NBA playoffs 2021: Matchups, schedules and news for the conference finals

The 2021 NBA playoffs continue and we're guaranteed of having a new champion after the Los Angeles Lakers were eliminated in the first round.

Half of the NBA Finals matchup is set, as thePhoenix Suns, who have never won a championship and last played in the Finals in 1993, eliminated theLA Clippersin six games in the Western Conference finals.

In the Eastern Conference finals, the upstartAtlanta Hawks, who last won a title in 1958 when they called St. Louis home, are facing theMilwaukee Bucks, who are trying to end a 50-year title drought of their own.

Keep it here for all the matchups, schedules, news and analysis all the way through the crowning of an NBA champion.

2021 NBA playoffs: Conference semis | First round

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

Milwaukee Bucks (3) lead Atlanta Hawks (5), 3-2

Game 1

>Hawks 116, Bucks 113

Game 2

>Bucks 125, Hawks 91

Game 3

>Bucks 113, Hawks 102

Game 4

>Hawks 110, Bucks 88

Game 5

>Bucks 123, Hawks 112

Game 6: Saturday, July 3

>Bucks at Hawks, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT)

Game 7: Monday, July 5*

>Hawks at Bucks, 8:30 p.m. ET (TNT)

*If necessary

• Young:The Bucks are one win away from the finals, all thanks to Giannis' supporting cast


• Hawks mauled inside, seeking answers after Game 5 loss


• Experts:Five big takeaways from Game 4 of Bucks-Hawks


• Goldsberry:Trae Young's floater/lob combo is carrying the Hawks


• Bucks marvel at Middleton's huge fourth: 'Greatness'


• 'Take us home, Khris': The Bucks have a dimension the Hawks can't reach


• Expert takeaways on the Bucks' blowout win in Game 2


• MacMullan:The bond that transformed the Hawks


• Arnovitz: Trae and the Hawks did it again in Game 1 -- this time with a shimmy


• NBA world reacts on Twitter to 'unbothered' Trae Young

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

Phoenix Suns (2) def.LA Clippers (4), 4-2

Game 1

>Suns 120, Clippers 114

Game 2

>Suns 104, Clippers 103

Game 3

Clippers 106, Suns 92

Game 4

>Suns 84, Clippers 80

Game 5

>Clippers 116, Suns 102

Game 6

>Suns 130, Clippers 103

• Windhorst: Whether destiny or redemption, the Suns' story is improbable and unique


• Suns finish off Clippers behind Chris Paul's 41


• Marks: Kawhi Leonard holds the Clippers' future in his hands


• Williams: Suns can't play with 'show-up mentality'


• Shelburne: George, Clippers again at their best when they needed it most


• Shelburne:Reggie Jackson feels like he has a place in the NBA


• Arnovitz:How 'old souls' and margin mastery have the Suns one win away from the NBA Finals


• Pelton:The factors fueling these wild Clippers comebacks


• Young:'Win or go home': Paul George is doing everything to keep the Clippers alive


• Booker: Nose, mask not problem in Suns' loss

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