NBA playoffs 2024: Conference semifinals news, schedule, scores and highlights
Here's what you need to know about the conference semifinals, including the latest scores, news and schedules.
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Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks authored a 117-116 Game 6 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night, and they will advance to play either the Minnesota Timberwolves or Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals.
The NBA playoffs' conference semifinals roll on. One team has advanced, but there's still plenty at stake in the other matchups.
The No. 1 seed Boston Celtics are on their way to the Eastern Conference finals after eliminating the No. 4 seed Cleveland Cavaliers in five games. They now await the winners of the other East series between the No. 2 seed New York Knicks and the No. 6 seed Indiana Pacers.
In the West, the No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder lost in six games to the No. 5 seed Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks now await the winner of the other West clash -- the No. 2 seed and defending NBA Finals champion Denver Nuggets against the No. 3 seed Minnesota Timberwolves.
Each team must win their best-of-7 series to advance. All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-7, and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the better regular-season record in each series will have home court advantage for that series. All series are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the team with the better record hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 (if necessary).
We'll have complete coverage of the NBA playoffs all the way through the 2024 NBA Finals, which tip off on June 6 on ABC and the ESPN app.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE
Boston Celtics (1) eliminate the Cleveland Cavaliers (4), 4-1
Game 1: Celtics 120, Cavaliers 95
Game 2: Cavaliers 118, Celtics 94
Game 3: Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93
Game 4: Celtics 109, Cavaliers 102
Game 5: Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98
Sources: Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis expected out for start of ECF
Celtics fend off Cavs, return to Eastern Conference finals
Bickerstaff's Cavs future in question after Game 5 loss; Mitchell, too
Sources: Celtics assistant Charles Lee to become Hornets coach
Marks: What the eliminated Cavaliers need to do this offseason
New York Knicks (2) tied with the Indiana Pacers (6), 3-3
Game 1: Knicks 121, Pacers 117
Game 2: Knicks 130, Pacers 121
Game 3: Pacers 111, Knicks 106
Game 4: Pacers 121, Knicks 89
Game 5: Knicks 121, Pacers 91
Game 6: Pacers 116, Knicks 103
Game 7: Sunday, May 19 at New York (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)
Sources: Knicks' OG Anunoby believes he has shot at Game 7 return
Pacers force Game 7 after blowout win over Knicks
Borden: Behind the 'Go NY Go' song pumping up the Knicks' Garden
Kweon: The will and weariness of Thibodeau and his Knicks squad
Windhorst: The growing Tyrese Haliburton-Jalen Brunson rivalry
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Dallas Mavericks (5) eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder (1), 4-2
Game 1: Thunder 117, Mavericks 95
Game 2: Mavericks 119, Thunder 110
Game 3: Mavericks 105, Thunder 101
Game 4: Thunder 100, Mavericks 96
Game 5: Mavericks 104, Thunder 92
Game 6: Mavericks 117, Thunder 116
Dallas Mavericks rally to eliminate Oklahoma City Thunder
Lowe: How Mavericks' surprisingly good defense is befuddling the Thunder
MacMahon: Kyrie is still standing in a postseason dominated by young stars
Shelburne: How Chet Holmgren became a perfect fit in OKC's budding dynasty
Pelton: Why OKC's championship window is wide open for years to come
Denver Nuggets (2) tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves (3), 3-3
Game 1: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 99
Game 2: Timberwolves 106, Nuggets 80
Game 3: Nuggets 117, Timberwolves 90
Game 4: Nuggets 115, Timberwolves 107
Game 5: Nuggets 112, Timberwolves 97
Game 6: Timberwolves 115, Nuggets 70
Game 7: Sunday, May 19 at Denver (8 p.m. ET, TNT)
Anthony Edwards confident ahead of Game 7: 'We're a great team'
Nuggets' Jamal Murray (elbow) 'feeling great' ahead of Game 7
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