NBA playoffs

NBA playoffs
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 NBA playoffs
SportBasketball
Founded1946
No. of teams16 (postseason), 20 (including play-in tournament)
Most recent
champion(s)
Boston Celtics
(2024)
Most titlesBoston Celtics (18)
TV partner(s)
Official websiteNational Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs is the annual elimination tournament held to determine the league champion. 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, while those teams finishing seven through 10 from each conference compete in the play-in tournament to determine the final two playoff seeds.