NBA Playoff Schedule 2015: Dates, TV Info for Conference Finals Matchups

After Sunday's Game 7 between the Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets, the conference finals will be set in the NBA Playoffs.

The Eastern Conference Finals are all chalk, as the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks will take on the second-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. The Golden State Warriors, the top overall seed, will take on the winner of the Clippers/Rockets game. Even though the matchups aren't finalized yet, we already have the conference finals schedule.

Here's a look at when the teams will battle it out for a right to go to the NBA Finals as well as the TV and live stream info for both series (schedule via NBA.com):

Eastern Conference Finals

Each game of the Eastern Conference Finals will be shown on TNT and will tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET. The live stream can be seen on Watch TNT.

Game 1	Wednesday, May 20
Game 2	Friday, May 22
Game 3	Sunday, May 24
Game 4	Tuesday, May 26
Game 5*	Thursday, May 28
Game 6*	Saturday, May 30
Game 7*	Monday, June 1

*if necessary

Don't look now, but LeBron James has led a team to the conference finals for the fifth year in a row. James took the Miami Heat four times before returning to Cleveland and leading the Cavs back to the conference finals.

Despite blowing out the Chicago Bulls in the decisive Game 6 of the Eastern semis, the Cavs are pretty nicked up heading into the series with the Hawks. Point guard Kyrie Irving injured his knee in Game 6 against the Bulls, and per Dave McMenamin of ESPN, Irving's status for Game 1 against Atlanta is "up in the air."

McMenamin went on to say that head coach David Blatt wouldn't guarantee Irving would play. "For sure, no. But we hope so," Blatt said.

If Irving has to sit, it will put that much more pressure on James to play point forward for the Cavs. If DeMarre Carroll is James' primary defender, James could struggle, as John Buccigross of ESPN points out.

James will need Irving to get healthy quickly to give the team another playmaker and ball-handler. Either way, we've seen James make up for a team's shortcomings in the past, so the Cavs will be a tough out with or without Irving.

Western Conference Finals

The Western Conference Finals will be shown exclusively on ESPN, and if you are on the go you can stream the games with Watch ESPN. Each game will jump at 9 p.m. ET.

Game 1	Tuesday, May 19
Game 2	Thursday, May 21
Game 3	Saturday, May 23
Game 4	Monday, May 25
Game 5*	Wednesday, May 27
Game 6*	Friday, May 29
Game 7*	Sunday, May 31

*if necessary

We don't yet know who the Warriors will face, but either way the Dubs will open the series at home. No matter the matchup, this series will be full of big-time matchups.

If the Clippers advance, we could see Chris Paul vs. Steph Curry, Blake Griffin vs. Draymond Green and even a nice coaching chess match between Steve Kerr and Doc Rivers.

If the Rockets move on, the top two finishers in the MVP race, Curry and James Harden, will square off. 

Will there be free throws? You better believe it. One side of the series will feature either DeAndre Jordan or Dwight Howard, and we have already been subjected to the back-and-forth hack-a-Shaq techniques in the Clippers/Rockets series. But the Warriors have their own liability at the free-throw line.

Andrew Bogut shot 52.4 percent from the stripe during the regular season. As if that weren't bad enough, he's at an unconscionable 25 percent in this postseason. Get ready for some late nights out west, because these teams will do whatever it takes to win, including turning it into a free-throw contest.