Two spots remain up for grabs in the 2025 NBA playoff bracket, and four teams remaining in the Play-In Tournament are trying to earn them. The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks kept

The Memphis Grizzlies will host the Dallas Mavericks in an elimination game of the play-in tournament at 8:30 p.m. CT Friday (TNT).

The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks raced out to large first-half leads before holding on to win their first games of the 2025 NBA play-in tournament while respectively eliminating the Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings.

No. 2 Houston Rockets (52-30) vs. No. 7 Golden State Warriors (48-34) Season series: Warriors, 3-2 (includes one NBA Cup game). Story line: Experience vs. inexperience. Let's put this into perspective.

The 2025 NBA Western Conference playoffs will be one for the books, which is saying a lot for a conference that rarely fails to deliver on drama. And the first-round matchup between the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers has promise of being the best of the best.

In perhaps the most anticipated first-round matchup, it's LeBron James and Luka Doncic vs. Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves.