Every 2026 NBA Conference Finals jersey and uniform matchup graded, organized series by series. The Western Conference Finals are Spurs vs Thunder. The Eastern Conference Finals are Knicks vs Cavaliers. Home team wears white. Road team wears color. That is the playoff uniform standard. We score each jersey matchup on a 10-point scale and give credit for iconic alternates and throwback uniforms that carry the right vibe.
Below, every matchup graded series by series, newest game first within each series. Spurs-Thunder leads off in the West, then Knicks-Cavaliers in the East.
San Antonio Spurs vs Oklahoma City Thunder (Western Conference Finals)
Series tied 1-1 heading to Frost Bank Center after the Thunder evened it up in Game 2 at Paycom Center. The Spurs took Game 1 on the road in Oklahoma City and the Thunder responded with the Game 2 win at home to send the series to San Antonio level. The Western Conference Finals opened at Paycom Center with the Thunder running the Icon Edition blue at home for both Games 1 and 2 instead of the Association whites, the Spurs answering in the Icon Edition black road jersey for Game 1 and flipping to the Association Edition white road for Game 2. Series shifts to Frost Bank Center for Games 3 and 4 with the Spurs running the Icon Edition black at home for Game 3 against the Thunder Icon Edition blue road for a swapped-court rematch of the Game 1 matchup, then the Spurs flipping to the Association Edition white at home for Game 4 with the Thunder back in Icon blue road for the textbook white-versus-color matchup. Thunder Icon blue is the through-line all four games. The Spurs work three different jerseys across the first four. We grade each matchup as the uniform pairing is confirmed.
Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 10 / 10
Spurs flip to the Association Edition white at home for Game 4 at Frost Bank Center with the Thunder in the Icon Edition blue on the road for the fourth straight game. This is the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup, both teams in their primary identity, no alternate court, no wrong-color call. Spurs Association white is the strongest home look San Antonio has and the Thunder blue is the strongest road look Oklahoma City runs. The Thunder will have worn their Icon blue in all four games of the series at this point, the same way they wore Icon blue through the entire Lakers sweep in Round 2. Ten out of 10.
Game 3: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 6 / 10
Series shifts to Frost Bank Center for Game 3 with the Spurs in the Icon Edition black at home and the Thunder in the Icon Edition blue on the road, the exact same jersey pairing as Game 1 with home and road roles swapped. Black at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard, the same call San Antonio made in Round 2 Game 5 against the Wolves for the Icon black home debut. Spurs Icon black on the road read better than at home because Frost Bank Center loses the broadcast contrast it gets with the white floor versus dark color, but the Thunder Icon blue road jersey carries the matchup the same way it did in Game 1. Six out of 10. We dock two on the home-team jersey choice.
Game 2: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 3 / 10
Thunder run back the Icon Edition blue at home for the second straight game with the Spurs flipping to the Association Edition white on the road. Both teams in their primary color identity sounds clean in a vacuum, but the road team in white instead of the home team in white inverts the playoff uniform standard. Spurs Association whites belong at home at Frost Bank Center, not in a road game at Paycom Center where the Thunder are already in blue at home. The visual story gets muddier than it needs to be when the Thunder do not pull their Association whites at home and the Spurs do not pull a color jersey on the road. Oklahoma City took Game 2 at Paycom Center to even the series 1-1 heading to San Antonio. Three out of 10.
Game 1: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 8 / 10
Thunder open the Western Conference Finals at Paycom Center in the Icon Edition blue at home with the Spurs in the Icon Edition black on the road. Thunder blue at home is not the traditional Association white call, but the matchup reads strong because blue and black are both primary brand colors carried at the right tonal contrast for broadcast. Spurs Icon black on the road is the cleanest version of San Antonio's identity outside the Association whites and pairs well with the Thunder blue. This is the most intentional non-white home call we have seen so far in the 2026 playoffs and one of the better looking series openers in the conference round. San Antonio took Game 1 at Paycom Center to lead the series 1-0. Eight out of 10.
New York Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers (Eastern Conference Finals)
New York leads the series 1-0 after taking Game 1 at Madison Square Garden. The Eastern Conference Finals open at MSG with the Knicks running the Association Edition white at home for Games 1 and 2 in textbook form, the Cavs in Statement Edition black road for Game 1 (the same Statement black pairing they ran in Round 2 Game 1 at Detroit) and the Knicks flipping to the Statement Edition black at home for Game 2. Series shifts to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for Games 3 and 4 with the Cavs going all-in on the Classic Edition throwback blue and the alternate throwback court for both home games, the same identity Cleveland ran in Round 2 Games 3, 4, and 6 against Detroit, with the Knicks in Association white on the road both nights.
