The NBA Conference Championships begin on Sunday, May 13 with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference games between the No. 2 Boston Celtics and No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers. All eyes will be on Lebron James as attempts to take control of the series with almost new team that just swept the top-seeded Toronto Raptors. But the Celtics, with some young players who have been showcased with the absence of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, will be looking to ways to “dethrone the king” with home field advance at TV Garden.
In the Western Conference, the No. 1 Houston Rockets with 65 wins in the season (the most in the league) will face the No. 2 Golden State Warriors with 5 NBA Championships, two of them in the last two three years. Houston lost last year to the Spurs in the Semi-Finals, will they be able to handle what most critics call the best team in the league and make through to the Championship?
Here’s a schedule of the upcoming games that will be hosted by either ABC (Game 1 only), TNT or ESPN.
2018 NBA Conference Championship Schedule
Eastern Conference
Game 1
Clev @ Bos – Sunday, May 13 on ABC
@ 3:30 PM ET
Game 2
Clev @ Bos – Tuesday, May 15
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Game 3
Bos @ Clev – Saturday, May 19
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Game 4
Bos @ Clev – Monday, May 21
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Game 5*
Clev @ Bos – Wednesday, May 23
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Game 6*
Bos @ Clev – Friday, May 25
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Game 7*
Clev @ Bos – Sunday, May 27
@ 8:30 PM ET on ESPN
Western Conference
Game 1
GS @ Hou – Monday, May 14
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 2
GS @ Hou – Wednesday, May 16
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 3
Hou @ GS – Monday, May 20
@ 8:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 4
Hou @GS – Tuesday, May 22
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 5*
GS @ Hou – Thursday, May 24
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 6*
Hou @ GS – Saturday, May 26
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 7*
GS @ Hou – Monday, May 28
@ 9:00 PM ET on TNT
* If necessary
