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As the basketball season winds down, the excitement heats up as another NBA Playoff season kicks off for a battle to win the national championship.

The 2012 NBA Playoff schedule will be announced after the last season's games are played on April 26 — leading to a scramble for NBA Playoff tickets to attend the hottest basketball matches of the year as fans cheer ...Let the games begin!

The first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs kick off on the weekend of Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29 in an ultimate best of seven series to name the 2012 NBA national champions.

As NBA playoffs season draws near, keep it here for more about who's in the running, including complete schedules and TV times.

Later, keep your TV remotes at the ready for the much-anticipated NBA draft in June....

2011 NBA Playoffs recap

Into the final round, the Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City 4 games to 1 to take the Western conference to ultimately go up against the Eastern conference champs Miami Heat in the NBA final championship.

Although many pundits gave the championship to Miami, it was Dallas who battled back (with one memorable buzzer beater in Game 4) to take their first ever NBA championship title 4-2.

2011 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL SCORES

Game 1 -- FINAL Miami 92, Dallas 84
Game 2 -- FINAL Dallas 95, Miami 93
Game 3 -- FINAL Miami 88, Dallas 86
Game 4 -- FINAL Dallas 86, Miami 83
Game 5 -- FINAL Dallas, 112, Miami 103
Game 6 -- FINAL Dallas 105, Miami 95

Dallas wins series 4-2

2012 NBA playoffs & finals around the Web:

Around the Web, get complete reports on stats, scores, and who was in and who was out of the running leading up to the finals championship ...

Yahoo! Sports - NBA Playoffs - Check out streaming video reports and interviews, the complete TV schedule, the latest scores, stats, breaking news and photos.

NBA Playoffs 2012 - Bleacher Report - The place to be for extensive coverage leading up to the playoffs, with full championship game coverage and post-game analysis.

Slam! Sports - Basketball - Want to know the latest scores? Als check out daily stats on assists, blocks, points, steals, blocks and rebounds.

TSN.ca - NBA Playoffs - Get a series preview and all the teams in contention, their standings in playoff history along with their related regular season logs and stats.

2012 NBA Finals Scoreboard
(Live scores on game nights from Sports Illustrated)

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