All rounds are best-of-seven series; the series ends when one team wins four games, and that team advances to the next round. Playoffs Video. All rights reserved. I’ll be fine.’, LeBron James speaks more on Breonna Taylor, power of Black women, Second chance points, clutch LeBron defense earns Lakers win to go up 3-1 on Denver, Watch Jamal Murray hit insane hand-switching layup around LeBron, Former Louisville star Donovan Mitchell ‘sad, angry, disgusted’ after Breonna Taylor decision, Report: Bulls paying Billy Donovan $6 million-plus annual salary. Both teams discussed a boycott of Game 1, similar to the Milwaukee Bucks, in protest due to the shooting of Jacob Blake. After squandering a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference Semifinals, the franchise has again failed to get over the hump.

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This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first six meetings. [3] The last time a play-in game was played to determine a playoff spot was in 1956.[4]. As head coach of the Clippers, Rivers is 2-3 in Game 7s. [34] This was also the first best of 7 playoff series in NBA history where the road team won every game, although the games were technically held at a neutral site. In Game 5, the Clippers were outscored 44-25 over the last 13:25, suffering a six-point loss after leading by as many as 16 points in the game. LA was just one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in the franchise's 50-year history after building a 3-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals but that one win would never come.

Report: Danuel House apologized to Rockets before leaving bubble, Anthony Davis on sprained ankle: ‘Rolled it pretty bad. All three games that were scheduled to take place on August 26 were postponed due to a wildcat strike,[5][6] in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with the Milwaukee Bucks being the first team not to take the court prior to their game five matchup against the Orlando Magic. This marks the first time a playoff game has ended in such a fashion since Game 1 of the 1979 NBA Finals. ", "Bucks earliest to clinch playoff berth in 15 years", "Raptors clinch playoff spot with win over Warriors", "Lakers Clinch 1st Playoff Berth Since 2013 with Win over Giannis, Bucks", "Celtics Clinch Playoff Spot With Win Over Pacers", "Giannis Antetokounmpo says Bucks' biggest obstacle after clinching 1-seed 'is ourselves, "Nets 'took care of business' in clinching playoff spot, Jacque Vaughn says", "Holiday scores 28; Pelicans top Wizards without Williamson", "Lakers beat Jazz 116-108 to clinch top seed in West", "Mavericks clinch playoff spot with Grizzlies' loss; drought to end at 3 years", https://www.nba.com/article/2020/08/26/milwaukee-bucks-orlando-magic-game-5-delayed, "Team Rivalry Finder — Milwaukee Bucks versus Orlando Magic (Playoffs)", "Toronto Raptors rewrite the record books in Game 4 win over Brooklyn Nets", "Team Rivalry Finder — Brooklyn Nets versus Toronto Raptors (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Philadelphia 76ers (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Indiana Pacers versus Miami Heat (Playoffs)", "LeBron James reminds everyone the NBA games are being boycotted, not 'postponed, "Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Lakers versus Portland Trail Blazers (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Clippers versus Dallas Mavericks (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Denver Nuggets versus Utah Jazz (Playoffs)", "Thunder, Rockets boycotting Game 5 in response to Jacob Blake shooting", "Team Rivalry Finder — Houston Rockets versus Oklahoma City Thunder (Playoffs)", "Butler's walk-off FTs cap wild finish against Bucks", "Team Rivalry Finder — Miami Heat versus Milwaukee Bucks (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Toronto Raptors versus Boston Celtics (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Lakers versus Houston Rockets (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Clippers versus Denver Nuggets (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Boston Celtics versus Miami Heat (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Denver Nuggets versus Los Angeles Lakers (Playoffs)", "Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Lakers versus Miami Heat (Playoffs)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2020_NBA_playoffs&oldid=980803104, Basketball events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, August 2020 sports events in the United States, September 2020 sports events in the United States, October 2020 sports events in the United States, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Denotes team that clinched a playoff berth prior to the March 11 suspension of the season, Denotes team that automatically clinched a playoff berth or a division title on the June approval of the 22-team plan to resume the season, This is the first time in NBA playoff history that two players on opposing teams (, The Nuggets-Jazz series was the first of the 2020 playoffs to have a Game 7, making it the 21st consecutive NBA postseason with a Game 7. Game 5 was postponed by the league after the Lakers and Trail Blazers refused to play.