NBA playoffs 2025: Second-round news, schedule, scores and highlights

The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs in the books, with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers reaching the league's conference finals.

We'll have complete coverage of the NBA playoffs all the way through the 2025 NBA Finals, which tip off June 5 on ABC and the ESPN App.

Note: All four rounds of the NBA playoffs are best-of-seven, and teams are not reseeded after each round. The team with the better regular-season record in each series will have home-court advantage for that series. All series are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the team with the better record hosting Games 1, 2, 5 and 7 (if necessary).

MORE: First-round recap

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(4) Indiana Pacers defeat (1) Cleveland Cavaliers, 4-1

• Game 1: Pacers 121, Cavaliers 112

• Game 2: Pacers 120, Cavaliers 119

• Game 3: Cavaliers 126, Pacers 104

• Game 4: Pacers 129, Cavaliers 109

• Game 5: Pacers 114, Cavaliers 105

More:

• Pacers pen winning 'script, topple Cavaliers to return to ECF

• Banged-up Cavs get tough, top Pacers in 'now or never' Game 3

• Cavs' Kenny Atkinson named Coach of the Year by peers

• MacMahon: How Garland's 'pivotal' season is fueling the Cavaliers

• Haliburton, Pacers eliminate Bucks in overtime thriller

(3) New York Knicks defeat (2) Boston Celtics, 4-2

• Game 1: Knicks 108, Celtics 105 (OT)

• Game 2: Knicks 91, Celtics 90

• Game 3: Celtics 115, Knicks 93

• Game 4: Knicks 121, Celtics 113

• Game 5: Celtics 127, Knicks 102

• Game 6: Knicks 119, Celtics 81

More:

• Celtics' Holiday wins NBA's sportsmanship award for 2nd time

• Celtics' Pritchard named NBA's Sixth Man of the Year

• Mazzulla-isms! The best and most bizarre quotes from the Celtics coach

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(1) Oklahoma City Thunder defeat (4) Denver Nuggets, 4-3

• Game 1: Nuggets 121, Thunder 119

• Game 2: Thunder 149, Denver 106

• Game 3: Nuggets 113, Thunder 104 (OT)

• Game 4: Thunder 92, Nuggets 87

• Game 5: Thunder 112, Nuggets 105

• Game 6: Nuggets 119, Thunder 107

• Game 7: Thunder 125, Nuggets 93

More:

• Thunder into Western Conference finals after rolling Nuggets

• Sources: Nuggets' Aaron Gordon (hamstring) in doubt for Game 7

• Jamal Murray scores 25 as Nuggets force Game 7 vs. Thunder

• Bontemps: SGA or Jokic? Results are in for final MVP straw poll

• Kram: NBA contenders don't fear the Thunder -- here are 22 reasons they should

• MacMahon/Shelburne: Why the Nuggets suddenly fired their coach and GM

(6) Minnesota Timberwolves defeat (7) Golden State Warriors 4-1

• Game 1: Warriors 99, Timberwolves 88

• Game 2: Timberwolves 117, Warriors 93

• Game 3: Timberwolves 102, Warriors 97

• Game 4: Timberwolves 117, Warriors 110

• Game 5: Timberwolves 121, Warriors 110