Every 2025-26 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.
New York Knicks won the 2025-26 title from a regular season record of 53-29. 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 | Phoenix Suns | April 19 to April 27, 2026 |
| First round | San Antonio Spurs | 4-1 in games | Portland Trail Blazers | April 19 to April 28, 2026 |
| First round | Detroit Pistons | 4-3 in games | Orlando Magic | April 19 to May 3, 2026 |
| First round | Philadelphia 76ers | 4-3 in games | Boston Celtics | April 19 to May 2, 2026 |
| First round | Minnesota Timberwolves | 4-2 in games | Denver Nuggets | April 18 to April 30, 2026 |
| First round | Los Angeles Lakers | 4-2 in games | Houston Rockets | April 18 to May 1, 2026 |
| First round | New York Knicks | 4-2 in games | Atlanta Hawks | April 18 to April 30, 2026 |
| First round | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-3 in games | Toronto Raptors | April 18 to May 3, 2026 |
| Conf. semifinals | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-0 in games | Los Angeles Lakers | May 5 to May 11, 2026 |
| Conf. semifinals | San Antonio Spurs | 4-2 in games | Minnesota Timberwolves | May 4 to May 15, 2026 |
| Conf. semifinals | Cleveland Cavaliers | 4-3 in games | Detroit Pistons | May 5 to May 17, 2026 |
| Conf. semifinals | New York Knicks | 4-0 in games | Philadelphia 76ers | May 4 to May 10, 2026 |
| Conf. finals | San Antonio Spurs | 4-3 in games | Oklahoma City Thunder | May 18 to May 30, 2026 |
| Conf. finals | New York Knicks | 4-0 in games | Cleveland Cavaliers | May 19 to May 25, 2026 |
| The Finals | New York Knicks | 4-1 in games | San Antonio Spurs | June 3 to June 13, 2026 |
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.