Play‑in TV, start times listed
Sporting News and Yahoo published practical viewing guides with TV channels, exact start times, and streaming details for the remaining NBA play‑in games that will finalize the playoff bracket. Those schedules give fans the channel and start‑time info needed to catch the games that decide late playoff spots. (sportingnews.com) (sports.yahoo.com)
The last NBA play-in games are set for Wednesday, April 15, and Friday, April 17, with exact tip times and TV details now posted for fans trying to catch the final playoff berths. (nba.com) The National Basketball Association said the 2026 SoFi Play-In Tournament runs April 14-17, and all games are being carried exclusively on Prime Video before the first round begins Saturday, April 18. (nba.com) Sporting News listed Wednesday’s games at 7:30 p.m. Eastern for Orlando Magic at Philadelphia 76ers and 10 p.m. Eastern for Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Clippers, both on Prime Video. (sportingnews.com) Yahoo’s live play-in coverage matched those Wednesday pairings and times, calling April 15 “Day 2” of the tournament after Tuesday’s opening games. (sports.yahoo.com) The play-in format uses seeds 7 through 10 in each conference to decide the No. 7 and No. 8 playoff spots. The 7-8 game winner claims the No. 7 seed, while the 9-10 loser is eliminated immediately. (sports.yahoo.com) That structure means Friday’s schedule cannot be fully named until Wednesday’s games end, because the East final is Charlotte Hornets versus the loser of Magic-76ers and the West final is Phoenix Suns versus the loser of Clippers-Warriors. (sportingnews.com) Tuesday already settled two pieces of the bracket: Charlotte beat Miami 127-126 in overtime in the East 9-10 game, and Portland beat Phoenix 114-110 in the West 7-8 game. Portland took the West’s No. 7 seed, while Miami was eliminated. (nba.com) Yahoo’s bracket page said the play-in field came from Philadelphia, Orlando, Charlotte and Miami in the East, and from Phoenix, Portland, Los Angeles and Golden State in the West after the regular season ended. (sports.yahoo.com) The practical value of the new viewing guides is simple: they pin down the only remaining games that still decide who reaches the main playoff bracket, and they do it with exact Eastern times and the streaming outlet fans need. (sportingnews.com) By late Friday, all eight first-round matchups will be locked, and the National Basketball Association’s 2026 playoffs will move from the play-in scramble to full best-of-seven series on April 18. (nba.com)
