Under the current NBA playoff format, which goes back to 1984, such matchups — 1 vs. 6, and 3 vs. 4 — have been fairly rare. A breakdown: 3 vs. 4 — It has happened three pre ...

There was no NFL division quite like the NFC East in the 1980s. Every year, the NFC East had a Super Bowl contender in the ...

If the NBA playoffs were like ... And that's because these conference final matchups — at least by seeding — weren't very predictable. In the Western Conference finals, which start Tuesday ...

The last six teams to get promoted from the Championship have gone straight back down but this year’s Championship play-off ...

Denver Nuggets. Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Golden State Warriors. The NBA’s Eastern conference semifinals are set; the Western Conference semifinals fell into place Sunday night when the ...

But now, after two follow-up seasons of play-in losses, the Kings find themselves in NBA purgatory and are in danger of getting lapped by their Western Conference foes. While the Kings' draft ...

As of now, sweeping the Memphis Grizzlies in Round 1 and now awaiting the Denver Nuggets on Monday night, the Thunder has been an outlier thus far in the Western Conference. Both the Golden State ...

the duo putting a seal on another dominant series for Minnesota in these NBA playoffs. Randle scored 29 points on 13-for-18 shooting to send the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals for the ...

The Golden State Warriors won Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals ... to The Athletic on an exclusive offer GO FURTHER NBA playoff takeaways: Warriors beat Timberwolves but lose Steph ...

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The NBA playoffs bracket is set for the four second-round playoff series. Who is playing who in the Western Conference and Eastern Conference semifinals of the NBA playoffs? Here's a look at the ...