NBA playoffs 2022: How each team can win the championship
With no clear-cut favorite, the race to the NBA championship is wide open. Here’s what each playoff team must do to hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
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With no clear-cut favorite, the race to the NBA championship is wide open. Here’s what each playoff team must do to hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
As the season resumes, our USA TODAY Sports NBA experts made their predictions for how the playoff race will unfold down the stretch.
Some star players will miss the festivities, but several more will be on hand for the NBA's annual Christmas Day showcase.
The final series of the first round ends with the first Game 7 of the 2021 playoffs. Our team makes its picks for the Clippers vs. Mavericks finale.
Email NBA playoff preview picks: Is Nets over Jazz a safe bet? Some of our experts think so Jeff Zillgitt, Mark Medina, Matt Eppers, Duane Rankin, Marla Ridenour, J. Michael, Jim Owczarski, Evan Barnes and Berry Tramel, USA TODAY Published 1:25 pm UTC May. 21, 2021 The NBA's inaugural play-in tournament served its intended purposed: it became the topic of league-wide chatter the last month of the season and then produced some compelling games. But the real playoffs begin on Saturday. Can the Los Angeles Lakers repeat as champions? The Utah Jazz finished with the league's best regular-season ...