Every 2026 NBA Playoffs Round 2 jersey and uniform matchup graded, organized series by series. Home team wears white. Road team wears color. That's 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. Lakers-Thunder leads off, then Spurs-Timberwolves, then Knicks-Sixers, then Pistons-Cavaliers.
Los Angeles Lakers vs Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City swept the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 to close out the Western Conference second round series and advance to the Western Conference Finals. Thunder took Games 1 and 2 at Paycom Center with Oklahoma City pulling the Icon Edition blue primary at home in Game 1 and the City Edition blue alternate on the alternate court for Game 2 with the Lakers staying in Icon Edition gold on the road both games. Series shifted to Crypto.com Arena for Games 3 and 4 with Los Angeles flipping to Association Edition white at home for Game 3 in the weekend white slot for the textbook white-versus-color matchup before flipping to the City Edition black wrong-color call for the Game 4 closeout. Thunder swept the series in Lakers City black on a Monday night and advance to the Conference Finals.
Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers
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Score: 2 / 10
Lakers flip to the City Edition black home jersey for the Game 4 closeout at Crypto.com Arena with the Thunder in Icon Edition blue on the road, the wrong-color black-at-home call we have to score down hard. Black at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard and the Lakers City black against Thunder Icon blue on the road delivers a dark-on-dark broadcast read with no white anchor on the floor, the broadcast contrast collapsing into a flat color combination from the Game 3 textbook 10 out of 10 the night before. Thunder running the primary Icon blue on the road at least keeps the road end of the matchup at a recognizable team identity, the saving grace pulling the grade off the floor. Two out of 10. Oklahoma City swept the Lakers 4-0 on the Lakers City black night and advance to the Western Conference Finals.
Game 3: Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers
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Score: 10 / 10
Lakers flip to Association Edition white at home for Game 3 in the weekend white slot at Crypto.com Arena with the Thunder pulling the Icon Edition blue primary on the road, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup we score top of the scale. Both teams in the strongest version of their identity, full home-and-away compliance, the version of this series the first two games at Paycom Center never delivered. The Lakers Association whites are clean and traditional for the weekend white home game while the Thunder Icon blue primary on the road brings the bold home-color identity OKC ran in Game 1 back to the matchup. Ten out of 10.
Game 2: Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 4 / 10
Thunder flip to City Edition blue alternate on the alternate court for Game 2 with the Lakers staying in gold on the road. OKC pulling the alternate jersey when the Icon blue primary from Game 1 was already the better version of this color story is a downgrade — the alternate-on-alternate stack over-designs a matchup the primary call covered at 6. Lakers gold against OKC City blue reads softer on broadcast than gold against OKC Icon blue and the court-jersey alternate combination costs the grade rather than lifting it. Oklahoma City took Game 2 to grab a 2-0 series lead heading to Los Angeles for Games 3 and 4. Four out of 10.
Game 1: Los Angeles Lakers at Oklahoma City Thunder
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Score: 6 / 10
Thunder Icon Edition blue home jersey against Lakers Icon Edition gold road uniform, OKC in the primary blue at home with the blue crowd call at Paycom Center and Los Angeles in gold on the road. OKC blue and Lakers gold is a clean color matchup on broadcast but it is not the version of this series we want to see — Thunder in home white with Lakers pulling the purple Statement on the road would push this to a 9 or 10 and it has not happened once all postseason. Six out of 10. The blue home call and the Paycom Center crowd in matching blue shirts earns the grade but the matchup leaves points on the table the purple alternative would have collected.
San Antonio Spurs vs Minnesota Timberwolves
San Antonio eliminated Minnesota 4-2, closing the series out in Game 6 at Target Center. The Spurs opened in the City Edition Fiesta black with the full Fiesta arena treatment for Game 1, then flipped to Association Edition white at home for Game 2 with the Wolves answering in the Statement Edition grey alternate, the cleanest matchup of the round. Series shifted to Target Center for Games 3 and 4 with the Wolves running the Classic Edition black throwback debut at home both games and the Spurs in Association white road, a 6 out of 10 matchup in both games. San Antonio took Game 5 at home in the Icon Edition black debut to grab a 3-2 series lead, then closed it out in Game 6 at Minneapolis in the Association white road jersey against the Wolves Classic Edition throwback black, the same 6 out of 10 pairing from Games 3 and 4.
