Here's everything you need to know about the 2025 NBA Playoffs. When do the NBA Playoffs begin? The play-in — the NBA's version of the Wild Card round — concludes on Friday ni

After a week of six play-in games, the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs opens this weekend with four games on Saturday (April 19) and four on Sunday that could begin answering a wide range of questions:

The field is set for the 2025 NBA playoffs. The play-in tournament is scheduled to begin on April 15. It'll decide the No. 7 and No. 8 seed for each conference. The first round of the playoffs will then begin the weekend of April 19-20.