Here's how to watch the NBA playoff series, with game dates, times, TV channels and streaming information.Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. All times MST (add three hours for Eastern time).

The NBA Finals will broadcast on ABC. ABC is available on many streaming services, including DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu + Live TV, fuboTV, and YouTube TV. You can also catch NBA Finals games with an over-the-air antenna that has access to a local broadcasting station.

The following is a glance at sports on TV, including channels, radio listings and game times for local games and national sporting events for May 19-25, 2025. Frequent TV channel numbers are listed at the bottom of the page. Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times Pacific.

NBA on TV about to look way different. The Timberwolves eliminated the Lakers, live on TNT, and then longtime NBA play-by-play man Kevin Harlan said something that hit

NBA playoffs kicked off to double-digit viewership growth amid a changing of the guard -- both as younger stars have stepped forward and as the league heads into a lucrative TV rights deal, including a new home on NBC.

The audience for the 2025 NBA Playoffs on ESPN platforms ( ESPN and ABC) is up 12% from last year, according to Nielsen. Through the Conference Semifinals (22 games), ESPN is averaging 4,883,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched NBA Playoffs since 2011.

The New York Knicks won 51 games in the regular season. The Indiana Pacers, their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, won 50. The Knicks are led by a star point guard who seems to have superpowers in crunch time,