Every 2024-25 NBA playoff series, three ways: the season race carried on into the postseason, who beat their seeding, and the bracket.
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The same race these clubs ran all season, carried on through the postseason on one scale and on real dates.
Where each club finished the season against how far it went, ranked on record rather than seed.
Who played whom, round by round, which no line chart can say.
Oklahoma City Thunder won the 2024-25 title from a regular season record of 68-14. 16 teams reached the playoffs and the bracket ran 4 rounds. Every series below is taken from NBA.com; nothing on this page is estimated.
| Round | Won by | Result | Opponent | Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-0 in games | Memphis Grizzlies | April 20 to April 26, 2025 |
| First round | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-0 in games | Miami Heat | April 20 to April 28, 2025 |
| First round | Boston Celtics | 4-1 in games | Orlando Magic | April 20 to April 29, 2025 |
| First round | Golden State Warriors | 4-3 in games | Houston Rockets | April 20 to May 4, 2025 |
| First round | New York Knicks | 4-2 in games | Detroit Pistons | April 19 to May 1, 2025 |
| First round | Denver Nuggets | 4-3 in games | LA Clippers | April 19 to May 3, 2025 |
| First round | Indiana Pacers | 4-1 in games | Milwaukee Bucks | April 19 to April 29, 2025 |
| First round | Minnesota Timberwolves | 4-1 in games | Los Angeles Lakers | April 19 to April 30, 2025 |
| Conf. semifinals | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-3 in games | Denver Nuggets | May 5 to May 18, 2025 |
| Conf. semifinals | Indiana Pacers | 4-1 in games | Cleveland Cavaliers | May 4 to May 13, 2025 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Knicks | 4-2 in games | Boston Celtics | May 5 to May 16, 2025 |
| Conf. semifinals | Minnesota Timberwolves | 4-1 in games | Golden State Warriors | May 6 to May 14, 2025 |
| Conf. finals | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-1 in games | Minnesota Timberwolves | May 20 to May 28, 2025 |
| Conf. finals | Indiana Pacers | 4-2 in games | New York Knicks | May 21 to May 31, 2025 |
| The Finals | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-3 in games | Indiana Pacers | June 5 to June 22, 2025 |
The left column ranks this field by regular season record, not by seed number: seeding rules differ by era, so this site uses records everywhere instead. The right column groups clubs by the round they went out in, which is not the same as the number of rounds they won, because a bye carries a club further without it winning anything. The figure beside a name is places moved between the two columns, and part of it is only where a club sat inside its band. Nothing here is a prediction. The data notes carry the whole method.