After a temporary suspension in play due to a player-led boycott to protest social injustice, the NBA Playoffs are expected to resume with an even greater awareness surrounding the social and racial issues the nation faces.
While basketball is certainly secondary to the larger issues the country faces and the passion the players have for those issues, they have convened and decided to go forward with the remainder of the postseason.
Below is the complete revised schedule of the 2020 NBA Playoffs (all times Eastern Standard):
Eastern Conference First-Round Schedule
No. 1 Milwaukee Bucks vs. No. 8 Orlando Magic (MIL def. ORL 4-1)
No. 2 Toronto Raptors vs. No. 7 Brooklyn Nets (TOR def. BRK 4-0)
No. 3 Boston Celtics vs. No. 6 Philadelphia 76ers (BOS def. PHI 4-0)
No. 4 Indiana Pacers vs. No. 5 Miami Heat (MIA def. IND 4-0)
Western Conference First-Round Schedule
No. 1 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 8 Portland Trail Blazers (LAL def. POR 4-1)
No. 2 Los Angeles Clippers vs. No. 7 Dallas Mavericks
Game 1: Monday, Aug. 17, 9 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 9 p.m. (TNT)
Game 3: Friday, Aug. 21, 9 p.m. (TNT)
Game 4: Sunday, Aug. 23, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)
Game 5: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 9 p.m. (TNT)
Game 6: Sunday, Aug. 30, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 7*: Tuesday, Sept. 1, TBD
No. 3 Denver Nuggets vs. No. 6 Utah Jazz
Game 1: Monday, Aug. 17, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 4 p.m. (TNT)
Game 3: Friday, Aug. 21, 4 p.m. (TNT)
Game 4: Sunday, Aug. 23, 9 p.m. (TNT)
Game 5: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 6:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 6: Sunday, Aug. 30, 8:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 7*: Tuesday, Sept. 1, TBD
No. 4 Houston Rockets vs. No. 5 Oklahoma City Thunder
Game 1: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 6:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 2: Thursday, Aug. 20, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 3: Saturday, Aug. 22, 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 4: Monday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m. (TNT)
Game 5: Saturday, Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 6: Monday, Aug. 31, 9 p.m. (TNT)
Game 7*: Wednesday, Sept. 2, TBD
Eastern Conference Semifinals
No. 2 Toronto Raptors vs. No. 3 Boston Celtics
Game 1: Sunday, Aug. 30, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 2: Tuesday, Sept. 1, TBD (ESPN)
Game 3: Thursday, Sept. 3, TBD
Game 4: Saturday, Sept. 5, TBD
Game 5*: Monday, Sept. 7, TBD
Game 6*: Wednesday, Sept. 9, TBD
Game 7*: Friday, Sept. 11, TBD
No. 1 Milwaukee Bucks vs. No. 5 Miami Heat
Game 1: Monday, Aug. 31, 6:30 p.m. (TNT)
Game 2: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Game 3: Friday, Sept. 4, TBD
Game 4: Sunday, Sept. 6, TBD
Game 5*: Tuesday, Sept. 8, TBD
Game 6*: Thursday, Sept. 10, TBD
Game 7*: Saturday, Sept. 12, TBD
Western Conference Semifinals
TBD
*if necessary
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