Author: Brad Botkin

Kim O’Reilly, CBS Sports

The 16-team bracket is set in the 2024 NBA playoffs, and the first round is underway. Road teams finally picked up some wins Tuesday night. The Pacers (who beat the Bucks) and the Mavericks (who took down the Clippers in Kawhi Leonard’s return) became the first teams to get road victories in these playoffs as they evened their first-round series on Tuesday night. The Wolves also got another win against the Suns to go up 2-0.

The Wolves joined the Knicks, Nuggets and Cavaliers as teams with 2-0 series leads after defending their home courts. The Celtics and Thunder — top seeds in their respective conferences — will try to follow suit on Wednesday.

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The 2024 NBA playoffs schedule continues Tuesday with three more Game 2s. It’s Timberwolves-Suns, Bucks-Pacers and Clippers-Mavericks on Tuesday, and Minnesota, Milwaukee and Los Angeles are all trying to take 2-0 series leads. It’s been a good first round for higher seeds so far, as the home teams are off to an 11-0 start. That record stayed perfect after a chaotic Monday night which saw both the Knicks and Nuggets rally for last-minute wins.

The first round could run through Sunday, May 5 with eight best-of-seven series, and we’ll have multi-game nights for at least the first week of the first round. The NBA has announced dates for every potential first-round game, as well as times and TV info through April 28. The up-to-date NBA playoff schedule is below.

Tuesday schedule for NBA playoffs

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