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2024 NBA Season: How to watch every game, plus the full Week 1 schedule and more

2024 NBA Season: How to watch every game, plus the full Week 1 schedule and more

Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors will open the 20204-2025 season this week, along with every other NBA team. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

This week’s NBA regular season picks, and with hundreds of games to watch over the next few months, it can be overwhelming to know where to find them all. This season, games will be spread across five major networks: ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, ABC and NBA TV – with even more games streaming on NBA League Pass. To make it easier to watch every NBA game live this season, we’ve broken down below which channels and platforms offer the most comprehensive viewing coverage and where you can find the full season schedule. You can also check out our NBA Survival Guide, which includes a season preview, power rankings, team-by-team outlook, and more.

  • Stream NBA games on Amazon Prime Video

    Amazon Prime Video

Dates: Oct. 22, 2024 – June 2025

TV channels: ABC, ESPN Network, TNT, NBA TV

Streaming: DirecTV, Amazon Prime Video, NBA League Pass, Fubo, Hulu with Live TV and more

The full NBA season schedule (including which channel each game will air on) can be found here. Here is the schedule for Week 1 of the 2024 NBA season.

Tuesday, October 22nd

Wednesday, October 23rd

  • Indiana Pacers vs. Detroit Pistons: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Detroit)

  • Brooklyn Nets vs. Atlanta Hawks: 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Southeast – Atlanta)

  • Orlando Magic vs. Miami Heat: 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Sun)

  • Milwaukee Bucks vs. Philadelphia 76ers: 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network – Southeast – Philadelphia)

  • Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Toronto Raptors: 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Ohio)

  • Charlotte Hornets vs. Houston Rockets: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Southeast – Charlotte)

  • Chicago Bulls vs. New Orleans Pelicans: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Chicago)

  • Memphis Grizzlies vs. Utah Jazz: 9 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, KJZZ)

  • Phoenix Suns vs. LA Clippers: 10:00 p.m. ET (ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network – SoCal)

  • Golden State Warriors vs. Portland Trail Blazers: 10 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Bay Area)

Thursday, October 24th

  • Boston Celtics vs. Washington Wizards: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Boston)

  • San Antonio Spurs vs. Dallas Mavericks: 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)

  • Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Denver Nuggets: 10:00 p.m. ET (TNT, Altitude Sports)

  • Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Sacramento Kings: 10 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports California)

Friday, October 25th

  • Brooklyn Nets vs. Orlando Magic: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Florida)

  • Philadelphia 76ers vs. Toronto Raptors: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Philadelphia)

  • Charlotte Hornets vs. Atlanta Hawks: 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Southeast – Atlanta)

  • Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: 7:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Ohio)

  • Indiana Pacers vs. New York Knicks: 7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN, MSG)

  • Memphis Grizzlies vs. Houston Rockets: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, Space City Home Network)

  • Chicago Bulls vs. Milwaukee Bucks: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Chicago)

  • Golden State Warriors vs. Utah Jazz: 9:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Bay Area)

  • Phoenix Suns vs. Los Angeles Lakers: 10 p.m. ET (ESPN, Spectrum SportsNet)

  • New Orleans Pelicans vs. Portland Trail Blazers: 10:00 p.m. ET (Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network)

Saturday, October 26th

  • LA Clippers vs. Denver Nuggets: 5:00 p.m. ET (NBA TV, Altitude)

  • Miami Heat vs. Charlotte Hornets: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Southeast – Charlotte)

  • Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Boston)

  • Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Washington Wizards: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, Monumental Sports Network)

  • Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Chicago Bulls: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Oklahoma)

  • Orlando Magic vs. Memphis Grizzlies: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA TV, FanDuel Sports Network – Florida)

  • Toronto Raptors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves: 8:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – North)

  • Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs: 8:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, KENS)

  • Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns: 10 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, Arizona’s Family)

  • Sacramento Kings vs. Los Angeles Lakers: 10:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV, Spectrum SportsNet)

