when do the nba playoffs begin
Large Football Squares. Poster Size Football Squares. The last games of the 2016-2017 NBA season will be on Wednesday, April 12th, 2017 and the NBA Playoffs will begin 3 days later on Saturday, April 15th. The NBA Playoffs have 8 teams from each conference and there are 4 rounds to the playoff, with the 4th round being the Championship Series. Check out our How do the NBA Playoffs Work for a complete explanation of the NBA Playoff format. Due to each series ending in a different number of games and on uncertain dates, the complete dated schedule is not known until the end of each series. We will update our NBA Playoff Bracket when the match-ups are determined.