NBA playoffs start date, other key NBA dates for 2016-17 season
Info on the playoffs, NBA Draft and other important dates
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When the NBA regular season ends, the real season begins. The two-month long trek that is the NBA playoffs is grueling, which makes it all the more rewarding when a team hoists the trophy in June.
What was once thought of as a two-horse race between the Warriors and Cavs has gained some more competition thanks to an injury to Kevin Durant and a second-half slump by Cleveland. It might take more work than we thought to get a rubber match in this year’s NBA Finals.
Below is the start date for the NBA playoffs, along with other key dates for the 2016-17 season.
| Event | Date | Time (if applicable) |
| NBA Trade Deadline | Feb. 23 | 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT |
| Regular season ends | April 12 | |
| Playoff rosters set | April 14 | 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT |
| NBA playoffs begin | April 15 | |
| Conference Semifinals begin | May 1 | |
| NBA Draft Combine | May 9-14 | |
| Conference Finals begin | May 16 | |
| NBA Draft Lottery | May 16 | |
| NBA Finals begin | June 1 | |
| NBA Draft early entry withdrawl deadline | June 12 | 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT |
| 2017 NBA Draft | June 22 |