Sunday, October 27th

  • Philadelphia 76ers vs. Indiana Pacers: 3:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Philadelphia)

  • Milwaukee Bucks vs. Brooklyn Nets: 6:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, Fanduel Sports Network – Wisconsin)

  • New Orleans Pelicans vs. Portland Trail Blazers: 6:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network)

  • Atlanta Hawks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: 7:00 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, FanDuel Sports Network – Oklahoma)

  • LA Clippers vs. Golden State Warriors: 8:30 p.m. ET (NBA League Pass, NBC Sports Bay Area)

This season, NBA games will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2, ABC, TNT and NBA TV. These channels are all available on platforms like DirecTV, Sling, and Hulu + Live TV. (Fubo TV carries all of these channels except TNT.)

Looking ahead to the NBA Playoffs in 2025, the games will be broadcast on ABC and/or ESPN and TNT, and the NBA Finals will be broadcast on ABC.

So what are you doing? Strictly speaking Need to sign up to easily watch or stream the entire upcoming NBA season without paying a lot of money? You have several options. Here’s what we recommend for the best way to watch the NBA season:

While we usually love Fubo the most Sports, there is one caveat to subscribing to Fubo specifically for NBA access, and that is the fact that the platform does not offer TNT. TNT will broadcast 65 regular-season games this year, including an opening doubleheader on Oct. 22 featuring a battle between the New York Knicks and the returning champion Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves against LA Lakers. Luckily, you can tune in to TNT as well as ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN2 on DirecTV and Hulu with Live TV, giving you access to most nationally televised games as well as games in your local market.

DIRECTV has the channels you need to watch live basketball games, including ABC, ESPN, TNT, FOX Sports, NBA TV and over 40 regional sports networks, making it one of the most comprehensive places to watch the NBA. You can also add an NBA League Pass subscription so you don’t have to miss a single out-of-market game. After a free trial, packages start at $74.99/month.

Try it for free at DirecTV

For entertainment fans, “Max” has been “the one to watch” for quite some time, but now it’s the turn of sports fans too. For an indefinite, limited period of time, Max subscribers can get the new B/R Sports add-on completely free. This means you can watch NBA games live on TBS, TNT and truTV included in your Max subscription!

$9.99/month at max

  • Watch NBA games all season long: Get ESPN, ESPN2, ABC and NBA TV

    Fubo TV

Back in July, it was announced that an 11-year contract had been signed between the NBA and Amazon Prime Video, according to which the streamer would broadcast 66 NBA regular season games on the platform starting from the 2025-2026 season. But fans can still watch dozens of NBA games on the platform during the 2024-2025 season with the help of NBA TV and NBA League Pass. While watching these games on Prime requires an additional subscription fee, they offer one of the more comprehensive ways to watch most regular-season games that don’t have regional or national location restrictions. NBA League Pass is ideal for fans to watch NBA games from teams outside their region. An additional League Pass subscription costs between $13.99 and $16.99/month. NBA TV is also available as an add-on to a current Prime subscription for $8.99/month (after a 7-day free trial). Up to 100 live NBA games per season, classic games and commentary programs are available with an NBA TV subscription.

This year, Amazon Prime Video will stream dozens of NBA games through add-on subscriptions to NBA League Pass or NBA TV.

In addition to Amazon Prime Video, an Amazon Prime subscription includes free shipping, exclusive offers, access to the Prime Day 2024 sales event, Amazon Music, one year of free GrubHub+, and more. A standard Amazon Prime subscription costs $15 per month or $139 per year. However, discounts are available for students and those with qualified government assistance. You can try Amazon Prime free for 30 days.

Try Prime Video for free

With NBA League Pass, you can stream out-of-market NBA games (certain national exclusions and local blackouts apply), gain access to full and condensed replays of all games, rewatch hundreds of past classic games, and use the platform’s live game DVR. NBA League Pass starts at $110 for the season, but the platform offers a 7-day free trial as well as a $9.99/month student plan.

Try it for free with NBA League Pass