A trio of Game 3s are on the NBA playoff schedule Thursday night, April 23 as all the series now shift to the home arenas for the lower seeds.
And for the third straight night, to view the games, you’ll need a different streaming service.
Two Eastern Conference games – New York Knicks-Atlanta Hawks and Cleveland Cavaliers-Toronto Raptors – open the night before Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets play Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference to close out the night.
The Hawks will look to carry the momentum to Atlanta after stunning the Knicks in Game 2 by rallying from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to even up their series.
Backed by Donovan Mitchell’s 30-point and 32-point games, the Cavs have been among the most impressive teams in the playoffs with two double-digit wins.
The Timberwolves and Nuggets split the first two games in Denver after Minnesota came back from 19 points to take Game 2.
Overall, five of the eight first-round playoffs series are knotted up at 1-1.
Here’s the latest on the NBA playoffs on April 23, including start times, where to watch the games, the schedule, the bracket and scores:
What NBA games are on tonight? NBA playoff games start times
Game 3s in the 1 vs. 8 first-round matchups in the Eastern and Western conferences play on Thursday, April 23:
Times are Central
What channel are the NBA playoffs on? Where to watch the NBA games today on TV, stream
It’s an all-Prime night for the NBA playoffs.
Here’s where to watch the NBA playoff games on April 23:
Watch the NBA playoffs on Prime Video
NBA playoff bracket
Here’s the 2026 NBA playoff bracket (all series are best-of-seven):
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
NBA playoff series, schedule
Eastern Conference
Detroit Pistons (1) vs. Orlando Magic (8)
Boston Celtics (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (7)
New York Knicks (3) vs. Atlanta Hawks (6)
Cleveland Cavaliers (4) vs. Toronto Raptors (5)
Western Conference
Oklahoma City Thunder (1) vs. Phoenix Suns (8)
San Antonio Spurs (2) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (7)
Denver Nuggets (3) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (6)
Los Angeles Lakers (4) vs. Houston Rockets (5)
NBA playoff scores, results
Here are the results of the NBA playoff first-round games:
Saturday, April 18
Sunday, April 19
Monday, April 20
Tuesday, April 21
Wednesday, April 22
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: NBA playoff TV schedule today, times, where to watch games, stream
Reporting by Christopher Kuhagen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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