NBA playoff schedule 2017: Clippers and Jazz decide things in Game 7

The second round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs begins on Sunday, but the day ends with the only Game 7 of the first round of this year’s postseason.

The Eastern Conference No. 1 seed Boston Celtics overcame a 2-0 series hole to dispatch the Chicago Bulls, closing them out at the United Center in Chicago on Friday night in Game 6.

That lined up the Celtics for a second-round tilt with the No. 4 seed Washington Wizards, giving us a renewal of one of the pettiest rivalries in the NBA. Those two play the early game on Sunday, with a 1 p.m. ET start from TD Garden in Boston.

The later contest on Sunday is Game 7 between the Los Angeles Clippers and Utah Jazz at Staples Center in Los Angeles at 3:30 p.m.

Chris Paul kept the Clippers alive with his performance in Game 6 on the road in Salt Lake City on Friday, the latest salvo in what has been an evenly matched first-round series.

The Clippers and Jazz are the 4-5 matchup in the Western Conference, both finishing with 51 wins during the regular season. Through six games of this series, each team has won three times, with Los Angeles holding a thin 593-588 edge over Utah in total points scored.

Four times in this series the road team has won, so anything is possible in Game 7.

1 p.m. - Wizards at Celtics
Eastern Conference second round Game 1
TD Garden | Boston, Mass.
TV: ABC | Announcers: Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson, Doris Burke
Online: WatchESPN

3:30 p.m. - Jazz at Clippers
Western Conference first round Game 7
Staples Center | Los Angeles, Calif.
TV: ABC | Announcers: Mark Jones, Hubie Brown, Lisa Salters
Online: WatchESPN