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The NBA playoffs for the 2025-26 season will start on April 18, following the Play-In Tournament that ends on April 17. Fans can look forward to the championship being crowned in a couple of months.
The NBA regular season is over, which means in a couple short months, the league will crown its 2025-26 champion.
The NBA Play-In Tournament runs through April 17, but when do the playoffs actually begin?
Here's everything to know.
After the Play-In Tournament, which runs Tuesday through Friday, the NBA playoffstip off Saturday, April 18.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals is set for Wednesday, June 3.
Here's a look at this year's first round matchups:
(All times Eastern)
Center Jarrett Allen and the Cavaliers open the NBA playoffs against the Toronto Raptors on Saturday, April 18.
The Cavaliers, the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference, start their first round series at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
The Cavaliers will take on the No. 5 seed Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs.
Game 1 for Cavaliers vs. Raptors will broadcast 1 p.m. on April 18 on Prime Video.
Game 2 will air at 7 p.m. April 20 on Peacock, and Game 3 will air at 8 p.m. April 23 on Prime Video.
Game 4 of the series will air at 1 p.m. on April 26 on ESPN.
The annual Play-In Tournament began on Tuesday, April 14. The tournament will run through Friday, April 17.
All games will be broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: NBA playoffs 2026: First-round schedule, times, how to watch Cavaliers
The NBA playoffs will begin on April 18, 2026.
The NBA Play-In Tournament runs from April 12 to April 17, 2026.
Details on how to watch the Cavaliers during the NBA playoffs will be available closer to the start date.

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