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 is tied 3-3 after the Spurs won Game 6 at Frost Bank Center to force a winner-take-all Game 7 Sunday at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Spurs took Game 1 on the road in Oklahoma City, the Thunder evened it 1-1 in Game 2 at Paycom Center, Oklahoma City stole Game 3 in San Antonio, San Antonio answered with Game 4 to tie it 2-2, Oklahoma City took Game 5 at home in the textbook white-versus-color matchup to grab a 3-2 series lead, and the Spurs avoided elimination at home in Game 6 in the inverted home-team-in-black call to send the series back to Oklahoma City for a winner-take-all. 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 shifted 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. Series shifted back to Paycom Center for Game 5 with the Thunder finally pulling the Association Edition white at home for the first time all playoffs against the Spurs in the Icon Edition black on the road, the cleanest textbook white-versus-color call of the series and the Thunder G5 win flipping the series. Game 6 at Frost Bank Center put the Spurs back in the Icon Edition black at home against the Thunder in Association white on the road, the inverted home-team-in-black call we dock points for, and San Antonio took the elimination game to send the series back to Oklahoma City. Game 7 returns to Paycom Center Sunday for the winner-take-all with the Thunder confirmed in the Icon Edition blue at home instead of the Association whites against the Spurs in the Icon Edition black on the road, the same uniform pairing as Game 1 holding the same 8 out of 10 grade per the same-jersey-same-score rule. Thunder passed on the Association whites that delivered the cleanest white-versus-color matchup of the series at 10 out of 10 in Game 5 and went back to the Icon blue home identity that ran through Games 1 and 2 to open the series at Paycom Center, leaving the cleanest broadcast contrast call on the table for the highest-stakes single game of the season.
Game 7: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 8 / 10
Game 7 returns to Paycom Center Sunday for the winner-take-all decider with the Thunder confirmed in the Icon Edition blue at home against the Spurs in the Icon Edition black on the road, the same uniform pairing as Game 1 to open the series holding the same 8 out of 10 grade per the same-jersey-same-score rule. Thunder passed on the Association Edition white that delivered Game 5's textbook white-versus-color matchup at 10 out of 10 for the season's highest-stakes single game, going back to the Icon blue home identity Oklahoma City ran for Games 1 and 2 at Paycom Center to open the series. The blue-on-black call reads as a non-traditional broadcast contrast and breaks the textbook white-versus-color call the series has carried at its peak, but the Thunder blue is one of the stronger non-white primary home identities in the league and the Spurs Icon black road reads sharp against the Paycom Center blue floor. The wild card is the Spurs Fiesta City Edition uniform, the season-long alternate San Antonio has yet to deploy this playoffs and the single biggest design variable still live in the Western Conference Finals — a Fiesta pull on the road would shift the matchup grade since the textbook white-versus-color call requires both teams in their primary identity. Eight out of 10. Same as Game 1, the conference decider running back the series-opener look in the same building with an NBA Finals berth on the line.
Game 6: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 4 / 10
Series returned to Frost Bank Center for Game 6 with the Spurs back in the Icon Edition black at home and the Thunder in the Association Edition white on the road, the same jersey pairing as Game 5 with the home and road roles flipped, and the Spurs facing elimination at home down 3-2 in the series. San Antonio passed on the Association Edition white at home for the second home game out of three and went back to the Icon black look that did not earn the call in Game 3 either, the same inverted home-team-in-black choice we docked points for in Game 3 against the Thunder Icon blue. Thunder Association white on the road is the cleanest visitor look Oklahoma City has, but the road whites could not lift a matchup where the home team gave up the textbook playoff white-versus-color identity. The Game 5 pairing read 10 out of 10 at Paycom Center because the Thunder were at home in whites and the Spurs on the road in their primary Icon black, the textbook white-versus-color call. The same jerseys with the home and road roles flipped break the standard and lose the broadcast contrast Frost Bank Center gets when the home team wears white against a dark color road. San Antonio won Game 6 at home to tie the series 3-3 and force a winner-take-all Game 7 Sunday at Paycom Center, the Spurs taking the elimination night in the inverted home-team-in-black call against the Thunder road whites with a Finals berth on the line back in Oklahoma City. Four out of 10. The home-team-in-black call is the recurring grading dock of the series.
