the recent 4 matches in a row. On the other hand, Bucks won 2 matches and lost 3.

Both teams are practicing hard, and they goal to win.

Memphis Grizzlies vs. San Antonio Spurs

It starts at 8.00 PM in AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas. This is also the first in the best-of-seven series. Grizzlies haven’t done very well in their last 5 matches. They won their recent 3rd match and lost others. Same goes for the Spurs. But they won the recent 4th match. But Spurs have more seeding than the grizzlies. We will see what happens.

Utah Jazz vs. Los Angeles Clippers

Starts at 10.30 PM in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Jazz is having a great form in last 5 matches. They won 4 of them and the records look very competitive. Clippers are having a better time indeed. They won all the recent matches by the good record. This match is going to be very much exciting. Their seedings are very close and they will be fighting, hard.

Stay tuned for these legendary matches of basketball today… We will be covering every scene from the matches so you don’t miss out on anything.

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