Now, here's Mike Sykes The NBA's playoff format has been a hot topic ... teams pushing for 1-through-16 seeding in the playoffs (or a similar change) are expected to get louder even if nothing ...

The NBA has a dilemma that could potentially damage its relationship between franchises, their players, and their fans. They are trying to walk a fine line between having the best on-court product and ...

The NBA has made a shocking and surprising change prior to Game 5 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers.

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images Everything changes in the playoffs ... season record and uses the 2-2-1-1-1 format. For example, the 2024 NBA Finals featured the Boston Celtics (64–18) and ...

Important changes ... it is in the NBA. Why are the WNBA Finals changing to a seven-game series? Engelbert described the reasoning to swap to a seven-game series as giving fans a format "they ...

After a one-year tweak, Illinois will return to its previous format for the high school basketball state finals for 2026. Here's why.

NBA great Shaquille O'Neal delivered a scathing assessment on the direction the NBA is heading before the NBA Finals between ...

The NBA Finals are the true show-stopper of the basketball season: A star-studded clash with legacies at stake, where fortunes can change as quickly ... a best-of-seven format.

Jalen Williams scored 40 points and the Thunder rolled to a 120-109 win over the Pacers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to move ...

The Pistons will be back in the playoffs ... NBA will not announce which day the Pistons play until after the regular season ends Sunday. The first round is a best-of-seven series, with the format ...

Folks have been begging for the league to dump conferences when it comes to playoffs and just ... teams "pushing" for that format change. Especially as the NBA's conferences are faced with a ...

Everything changes in the playoffs ... This article was originally published on www.si.com as NBA Playoffs Format, Key Dates ...