There will be two more Game 6s in the first round as Nuggets-Clippers and Rockets-Warriors are tied 3-2 after five games, with Denver and Golden State one game from advancing. The playoff field will be whittled down to eight teams by the end of the weekend, and the second round will begin on Sunday, May 4.

The Los Angeles Lakers host the Minnesota Timberwolves for Game 5 of their 2025 NBA playoffs series. Here are predictions, picks and odds.

Minnesota Timberwolves advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs by beating Los Angeles Lakers 103-96 in Game 5

The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo expect to meet after the team's playoff elimination "to discuss both his future and the future plans for the team," according to ESPN's Shams Charania (h/t ESPN's Jamal Collier .)

How many players in NBA history have ever been traded while playing at a higher level 2024-25 Giannis Antetokounmpo? The obvious answer is the last Milwaukee Bucks MVP to get traded, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,

The fact that the Milwaukee Bucks were ousted from the NBA playoffs for the second straight year in the first round is probably not good for the team's outlook, not when it comes to keeping star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo in place.

Jrue Holiday won his second NBA Sportsmanship Award and became the first Celtics player to receive the honor, the league announced on Thursday. The guard won the award when he was with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2020-21.

Nobody in the NBA demonstrated sportsmanship better than Boston Celtics guard Jrue Holiday this season. Holiday won the 2024-25 NBA Sportsmanship Award on Thursday, which marked the second time he has taken home the award in his career: Last month,