Between the teams that tried, the teams that rested their stars and the teams that already knew what was up, we finally figured out who’s going to play who in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
And So It Begins: Your NBA Playoff Match-Ups
↵Eastern Conference
↵No. 1 Cleveland vs. No. 8 Chicago
↵No. 4 Boston vs. No. 5 Miami
↵No. 3 Atlanta vs. No. 6 Milwaukee
↵No. 2 Orlando vs. No. 7 Charlotte
↵Western Conference
↵No. 1 L.A. Lakers vs. No. 8 Oklahoma City
↵No. 4 Denver vs. No. 5 Utah
↵No. 3 Phoenix vs. No. 6 Portland
↵No. 2 Dallas vs. No. 7 San Antonio
↵The playoffs begin Saturday, April 17th. Start planning now for the five or six commercials you’ll be watching five-hundred times over the course of the next few weeks.