Game 6: San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves
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Score: 6 / 10
Series returns to Target Center for Game 6 Friday with Minnesota facing elimination and back in the Classic Edition black throwback at home, the Spurs in Association Edition white on the road, the exact same uniform pairing as Games 3 and 4 and holding the same six out of 10 grade since the uniform matchup did not change between games. Wolves Classic black home is a strong throwback identity that we have already graded at six out of 10 across the previous two Minneapolis games. Spurs Association white on the road is the right call for the visitor. San Antonio took Game 6 at Target Center to close the series 4-2 and advance to the Western Conference Finals. Six out of 10.
Game 5: Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 1 / 10
Spurs flip to the Icon Edition black home jersey for Game 5 at Frost Bank Center with the Wolves in Association Edition white on the road, the second consecutive Spurs home game in a black jersey after the City Edition Fiesta black for Game 1 except this time without the Fiesta arena treatment to lift the grade. Black at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard and we score it down hard, the Spurs running the plain Icon black home call with no court swap, no giveaway shirt program, no Fiesta seat treatment to anchor a single coordinated visual moment the way the Fiesta Night reset did in Game 1. Wolves in Association white on the road is the right call but cannot save the matchup on its own. San Antonio took Game 5 at home in the Icon black to grab a 3-2 series lead and push the Wolves to the brink of elimination. One out of 10. The lowest Round 2 grade so far and the call we wanted San Antonio to flip back to the Association whites on after the perfect 10 in Game 2.
Game 4: San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves
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Score: 6 / 10
Wolves run back the Classic Edition black throwback at home on the matching black Classic court for Game 4 in Minneapolis with the Spurs in Association Edition white on the road, the same uniform combination as Game 3 holding the same six out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. The Wolves throwback alternate identity is one of the better Round 2 looks even on the second straight night and the Spurs road white remains the right answer to the Wolves home black. Minnesota took Game 4 at Target Center to even the series 2-2 and end the Spurs perfect Association whites streak, the Spurs falling to 5-1 in the Association whites after starting the postseason 5-0 in that uniform. Six out of 10.
Game 3: San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves
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Score: 6 / 10
Wolves debut the Classic Edition black throwback at home on the matching black Classic court for Game 3 in Minneapolis with the Spurs answering in Association Edition white on the road. Color-on-color is the version we usually want when the home team flips to black at home, but the Spurs silver-and-black identity offers no clean color road alternative and stacking a second dark uniform against the Wolves Classic black would flatten the broadcast contrast, so Spurs white on the road is the right call even when it gives up the home-team-in-color identity. The Wolves Classic Edition black on the matching black Classic court is a sharp single-team visual and the throwback alternate is one of the better Round 2 looks. San Antonio took Game 3 on the road to grab a 2-1 series lead heading into Game 4 at Target Center. Six out of 10.
Game 2: Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 10 / 10
Spurs flipped to Association Edition white at home for Game 2 after the Fiesta black Game 1 opener, with Minnesota answering in the Statement Edition grey alternate on the road. San Antonio white against Wolves grey is exactly the kind of visual combination that earns a perfect 10 — the Spurs white is clean and traditional, the Wolves grey delivers a distinct alternate that nobody else in the second round is wearing, and the jersey switch from Game 1 black to Game 2 white shows the Spurs can run the white-versus-color standard when they want to. Minnesota's grey reads with the team's navy and green accents on broadcast and is the right alternate-jersey call for a road game. San Antonio took Game 2 to tie the series 1-1 and head to Minneapolis for Games 3 and 4. Ten out of 10.
