{"id":492586,"date":"2026-04-13T07:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=492586"},"modified":"2026-04-13T07:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T05:39:13","slug":"nba-playoff-and-play-in-bracket-set-for-2026-all-the-matchups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/nba-playoff-and-play-in-bracket-set-for-2026-all-the-matchups\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA playoff and play-in bracket set for 2026: all the matchups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1411\" data-end=\"1729\">The regular season ended on April 13, 2026, and the full postseason picture is now official. The play-in tournament will run from April 14 to April 17, while the first round of the playoffs will begin on April 18.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"2260\">In the Eastern Conference, the play-in features <strong data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"1801\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/strong> against <strong data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1827\">Orlando Magic<\/strong> in the 7-vs-8 game, with the winner moving on to face the <strong data-start=\"1886\" data-end=\"1904\">Boston Celtics<\/strong> in the first round. The other matchup will be <strong data-start=\"1951\" data-end=\"1972\">Charlotte Hornets<\/strong> versus <strong data-start=\"1980\" data-end=\"1994\">Miami Heat<\/strong>, with the winner advancing to face the loser of 76ers-Magic for the final playoff spot against the <strong data-start=\"2094\" data-end=\"2113\">Detroit Pistons<\/strong>. The bracket already includes <strong data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2183\">Cleveland Cavaliers-Toronto Raptors<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2188\" data-end=\"2221\">New York Knicks-Atlanta Hawks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2262\" data-end=\"2782\">In the Western Conference, the play-in opens with <strong data-start=\"2312\" data-end=\"2328\">Phoenix Suns<\/strong> against the <strong data-start=\"2341\" data-end=\"2367\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong> for the No. 7 seed, with the winner set to face the <strong data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2441\">San Antonio Spurs<\/strong>. The other game is <strong data-start=\"2461\" data-end=\"2498\">LA Clippers-Golden State Warriors<\/strong>, and the surviving team will then battle for the No. 8 seed against the loser of Suns-Blazers to meet the <strong data-start=\"2605\" data-end=\"2630\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/strong>. Also already locked in are <strong data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2697\">Los Angeles Lakers-Houston Rockets<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2743\">Denver Nuggets-Minnesota Timberwolves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE BRACKET IS SET \ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqSnxeDnzv\">pic.twitter.com\/bqSnxeDnzv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2043526145396592760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NBA STANDINGS UPDATE \u203c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f DET (#1 in East) wins 3rd straight, secures first 60-win season since 2005-06<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f DEN (#3 in West) wins 12th straight<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f LAL (#4 in West) wins 3rd straight<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f TOR rises to #5 in East<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0f PHI rises to #7 in East <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1Gsq0cwCb\">pic.twitter.com\/T1Gsq0cwCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2043562844768059599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regular season ended on April 13, 2026, and the full postseason picture is now official<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":492585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-492586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/HFwQIxUXoAAxVys.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492586"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=492586"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=492586"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=492586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}