The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers open their first-round playoff series. The Lakers won two of the teams’ three regular-season meetings, but will be without Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves to start the postseason. Kevin Durant is making his playoff debut with the Rockets.

Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round series begins at 8:30 p.m. ET tonight in Los Angeles, with multiple streaming options offering free trials for new subscribers.

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The Toronto Raptors and Cleveland Cavaliers open their first-round series of the 2026 NBA playoffs. The Cavs enter as the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 playoff seed while the Raptors are fifth. Toronto won all three of the team’s regular-season meetings, all of which were played before the end of November.

Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers open the 2026 NBA Playoffs at home with Game 1 of a first-round series against the Toronto Raptors. The game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET with streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime.

This first-round NBA Playoff matchup features Anthony Edwards and the No. 6 seed Minnesota Timberwolves taking on Nikola Jokic and the No. 3 Denver Nuggets in this exciting Western Conference matchup.

LOS ANGELES — The No. 4 Los Angeles Lakers and No. 5 Houston Rockets open their first-round Western Conference playoff series today – Saturday, April 18 – at Crypto.com Arena in L.A. Tip-off is slated for 8:30 p.