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Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are determined by the NBA Play-In Tournament.
The New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers meet again in the NBA playoffs for the 2025 Eastern Conference finals. It's another chapter in their rivalry.
Score last-minute Knicks vs. Pacers NBA Playoff stubs from $545 on Gametime — the cheapest price we’ve seen on the site for Game 1 in the 400-level section. The site also has tickets in the 200-level section of Madison Square Garden, starting at $580+ per ticket. In other words, it’s a pretty amazing deal.
As four teams battle for the title, 26 teams are looking to improve -- and watching the conference finals can help.
The NBA Playoffs continue with conference finals set to tip off. The NBA Finals will begin June 5.
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The Athletic has live coverage of Timberwolves vs. Thunder Game 1 from the 2025 NBA Western Conference Finals. A hard-fought series ended in a laugher of a finale on Sunday, as the Oklahoma City Thunder blasted the shorthanded Denver Nuggets 125-93 in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference finals.
Here's what to know about the announcement, finalists and expected winner for the NBA MVP award for the 2025 season as the Minnesota Timberwolves vs Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers vs New York Knicks' postseason series get underway.
Haliburton is easily the heel in this scenario. After being voted the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers, Haliburton went on a tear, leading the Pacers to series wins over the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers. He’s taken up the mantle passed on by Pacers’ legend Reggie Miller in irking the Knicks fanbase beyond their wits’ end.