The West is absolutely loaded, though, with the Rockets, Lakers, Nuggets and others ready to chase down a championship ... NBA Finals will be played on Thursday, June 5. TV channels: ABC, ESPN ...

The defending champions Boston Celtics ... complete coverage of the NBA playoffs all the way through the 2025 NBA Finals, which tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App. MORE: Play-in tournament ...

Are the Cavaliers and Thunder destined to meet in the NBA Finals? Oklahoma City was the most impressive team during the 2024-25 regular season, building a massive lead in the Western Conference ...

conference championship odds as well as the NBA Finals MVP odds. Odds are as of publication time. For the most up-to-date odds, visit ESPN BET.

The Thunder were assigned one of the marquee television slots to start the NBA playoffs ... 3:30 p.m. (ESPN); Detroit at New York, 6 p.m. (ESPN); Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. (ABC).

A basketball season full of 82 games, blockbuster trades and multiple head coach terminations comes down to this: the 2025 NBA playoffs ... hoist the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.

There was Toronto in 2019, the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, Milwaukee in 2021, Golden State in 2022, Denver in 2023 and Boston ...