Game 5: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 10 / 10
Thunder finally pulled the Association Edition white at home for Game 5 at Paycom Center, the first time Oklahoma City wore the home whites all playoffs after running Icon blue at home for all four Lakers Round 2 games and Games 1 and 2 of this series against the Spurs. San Antonio flipped to the Icon Edition black on the road, the same Icon black they ran in Game 1 at Paycom Center to open the series. Both teams in their textbook traditional home and away identities — home team in white, road team in their primary color. Thunder Association whites at home with the Spurs Icon black on the road was the cleanest white-versus-color call possible in the series, the same identity pairing that earned a 10 out of 10 in Game 4 at Frost Bank Center with the roles reversed. Oklahoma City took Game 5 at Paycom Center on the cleanest jersey night of the series to grab a 3-2 series lead heading back to Frost Bank Center for Game 6 with the Spurs facing elimination at home. Ten out of 10.
Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 10 / 10
Spurs flipped 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 was 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 wore 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. San Antonio took Game 4 at Frost Bank Center to tie the series 2-2 heading back to Paycom Center for Game 5. 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. Oklahoma City took Game 3 at Frost Bank Center to grab a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4 in San Antonio. 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 swept the series 4-0 after winning Games 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden and Games 3 and 4 in Cleveland to advance to the 2026 NBA Finals. The Eastern Conference Finals opened at MSG with the Knicks running the Association Edition white at home for Game 1 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 with the Cavs in Association white on the road. Series shifted 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 to close out the series.
Game 4: New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 5 / 10
Cavs ran 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 was 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 did 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 softened. New York took Game 4 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to complete the 4-0 series sweep and advance to the 2026 NBA Finals, the Knicks first Finals appearance in over five decades. 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. New York took Game 3 in Cleveland to push the series lead to 3-0 and move within one win of sweeping the Cavaliers out of the Eastern Conference Finals. 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. New York took Game 2 at Madison Square Garden to lead the series 2-0 heading to Cleveland for Game 3 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. 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 with the series tied 3-3 after San Antonio took Game 6 at Frost Bank Center to force a winner-take-all Game 7 Sunday at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Eastern Conference Finals were Knicks vs Cavaliers, with New York sweeping Cleveland 4-0 to advance to the 2026 NBA Finals. 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 in Round 2 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 ran the Icon Edition blue at home through the entire Lakers sweep in Round 2 and Games 1 and 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs, the only Conference Finals team running their primary color jersey at home through the opening two home games of the round. The Thunder finally pulled the Association Edition white at home for Game 5 at Paycom Center, the first time Oklahoma City wore the home whites all playoffs, paired against the Spurs Icon Edition black on the road for the cleanest white-versus-color matchup of the series at 10 out of 10. Oklahoma City took Game 5 to grab a 3-2 series lead, the Spurs avoided elimination at Frost Bank Center in Game 6 to force Game 7, and Oklahoma City pulled the Icon Edition blue at home for the winner-take-all Game 7 at Paycom Center against the Spurs Icon Edition black on the road — passing on the Association whites that delivered Game 5's perfect score for the same Icon blue look that opened the series in Games 1 and 2 at 8 out of 10 per the same-jersey-same-score rule.
What is the highest-graded Conference Finals jersey matchup so far? Three games tie at the top with a perfect 10 out of 10: Knicks-Cavaliers Game 1 at Madison Square Garden (Knicks Association white at home vs Cavs Statement black on the road), Spurs-Thunder Game 4 at Frost Bank Center (Spurs Association white at home vs Thunder Icon blue on the road), and Spurs-Thunder Game 5 at Paycom Center (Thunder Association white at home vs Spurs Icon black on the road). Each one is the textbook white-versus-color call with both teams in their primary home and away identities.
Why does Game 6 grade so much lower than Game 5 when both run the same Spurs Icon black and Thunder Association white jerseys? The home and road roles flip the standard. Game 5 puts the Thunder at home in the Association whites and the Spurs on the road in the Icon black, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup for a 10 out of 10. Game 6 puts the Spurs at home in the Icon black and the Thunder on the road in the Association whites, the inverted home-team-in-black call we have docked points for all series. The home identity drives the grade, not the jersey list. Same jerseys, opposite home roles, opposite grades.
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, and see who calls each game in our ranking of every 2026 NBA Finals and Playoffs announcer crew.