Game 1: Minnesota Timberwolves at San Antonio Spurs
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Score: 8 / 10
Spurs City Edition Fiesta black home jersey against Wolves Association Edition white road uniform, San Antonio running back the same Fiesta Night reset that opened Round 1 against Portland with the City black at home, the Fiesta court down on the floor, and the pink, teal, orange, and yellow Fiesta treatment taking over Frost Bank Center for Game 1 of Round 2. Black at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard and we usually score that down hard, but the Spurs cash the Fiesta arena and the giveaway Fiesta fan shirts in the stands hard enough to lift the grade. Frost Bank Center remains the best playoff branding in the league, the seat colors and the jumbotron and the court tied together into one unified Fiesta identity that nobody else in either conference is matching. Minnesota in the Association whites on the road is the right call against a black-home opponent and the contrast reads cleanly on broadcast even with the Fiesta court underneath. Eight out of 10.
New York Knicks vs Philadelphia 76ers
New York swept Philadelphia 4-0 to advance to the Eastern Conference Final, taking Games 3 and 4 at Wells Fargo Center in the same textbook white-versus-color matchup with the Sixers Association whites at home on the primary court and the Knicks Icon blue on the road. The Knicks opened in the textbook Association Edition whites for a perfect 10 against the Sixers Icon Edition royal blue road uniform in Game 1, then flipped to Statement Edition black at home for Game 2 with Philadelphia in Association Edition white on the road, the worst call of the round after having the best call in Game 1. Series shifted to Wells Fargo Center for Games 3 and 4 with the cleanest jersey nights of the series, both 10 out of 10 in the white-versus-color textbook matchup, the Knicks closing the sweep at Philadelphia on Sunday.
Game 4: New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers
Score: 10 / 10
Sixers run back the Association Edition white home jersey for Game 4 at Wells Fargo Center with the Knicks in Icon Edition blue on the road, the same uniform combination as Game 3 holding the same ten out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. Both teams in their primary identity for the closeout night, full home-and-away compliance, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup at the top of the scale. New York completed the sweep at Wells Fargo Center to advance to the Eastern Conference Final. Ten out of 10.
Game 3: New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers
Score: 10 / 10
Sixers Association Edition white home jersey against Knicks Icon Edition blue road uniform, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup we score top of the scale for the Game 3 series shift to Wells Fargo Center. Philadelphia runs the primary home whites on the primary court and New York pulls the primary Icon blue on the road, full home-and-away compliance with both teams in the strongest version of their identity. The Sixers reset to the Association whites at home is exactly the version Philadelphia wanted after dropping the first two games at Madison Square Garden, and the Knicks Icon blue is the strongest road look New York has run all postseason. New York took Game 3 on the road to grab a commanding 3-0 series lead heading into Game 4 at Wells Fargo Center. Ten out of 10.
Game 2: Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks
Score: 3 / 10
Knicks flipped to Statement Edition black at home for Game 2 after running the textbook Association white in Game 1, with Philadelphia in Association Edition white on the road after the Icon royal blue in Game 1. Knicks black at home is the call we score down hard — black at home means two teams in dark jerseys, no white-versus-color contrast, and the broadcast reads flat against the MSG backdrop. The two teams had the single cleanest matchup of Round 2 in Game 1 and came back in Game 2 in the worst version of this series. Sixers in white on the road is the right call and scores fine individually, but Knicks Statement black negates it. New York took Game 2 to grab a 2-0 series lead heading to Philadelphia for Games 3 and 4. Three out of 10.
Game 1: Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks
Score: 10 / 10
Knicks Association Edition white home jersey against Sixers Icon Edition royal blue road uniform, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup we score top of the scale to open Round 2 at Madison Square Garden. New York runs the primary home whites, Philadelphia runs the primary Icon royal blue on the road, full home-and-away compliance with both teams in the strongest version of their identity for a Game 1 series opener. The Sixers come in fresh off the Game 7 closeout in Boston still in the same Icon royal blue road jersey and the Knicks open the second round in the same Association whites that beat Atlanta in Round 1, the cleanest second round opener we could have asked for. Ten out of 10.
