2026 NBA Playoff Daily Schedule, Score, 1st Round games Today, TV, Start-Times

NBA playoffs daily schedule 2026: first round TV channel, live stream, how to watch postseason online, start times, scores, results.

The NBA postseason is underway, and the full schedule for the first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs is set. The playoffs tip off this Saturday (April 18) and the first round, with eight best-of-seven series, could run through May 3. The NBA announced the full schedule for the first round late on Tuesday night.

The Play-In Tournament is underway. So far, the Trail Blazers and 76ers have earned the No. 7 seeds, the Hornets and Warriors have stayed alive, and the Heat and Clippers have been eliminated. The play-in wraps up Friday with Magic vs. Hornets and Suns vs. Warriors with the No. 8 seeds on the line.

While the play-in will determine the two other first-round matchups, we know six of the series. 

In the East, the second-seeded Celtics will take on the seventh-seeded 76ers, the third-seeded Knicks will face the sixth-seeded Hawks, and the fourth-seeded Cavaliers will square off with the fifth-seeded Raptors. 

In the West, it's Spurs-Trail Blazers in the 2-7, Nuggets-Timberwolves in the 3-6 matchup and Lakers-Rockets in the 4-5. The Nuggets and Wolves are meeting in the postseason for the third time in four years. The Lakers vs. Rockets matchup, meanwhile, pits LeBron James against Kevin Durant in the playoffs for the first time since the 2018 NBA Finals when Durant's Warriors beat James' Cavaliers.

All available dates and matchups for the 2026 NBA playoff schedule can be found below. Every game on NBATV, ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC can be streamed via fuboTV (Try for free).

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(All times U.S./Eastern Time -- ET)

Saturday, April 18

Game 1: No. 4 Cavaliers 126, No. 5 Raptors 113

Game 1: No. 3 Nuggets 116, No. 6 Timberwolves 105

Game 1: No. 3 Knicks 113, No. 6 Hawks 102

Game 1: No. 4 Lakers 107, No. 5 Rockets 98

Sunday, April 19

Game 1: No. 2 Celtics 123, No. 7 76ers 91

Game 1: No. 1 Thunder 119, No. 8 Suns 84

Game 1: No. 8 Magic 112, No. 1 Pistons 101

Game 1: No. 2 Spurs 111, No. 7 Trail Blazers 98

Monday, April 20

Game 2: Cavaliers 115, Raptors 105 (CLE leads 2–0)

Game 2: Hawks 107, Knicks 106 (Series tied 1–1)

Game 2: Timberwolves 119, Nuggets 114 (Series tied 1–1)

Tuesday, April 21

Game 2: 76ers 111, Celtics 97 (Series tied 1–1)

Game 2: Trail Blazers 106, Spurs 103 (Series tied 1–1)

Game 2: Lakers 101, Rockets 94 (LAL leads 2–0)

Wednesday, April 22

Game 2: Pistons 98, Magic 83 (Series tied 1–1)

Game 2: Thunder 120, Suns 107 (OKC leads 2–0)

Thursday, April 23 

Game 3: Hawks 109, Knicks 108

Game 3: Raptors 126, Cavs 104

Game 3: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets, 9:30 p.m., Prime (Series tied 1–1)

Friday, April 24

Game 3: No. 2 Celtics 108, No. 7 Sixers 100

Game 3: No. 2 Spurs 120, No. 7 Trail Blazers 108

Game 3: No. 4 Lakers 112, No. 5 Rockets 108 (OT)  

Saturday, April 25

Game 3: No. 8 Magic 113, No. 1 Pistons 105

Game 4: No. 3 Knicks 114, No. 6 Hawks 98

Game 3: No. 1 Thunder 121, No. 8 Suns 109

Game 4: No. 6 Timberwolves 112, No. 3 Nuggets 96

Sunday, April 26

Game 4: Raptors 93, Cavaliers 89  

Game 4: Celtics 128, Sixers 96 

Game 4: Spurs 114, Trail Blazers 93

Monday, April 27

Game 4: Magic 94, Pistons 88  

Game 4: Thunder 131, Suns 122 (OKC sweeps 4-0)  

Game 5: Nuggets 125, Timberwolves 113

Tuesday April 28

Game 5: Sixers 113, Celtics 97 (Boston leads 3-2)  

Game 5: Knicks 126, Hawks 97 (New York leads 3-2)  

Game 5: Spurs 114, Trail Blazers 95 (San Antonio wins series 4-1)

Wednesday April 29

Game 5: Magic @ Pistons – 7:00 p.m. ET (Prime Video)  

Game 5: Raptors @ Cavaliers – 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)  

Game 5: Rockets @ Lakers – 10:00 p.m. ET (ESPN)

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