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Previewing the Warriors and Timberwolves matchup in the NBA playoffs<\/p>\n

USA TODAY’s Lorenzo Reyes breaks down his thoughts on Steph Curry and the aging Warriors team going up against Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n

Sports Pulse<\/p>\n

The second round of the\u00a02025 NBA playoffs<\/a>\u00a0had gotten off to a surprising start to say the least..<\/p>\n

After seeing all four first-round series go as expected, the Eastern Conference has been turned upside down with the heavy favorites \u2013 the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> and Boston Celtics<\/a> \u2013 losing the first two games on their home courts. Now, the New York Knicks<\/a>, and Indiana Pacers<\/a> have a golden opportunity to pull off major upsets.<\/p>\n

Out West, both lower-seeded teams also won the opening game of their series on the road. The No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> both face tougher roads now in their matchups with the No. 5 Denver Nuggets<\/a> and No. 7 Golden State Warriors<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBA playoffs predictions: Who will win Eastern and Western conference semifinal series?<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the complete NBA playoffs schedule, including results in the first round and broadcast information:<\/p>\n

NBA bracket: Playoff schedule, scores and results<\/p>\n

The conference semifinals are underway, potentially running through May 19.<\/p>\n

All times Eastern.\u00a0*-if necessary<\/p>\n

Eastern Conference<\/p>\n

(1) Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> vs. (4) Indiana Pacers<\/a><\/p>\n

Pacers lead series 2-1<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Pacers 121, Cavaliers 112<\/a>Game 2:\u00a0Pacers 120, Cavaliers 119<\/a>Game 3:\u00a0Cavaliers 126, Pacers 104<\/a>Game 4:\u00a0Cavaliers at Pacers | Sunday, May 11, 8 p.m. | TNTGame 5:\u00a0Pacers at Cavaliers | Tuesday, May 13, TBD | TNTGame 6:\u00a0Cavaliers at Pacers | Thursday, May 15, TBD | ESPN*Game 7:\u00a0Pacers at Cavaliers | Sunday, May 18, TBD | TBD*<\/p>\n

(2) Boston Celtics<\/a> vs. (3) New York Knicks<\/a><\/p>\n

Knicks lead series 2-0<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Knicks 108, Celtics 105 (OT)<\/a>Game 2:\u00a0Knicks 91, Celtics 90<\/a>Game 3: Celtics at Knicks | Saturday, May 10, 3:30 p.m. | ABCGame 4: Celtics at Knicks | Monday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. | ESPNGame 5:\u00a0Knicks at Celtics | Wednesday, May 14, TBD | TNT*Game 6: Celtics at Knicks | Friday, May 16, 8 p.m. | ESPN*Game 7:\u00a0Knicks at Celtics | Monday, May 19, 8 p.m. | TNT*Western Conference<\/p>\n

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> vs. (5) Denver Nuggets<\/a><\/p>\n

Nuggets lead 2-1<\/p>\n

Game 1:\u00a0Nuggets 121, Thunder 119<\/a>Game 2:\u00a0Thunder 149, Nuggets 106<\/a>Game 3:\u00a0Nuggets 113, Thunder 104 (OT)<\/a>Game 4:\u00a0Thunder at Nuggets | Sunday, May 11, 3:30 p.m. | ABCGame 5:\u00a0Nuggets at Thunder | Tuesday, May 13, TBD | TNTGame 6:\u00a0Thunder at Nuggets | Thursday, May 15, TBD | ESPN*Game 7:\u00a0Nuggets at Thunder | Sunday, May 18, TBD | TBD*<\/p>\n

(6) Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> vs. (7) Golden State Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n

Series tied 1-1<\/p>\n

Game 1: Warriors 99, Timberwolves 88<\/a>Game 2: Timberwolves 117, Warriors 93<\/a>Game 3: Timberwolves at Warriors | Saturday, May 10, 8:30 p.m. | ABCGame 4: Timberwolves at Warriors | Monday, May 12, 10 p.m. | ESPNGame 5: Warriors at Timberwolves | Wednesday, May 14 TBD | TNTGame 6: Timberwolves at Warriors | Sunday, May 18 TBD | TBD*Game 7: Warriors at Timberwolves | Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN*Conference finals<\/p>\n

