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The NBA has informed teams of the dates for the NBA Finals with the NBA Playoffs expected to get started on Monday, August 17th. We are still waiting to see who the 8-seed in the West will be, but the rest of the playoff matchups have already been decided. You can check out the updated bracket here. Anyway, here are the dates for the NBA Finals, which is subject to be moved up depending on how the rounds progress:
Game 1 — September 30th
Game 2 — October 2nd
Game 3 — October 4th
Game 4 — October 6th
Game 5 — October 9th
Game 6 — October 11th
Game 7 — October 13th
So as of right now, the final date for a Game 7 and end to the season would be October 13th. The League says that date can be moved up if the earlier rounds go quickly. The rounds before the finals will go alternating series on each day.