NBA playoffs 2022 - Complete first-round matchups, schedules and news

The NBA postseason is here, and it's shaping up to be a wide-open chase to the 2022 title.

The Phoenix Suns ran away with the league's best regular-season record — eight games clear of the second-best Memphis Grizzlies. Devin Booker, Chris Paul and the reigning Western Conference champs are on a mission to redeem themselves after last season's six-game Finals defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks.

Plenty of West contenders stand in the Suns' way, including Ja Morant and the Grizzlies, MVP favorite Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets and the Golden State Warriors, who are back in the playoffs for the first time since reaching the Finals in 2019.

In the East, the defending champion Bucks are the 3-seed in a log-jammed conference — the top-seeded Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers were separated by just two games in the final regular season standings.

And the Brooklyn Nets, who needed the play-in tournament to clinch the 7-seed, have the star power to shake up the playoffs bracket.

Here's all the info you need for each first-round matchup, including schedules, news and series-by-series analysis.

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Game 1: Atlanta vs. Miami | Sun., April 17 (1 p.m. ET, TNT)Game 2: Atlanta vs. Miami | Tue., April 19 (TBD)Game 3: Miami vs. Atlanta | Fri., April 22 (TBD, ESPN)Game 4: Miami vs. Atlanta | Sun., April 24 (7 p.m. ET, TNT)Game 5*: Atlanta vs. Miami | Tue., April 26 (TBD)Game 6*: Miami vs. Atlanta | Thu., April 28 (TBD)Game 7*: Atlanta vs. Miami | Sat., April 30 (TBD, TNT)

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Game 1: Brooklyn vs. Boston | Sun., April 17 (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC)Game 2: Brooklyn vs. Boston | Wed., April 20 (7