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The 2025-26 NBA regular season has come to an end, and the playoff bracket is officially set. Sixteen teams – 20, counting those participating in the Play-In Tournament – will now have the chance to make their pushes in the postseason with the hopes of ...
The first round is done and John Schuhmann takes a look at each team as the conference semifinals begin in the East and West.
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NBA playoffs power rankings for the remaining teams
The NBA Playoffs are now well underway. The early story was the Orlando Magic giving the Detroit Pistons issues. Orlando entered the playoffs confidently, and it has shown through two games. The biggest story is the health of San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama.
After Sunday's hoopla of games, the 2025-26 regular season is finally over. We figured out what the NBA playoff picture mostly looks like. The only undecided parts left are the play-in tournament winners. The Oklahoma City Thunder captured the first seed.
If the Round 1 taught us anything about how these NBA playoffs are going to go, it’s that volatility is unusually high and conventional wisdom probably isn’t as conventional as one might think. Steven Loung ranks the eight remaining teams chasing the Larry O'Brien.
Two Eastern Conference teams, the Pistons and Celtics, round out the top five.
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming. The start of the 2025-2026 NBA season has been full of surprises. The Eastern Conference was thought to be a ...
After 82 games and the latest edition of the Play-In Tournament, the 2026 NBA Playoffs are finally here. The postseason […]
Knicks and Pistons surge in Week 22 rankings, closing in on No. 1 as Celtics take a hit, signaling a shift in the NBA power race. Three weeks left, and the pressure is as real as it gets. This stretch is all about positioning – home-court, avoiding the ...
One game is down in both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, and the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks are just three wins away from advancing to the