The 2015–16 NBA season was the 70th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on Tuesday, October 26, 2015 at the Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks, with their game against the Milwaukee Bucks. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game was played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 14, 2016. The regular season ended on April 13, 2016. The playoffs started on April 16, 2016 and ended with the 2016 NBA Finals on June 19, 2016, with the Eastern Conference Cleveland Cavaliers defeating the Western Conference Golden State Warriors in seven games in a 4–2 to win their first NBA title. This would be Kobe Bryant's last season in the NBA.