Game 4: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 5 / 10
Cavs run back the Classic Edition throwback blue at home on the alternate throwback court for Game 4 with the Knicks in Association Edition white on the road, the same uniform combination as Game 3 holding the same five out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. Cleveland's full throwback identity at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse is the same look they ran in Round 2 against Detroit in Games 3, 4, and 6 graded at seven out of 10, but the Knicks Association whites on the road do not lift the matchup the way Detroit Association whites did because New York's white look reads similar enough to the Cavs throwback secondary tones that the broadcast contrast softens. Five out of 10.
Game 3: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 5 / 10
Series shifts to Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse for Game 3 with the Cavs going to the Classic Edition throwback blue at home on the alternate throwback court and the Knicks in Association Edition white on the road. The full throwback identity is the same look that helped Cleveland win Games 3 and 4 against Detroit in Round 2 and Game 6 in Cleveland to force Game 7. Knicks Association whites on the road are the right visitor call, but the broadcast contrast does not pop the way Detroit's Association whites did against the same Cleveland throwback home setup. Five out of 10. The Cavs throwback court paired with the Classic blue jersey is one of the strongest home-team identities still active in the 2026 playoffs.
Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks
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Score: 3 / 10
Knicks pull the Statement Edition black at home for Game 2 with the Cavs in Association Edition white on the road, an inverted matchup with the home team in black and the road team in white. The Knicks have one of the cleanest Association white home looks in the league and pulling the Statement black at home at Madison Square Garden gives up the strongest version of the New York identity for an alternate that does not carry the same heritage weight. Cavs Association whites on the road also waste the cleanest visitor look Cleveland has when the obvious move was the Icon Edition wine road. Both teams swing away from their primary playoff identity in the same game. Three out of 10.
Game 1: Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks
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Score: 10 / 10
Knicks Association Edition white home jersey against Cavaliers Statement Edition black road uniform on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup that opens the Eastern Conference Finals at the top of the scale. New York pulls the same Association whites that closed out the Sixers sweep in Round 2 and Cleveland pulls the same Statement black that opened Round 2 in Detroit in a nod to the LeBron James era when the Cavs leaned into the black road look. Garden hardwood, Knicks whites, Cavs black, no alternate court, no wrong-color call. New York took Game 1 at Madison Square Garden to lead the series 1-0. Ten out of 10. The cleanest Conference Finals opener jersey matchup we could have asked for.
FAQ: 2026 NBA Conference Finals Jersey Tracker
Which teams are in the 2026 NBA Conference Finals? The Western Conference Finals are Spurs vs Thunder. The Eastern Conference Finals are Knicks vs Cavaliers. Oklahoma City swept the Lakers 4-0 in Round 2 and San Antonio eliminated Minnesota 4-2 to lock in the West. New York swept Philadelphia 4-0 and Cleveland beat Detroit 4-3 in Game 7 at Little Caesars Arena to lock in the East. The Knicks and Cavaliers last met in the playoffs in the 2023 first round, won by New York 4-1. Spurs-Thunder is the first Conference Finals matchup of either team in the current era.
What jerseys are the Thunder wearing at home in Round 2 and the Conference Finals? The Thunder have run the Icon Edition blue at home through the Lakers sweep in Round 2 and the early games of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs. Oklahoma City is the only Conference Finals team running their primary color jersey at home for every game of the round, the same way they ran Icon blue in all four games of the Lakers sweep. The home blue is not the traditional white-at-home playoff call but the Thunder color identity holds up on broadcast because the home court contrast is strong enough.
What is the highest-graded Conference Finals jersey matchup so far? Knicks-Cavaliers Game 1 at Madison Square Garden is the top grade at a perfect 10 out of 10 with the Knicks in Association Edition white at home and the Cavs in Statement Edition black on the road. Spurs-Thunder Game 4 at Frost Bank Center projects to 10 out of 10 with the Spurs in Association white at home and the Thunder in Icon blue on the road, the cleanest white-versus-color matchup of the round.
Why does the Conference Finals tracker grade projection games before they tip off? The jersey and uniform announcements come out before each game in the Conference Finals window and we grade the matchup as soon as the uniform pairing is confirmed. Grades may update if a team makes a late jersey change on game day, but the matchup card and the score reflect the announced uniforms. Same-uniform pairings across games in a series carry the same grade — if Game 3 and Game 4 are identical jersey combinations, both score the same.
Where can I find Round 1 and Round 2 jersey grades? Every Round 1 jersey and uniform matchup is graded in the 2026 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Jersey Tracker and every Round 2 matchup is graded in the 2026 NBA Playoffs Round 2 Jersey Tracker.
Where do the Conference Finals air? The Western Conference Finals air exclusively on NBC and Peacock. The Eastern Conference Finals air on ESPN with select Sunday games on ABC. Full breakdown in our Where to Watch the 2026 NBA Conference Finals guide.
