NBA playoffs begin live on Sky Sports from August 17
Watch Brooklyn Nets @ Toronto Raptors (Game 1) live on Sky Sports Arena on Monday, August 17 at 9pm
By Sky Sports NBA
After an exciting couple weeks of Seeding games, the playoffs are finally upon us!
The 2019-20 NBA playoff bracket is set and you can watch the opening exchanges from the first-round match-ups live on Sky Sports.
The postseason action begins on Monday, August 17, with four first-round series - two from the Eastern Conference, two from the West - getting underway.
Defending champions the Toronto Raptors open their title defence against the seventh-seeded Brooklyn Nets, live on Sky Sports Arena at 9pm.
On Tuesday night, Chris Paul will face the team that traded him away last summer when the Oklahoma City Thunder take on the Houston Rockets, live on Sky Sports Arena at 11:30pm.
In addition, non-Sky subscribers can get a taste of the action from the Indiana Pacers-Miami Heat series at 8:30pm on Saturday, August 22 via a free live stream of Game 3 available on skysports.com, the Sky Sports app and Sky Sports' YouTube channel.
First round playoff series
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs Orlando Magic (8)
Toronto Raptors (2) vs Brooklyn Nets (7)
Boston Celtics (3) vs Philadelphia 76ers (6)
Indiana Pacers (4) vs Miami Heat (5)
Western Conference
Los Angeles Lakers (1) vs Portland Trail Blazers (8)
LA Clippers (2) vs Dallas Mavericks (7)
Denver Nuggets (3) vs Utah Jazz (6)
Houston Rockets (4) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (5)
More live games will be announced as the first-round series develop.