NBA playoffs
| Upcoming season or competition: 2025 NBA playoffs | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 |
| No. of teams | 16 (postseason), 20 (including play-in tournament) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Boston Celtics (2024) |
| Most titles | Boston Celtics (18) |
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| Official website | National Basketball Association |
The NBA playoffs is the annual postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association (NBA) held to determine the league champion. Since 1949, the four-round, best-of-seven tournament is held after the league's regular season and its preliminary postseason tournament, the NBA play-in tournament. Six teams from each of the two conferences automatically advance to the playoffs based on regular season winning percentage. As of 2021, those teams finishing seven through 10 from each conference compete in the play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff seeds. The playoffs culminate with the NBA Finals, where both conference champions from the NBA conference finals play each other.