Sporting News · Apr 14, 2016
NBA playoffs 2016: First-round matchups, schedule, TV info
The best time of year for NBA fans has arrived: playoff season. The 2016 NBA playoffs will begin Saturday, April 16; the league's two-month journey to a championship will end in mid-June at the NBA Finals. In between, 16 teams will compete for professional basketball supremacy.
The teams in last year's Finals, the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, are the top seeds in their respective conferences this season.
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