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# How to Watch Basketball in the United States

Sporty's guide to how to watch basketball in the United States: ABC and ESPN show 80 NBA regular-season games and the NBA Finals, and NBC and Peacock show 100 games. Prime Video streams 66 games and the Play-In Tournament, Telemundo shows 11 games in Spanish, and NBA League Pass has out-of-market games not on national TV.

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## How to watch in the United States

- **[NBA: ABC, ESPN, NBC, Peacock and Prime Video](https://www.nba.com/watch)** — ABC and ESPN show 80 regular-season games and the NBA Finals, NBC and Peacock show 100 regular-season games, and Prime Video streams 66 regular-season games, the Play-In Tournament and the Eastern Conference Finals. (Sources: NBA.com — [How to watch NBA games in 2026-27](https://www.nba.com/news/how-to-watch-games-2026-27-season))
- **NBA: Telemundo** — Shows 11 games a season, including the NBA All-Star Game, on Telemundo and Peacock. (Sources: NBCUniversal — [NBA agreement including Telemundo](https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/nba-and-wnba-return-nbcuniversal-11-year-agreement-regular-season-and-playoff-basketball-nbc-peacock))
- **[NBA: NBA League Pass](https://www.nba.com/watch/league-pass)** — Streams out-of-market games that aren't on national TV, on NBA.com and in the NBA App. (Sources: NBA.com — [How to watch NBA games in 2026-27](https://www.nba.com/news/how-to-watch-games-2026-27-season))

## What's next

- NBA opening night is on 20 October. (Sources: NBA — [2026-27 regular-season schedule](https://www.nba.com/news/2026-27-nba-regular-season-schedule))

## Competitions and leagues

- [How to watch the NBA in the United States](/watch/nba/united-states/)

## Basketball in other countries

- [Basketball in India](/watch/basketball/india/)
- [Basketball in the United Arab Emirates](/watch/basketball/united-arab-emirates/)
- [Basketball in Qatar](/watch/basketball/qatar/)
- [Basketball in Saudi Arabia](/watch/basketball/saudi-arabia/)
- [See all basketball guides](/watch/basketball/)

## More to watch in the United States

- [Premier League](/watch/premier-league/united-states/)
- [Football](/watch/football/united-states/)
- [Cricket](/watch/cricket/united-states/)
- [NFL](/watch/nfl/united-states/)
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