Detroit Pistons vs Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland won the series 4-3 with a Game 7 victory at Little Caesars Arena and advances to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Knicks. The Pistons opened in the Association Edition whites at home for Games 1 and 2 (the same whites they wore through all seven games against the Magic in Round 1) with the Cavs in Statement Edition black on the road, the same uniform matchup grading a nine in both. Cleveland took Game 3 and Game 4 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in the Classic Edition throwback blue at home on the alternate throwback court with the Pistons in Association white road, a seven out of 10 in both games. The Pistons broke from the Association whites for the first time all playoffs and pulled the Icon Edition blue at home for Game 5 in Detroit with the Cavs in Association whites on the road, a six out of 10. Detroit forced Game 7 with a Game 6 win in Cleveland in the Classic Edition throwback blue versus Pistons Association whites pairing for the third time, a seven out of 10. Detroit ran the Icon Edition blue at home again for the winner-take-all Game 7 with the Cavs back in Association whites on the road, the exact same pairing as Game 5 and the same six out of 10 grade.
Game 7: Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons
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Score: 6 / 10
Cavs go back to the Association Edition whites on the road for Game 7 at Little Caesars Arena with the Pistons running the Icon Edition blue at home for the second time all playoffs, the exact same uniform combination as Game 5 in Detroit and holding the same six out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. Pistons blue at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard but the blue jersey on the blue Little Caesars Arena home court reads cohesive and intentional, the same color story we credited in Game 5. Cavs Association whites on the road are the right call for the visitor in a winner-take-all elimination game. Cleveland took Game 7 in Detroit to win the series 4-3 and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Knicks. Six out of 10.
Game 6: Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 7 / 10
Cavs go back to the Classic Edition throwback blue at home for Game 6 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse with the Pistons in Association Edition white on the road, the exact same uniform combination Cleveland ran in Games 3 and 4 when they turned a 2-0 series deficit into a 2-2 tie. Full throwback identity at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse — the alternate throwback court paired with the Classic Edition blue — holds the same seven out of 10 grade it earned across both of those games. The matchup is not changing so the grade is not changing. Pistons back in Association whites on the road is the right visitor call. Detroit won Game 6 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse to tie the series 3-3 and force a winner-take-all Game 7 at Little Caesars Arena. Seven out of 10.
Game 5: Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons
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Score: 6 / 10
Pistons break from the Association whites for the first time all playoffs and pull the Icon Edition blue at home for Game 5 at Little Caesars Arena with the Cavs in Association Edition white on the road. Blue at home is a flip from the playoff white-versus-color standard, but Detroit's blue jersey on the blue Little Caesars Arena home court reads cohesive and intentional, the blue jersey color story carrying the matchup further than a wrong-color black-at-home call would on a primary court. The Cavs Association whites on the road anchor the visitor end of the matchup at the recognizable Cleveland identity. We do not penalize Detroit too hard for this one because the blue-on-blue read holds up on broadcast. Six out of 10. The Pistons electing to debut the Icon blue at home in the Game 5 swing game is one of the bigger jersey storylines of Round 2.
Game 4: Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 7 / 10
Cavs run back the Classic Edition throwback blue at home on the matching alternate throwback court for Game 4 with the Pistons in Association Edition white on the road, the same uniform combination as Game 3 holding the same seven out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. Cleveland's full throwback identity at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse holds for the second straight night and the Pistons stretch their Association whites streak to 11 of 11 playoff games. Cleveland took Game 4 to tie the series 2-2 and force the trip back to Detroit for Game 5. Seven out of 10.
Game 3: Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers
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Score: 7 / 10
Cavs flip to Classic Edition throwback blue at home on the matching throwback court for Game 3 with the Pistons in Association Edition white on the road, Detroit running back the same Association whites they have worn every single playoff game from Round 1 Game 1 through Round 2 Game 3. Cleveland's full throwback identity at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, the alternate court paired with the alternate jersey, delivers clean visual aesthetics on broadcast and earns one of the better throwback nights of the postseason. The uni matchup itself caps the grade short of the nine we gave the Cavs Statement black plus Pistons white pairing in the first two games because Cavs throwback blue against Pistons road white is a less iconic visual contrast than black against white. Cleveland took Game 3 in the throwback blue to cut the series to 2-1 before Game 4 at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Seven out of 10.
Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons
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Score: 9 / 10
Pistons run back the Association Edition white home jersey for Game 2, Cleveland back in Statement Edition black on the road, the same uniform combination from Game 1. Detroit ran the same Association whites through all seven games against the Magic in Round 1 and the consistency holds into the second round, with Cleveland Statement black on the road remaining the strong-but-not-primary answer to the home whites. Same uniform matchup as Game 1, same nine out of 10 grade since the uniform pairing did not change between games. We dock one because the Cavs primary road white would have pushed this to a perfect 10, but the black reads well enough on the Little Caesars Arena broadcast to hold the high grade. Detroit took Game 2 to grab a 2-0 series lead heading to Cleveland for Games 3 and 4. Nine out of 10.
Game 1: Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons
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Score: 9 / 10
Pistons Association Edition white home jersey against Cavaliers Statement Edition black road uniform, Detroit running back the same Association whites they wore through all seven games against the Magic in Round 1 and Cleveland pulling the Statement black on the road instead of the primary away look. White versus black delivers the visual contrast the matchup needs and the Cavs Statement black is a clean jersey even if it is not the primary road call. Nine out of 10. We dock one because the Cavs primary road white would have pushed this to a perfect 10, but the black reads well enough on the Little Caesars Arena broadcast to hold the high grade.
FAQ: 2026 NBA Playoffs Round 2 Jersey Tracker
Which NBA teams have advanced to the Conference Finals? All four Conference Finals teams are set. New York swept Philadelphia 4-0, Oklahoma City swept the Lakers 4-0, San Antonio eliminated Minnesota 4-2 in Game 6 at Target Center, and Cleveland won Pistons-Cavs 4-3 in Game 7 at Little Caesars Arena. Eastern Conference Finals: Knicks vs Cavaliers. Western Conference Finals: Thunder vs Spurs.
What jerseys did the Cavs and Pistons wear in Round 2 Game 7? Cleveland wore the Association Edition white road jersey and uniform, Detroit wore the Icon Edition blue home jersey and uniform on the primary Little Caesars Arena court, the exact same pairing as Game 5 in Detroit and the same 6 out of 10 grade. Pistons blue at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard, but the blue jersey on the blue Little Caesars Arena home court reads cohesive enough to hold the same grade as Game 5.
Why are the Pistons wearing the Icon Edition blue at home for the first time all playoffs in Game 5? Detroit ran the Association Edition white at home for all four games of their Round 1 series against the Magic and for Games 1 and 2 against Cleveland in Round 2, a perfect 11-of-11 Association whites home streak through 11 playoff games. The Pistons breaking the streak for the Icon Edition blue at home in the Game 5 swing game is one of the bigger uniform storylines of Round 2, and the blue jersey reads cohesive against the blue Little Caesars Arena home court for a 6 out of 10 grade.
What jerseys did the Knicks and Sixers wear in Round 2 Game 1? The Knicks wore the Association Edition white home jersey and uniform at Madison Square Garden, the Sixers wore the Icon Edition royal blue road jersey and uniform, the textbook playoff white-versus-color matchup that earns a perfect 10 out of 10.
What jerseys did the Spurs and Timberwolves wear in Round 2 Game 1? The Spurs wore the City Edition Fiesta black home jersey and uniform with the Fiesta alternate court at Frost Bank Center, the Wolves wore the Association Edition white road jersey and uniform, the same Fiesta Night reset San Antonio used to open Round 1 against Portland and an 8 out of 10 grade on the strength of the arena treatment.
Why does the Spurs Fiesta black home call score 8 instead of lower? Black at home flips the playoff white-versus-color standard and normally caps the grade in the 4 to 5 range, but the Spurs Fiesta arena treatment with the pink, teal, orange, and yellow seat colors plus the giveaway Fiesta fan shirts in the stands and the Fiesta alternate court down on the floor lift the grade because the full Fiesta Night identity is the best playoff branding in the league.
Where can I find Round 1 jersey grades? Every Round 1 jersey and uniform matchup is graded in the 2026 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Jersey Tracker, updated through the Game 7 closeouts with the Pistons, Cavaliers, Sixers, and Lakers all advancing to Round 2.
Where can I find Conference Finals jersey grades? Every Conference Finals jersey and uniform matchup is graded in the 2026 NBA Conference Finals Jersey Tracker, covering Spurs vs Thunder in the West and Knicks vs Cavaliers in the East.
