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2026 NBA playoffs: Bracket, schedule, scores, matchups for first round including Lakers vs. Rockets
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The 2026 NBA playoffs continued on Sunday with a quartet of first-round games. The Toronto Raptors opened the action with a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Sunday matinee, and the Los Angeles Lakers will have the opportunity to complete the series sweep against the Houston Rockets in the nightcap.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has shared its top picks and best bets for Sunday's NBA games. The SportsLine model entered the first full week of the 2026 NBA playoffs on a sizzling 24-9 roll (73%) on top-rated NBA spread picks this season and has returned well over $10,
The Denver Nuggets will try to even their first-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4. The Timberwolves won Games 3 and 4. Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon missed Game 3 with a calf strain and is questionable for Game 4. Denver enters as a slight 1.5-point favorite.
The Portland Trail Blazers are back on their home floor on Sunday looking to draw even with the San Antonio Spurs in their NBA Playoffs series. The game is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.
The Jayhawks' standout guard averaged 20.2 ppg and is considered one of the top prospects in the 2026 Draft class.
Star Illinois guard Andrej Stojaković previously announced he'd be returning to Champaign next season in an attempt to return to the Final Four once again. But Sunday saw Stojaković make a different decision,
Here's what has stood out from the latest playoff games of the Western Conference's first round.