NBA playoffs 2022 - Complete second-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; they survived an injury to Booker to knock out the New Orleans Pelicans in the first round.

Plenty of West contenders still stand in the Suns' way, including Ja Morant and the Grizzlies, Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks 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 all advanced to the second round.

Here's all the info you need for each conference semifinals matchup, including game recaps, news and series-by-series analysis.

All times Eastern.

MORE: Complete first-round results

Game 1: 76ers at Heat, Monday, 7:30 p.m. (TNT)Game 2: 76ers at Heat, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. (TNT)Game 3: Heat at 76ers, Friday, 7 p.m. (ESPN)Game 4: Heat at 76ers, Sunday, May 8, 8 p.m. (TNT)Game 5*: 76ers at Heat, Tuesday, May 10, TBD (TNT)Game 6*: Heat at 76ers, Thursday, May 12, TBD (ESPN)Game 7*: 76ers at Heat, Sunday, May 15, TBD*If necessary

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