The NBA Playoffs 2025 are heating up as the Eastern Conference semifinals are locked in, while the Western Conference still holds plenty of suspense and drama. Here’s how the road to the NBA Finals is unfolding.

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers will tip things off on May 4, and the series could extend to May 18 if it goes the full seven games. The Boston Celtics will play either the New York Knicks or Detroit Pistons starting on May 5, and they could keep going as late as May 19.

Seeding held form in Round 1 of the NBA playoffs, and a Cleveland Cavaliers team that rolled past eighth-seeded Miami now gets an Indiana Pacers team that ousted fifth-seeded Milwaukee for a second consecutive season.