All times Eastern.\u00a0*-if necessary<\/p>\n

Eastern Conference<\/p>\n

(Series start could move up to May 19)<\/p>\n

Game 1,\u00a0May 21:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.Game 2, May 23:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.Game 3,\u00a0May 25:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.Game 4, May 27:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.Game 5, May 29:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.*Game 6,\u00a0May 31:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.*Game 7, June 2:\u00a0TNT, 8 p.m.*Western Conference<\/p>\n

(Series start could move up to May 18)<\/p>\n

Game 1,\u00a0May 20:\u00a0ESPN, 8:30 p.m.Game 2, May 22:\u00a0ESPN, 8:30 p.m.Game 3,\u00a0May 24:\u00a0ABC, 8:30 p.m.Game 4,\u00a0May 26:\u00a0ESPN, 8:30 p.m.Game 5,\u00a0May 28:\u00a0ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*Game 6,\u00a0May 30:\u00a0ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*Game 7,\u00a0June 1:\u00a0ESPN, 8 p.m.*2025 NBA Finals schedule<\/p>\n

*-if necessary<\/p>\n

Game 1, June 5:\u00a0ABCGame 2,\u00a0June 8:\u00a0ABCGame 3,\u00a0June 11:\u00a0ABCGame 4,\u00a0June 13:\u00a0ABCGame 5,\u00a0June 16:\u00a0ABC*Game 6, June 19:\u00a0ABC*Game 7, June 22:\u00a0ABC*First-round NBA playoff resultsEastern Conference<\/p>\n

(1) Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> vs. (8) Miami Heat<\/p>\n

Cavaliers win series 4-0<\/p>\n

(2) Boston Celtics<\/a> vs. (7) Orlando Magic<\/p>\n

Celtics win series 4-1<\/p>\n

(3) New York Knicks<\/a> vs. (6) Detroit Pistons<\/a><\/p>\n

Knicks win series 4-2<\/p>\n

(4) Indiana Pacers<\/a> vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks<\/p>\n

Pacers win series 4-1<\/p>\n

Western Conference<\/p>\n

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies<\/a><\/p>\n

Thunder win series 4-0<\/p>\n

(2) Houston Rockets<\/a> vs. (7) Golden State Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n

Warriors win series 4-3<\/p>\n

(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a><\/p>\n

Timberwolves win series 4-1<\/p>\n

(4)\u00a0Denver Nuggets<\/a>\u00a0vs. (5)\u00a0Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n

Nuggets win series 4-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Previewing the Warriors and Timberwolves matchup in the NBA playoffs USA TODAY’s Lorenzo Reyes breaks down his thoughts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,45,75,306,46,311,305,193,301,187,296,188,130,133,309,164,294,292,194,131,113,126,304,293,177,307,152,54,79,70,85,6,11,239,191,67,302,310,179,61,134,114,297,34,65,132,211,276,275,286,66,83,17,277,55,64,312,308,790,63,82,73,255,303],"class_list":{"0":"post-23304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-cavaliers","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-city","14":"tag-cleveland","15":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","16":"tag-denver","17":"tag-denver-nuggets","18":"tag-detroit","19":"tag-detroit-pistons","20":"tag-espn","21":"tag-espn-inc","22":"tag-golden","23":"tag-golden-state-warriors","24":"tag-grizzlies","25":"tag-houston","26":"tag-houston-rockets","27":"tag-inc","28":"tag-indiana","29":"tag-indiana-pacers","30":"tag-knicks","31":"tag-memphis","32":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","33":"tag-minnesota","34":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","35":"tag-modular","36":"tag-modular-story","37":"tag-national","38":"tag-national-sports","39":"tag-nba","40":"tag-nba-playoffs","41":"tag-new","42":"tag-new-york-knicks","43":"tag-news","44":"tag-nuggets","45":"tag-oklahoma","46":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","47":"tag-overall","48":"tag-overall-positive","49":"tag-pacers","50":"tag-pistons","51":"tag-playoffs","52":"tag-point","53":"tag-positive","54":"tag-rockets","55":"tag-scores","56":"tag-sport","57":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","58":"tag-sports","59":"tag-sports-news","60":"tag-state","61":"tag-statistics","62":"tag-story","63":"tag-the","64":"tag-thunder","65":"tag-timberwolves","66":"tag-tnt","67":"tag-to","68":"tag-to-the-point","69":"tag-u0026","70":"tag-warriors","71":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}