All 20 postseason seeds are now set as the NBA's 2025-26 regular season wrapped up on Sunday night
The 2026 NBA playoff bracket is set.
All 20 seeds are locked in, and the postseason gets started on Tuesday with Hornets-Heat and Suns-Blazers in the Play-In Tournament.
In the East, the Raptors clinched the final top-six seed and a guaranteed playoff berth on Sunday, and the Nuggets closed out the regular season by clinching the No.
3 seed in the West over the Lakers .
The Play-In Tournament will run through Friday, and the first round of the playoffs will tip off on Saturday (April 18).
The play-in will decide the No.
7 and No.
8 seeds in both conferences, but we already know four of the eight first-round matchups.
In the East, the No.
3 Knicks will face the No.
6 Hawks , and the No.
4 Cavaliers will go up against the No.
5 Raptors.
In the West, it's the Nuggets against the Timberwolves in the conference's 3-6 matchup, and the Lakers facing the Rockets in the 4-5.
The Pistons , Celtics , Thunder and Spurs await the winners of the Play-In Tournament.
The Celtics, as the East's No.
2 seed, will face either the 76ers or the Magic in the first round; the Spurs will battle either the Suns or Trail Blazers in Victor Wembanyama's playoff debut.
Here's a look at the now official 2026 NBA playoff bracket.
East first round No.
1 Pistons vs.
No.
8 TBD No.
2 Celtics vs.
No.
7 TBD No.
3 Knicks vs.
No.
6 Hawks No.
4 Cavaliers vs.
No.
5 Raptors
West first round No.
1 Thunder vs.
No.
8 TBD No.
2 Spurs vs.
No.
7 TBD No.
3 Nuggets vs.
No.
6 Timberwolves No.
4 Lakers vs.
No.
5 Rockets
All times Eastern.
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