Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports
The last conference finals slot was determined Sunday afternoon when the Boston Celtics dominated the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 in a 112-88 victory. Boston will now host the Heat Wednesday for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
The NBA had quite a historic Friday night. The Heat became the first play-in team to reach the conference finals … and then less than three hours later the Lakers became the second team to do it. Los Angeles advances to the third round by defeating the Golden State Warriors, a team that hadn’t lost a playoff series outside of the NBA Finals in a decade.
The Lakers will take on the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, which will begin in Denver on Tuesday. Back in the East, in beating New York, Miami joins the 1999 Knicks as the only No. 8 seed to ever reach the conference finals. Plus, the series victory gives the Heat back-to-back conference finals appearances and three in the last four seasons.
As the bracket changes, we’re keeping track of everything you need to know about the 2023 NBA playoffs. Below is the daily playoff schedule as well as the previous results, the playoff bracket, dates, times and TV/streaming info.
2023 NBA playoff bracket
Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports
All games on ESPN, ABC and NBA TV can be streamed on fubo (try for free). All times Eastern.
Sunday, May 14
Game 7: Celtics 112, 76ers 88 (Boston wins series 4-3)
Tuesday, May 16
Game 1: Lakers at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Wednesday, May 17
Game 1: Heat at Celtics or 76ers, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Thursday, May 18
Game 2: Lakers at Nuggets, 8:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, May 19
Game 2: Heat at Celtics or 76ers, 8:30 p.m., TNT
Saturday, May 20
Game 3: Nuggets at…..
