How to Watch NBA Playoffs 2024 Online

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is in its 78th season in 2023/24. For the first time since the 2018–19 NBA season, the NBA returned to a full 82-game regular season in its customary mid-October to mid-April schedule after the previous two seasons were cut short in some way due to COVID-19. For entertainment, you can watch NBA All-Star Games or NBA Week.

The NBA playoffs are a best-of-seven elimination tournament held annually following the National Basketball Association (NBA) season to select the league’s champion.

In this article, I will share complete information about NBA Playoffs, their schedule and format, how it works, how you can watch NBA playoffs, the calendar, and much more… So let’s head to the article without wasting more time.

Streaming Services to Subscribe to for NBA

1. SlingTV
2. Hulu
3. fuboTV
4. DirecTV (At&T)

How to Watch NBA Playoffs 2023 in other Countries

	Balkans	Philippines	Australia	Bahamas	Brazil	Canada	Cuba	Dominica Republic
France	Hong Kong	Jamaica	Malaysia	New Zealand	Panama	Perto Rico	Qatar	Russia
Saudi Arabia	Singapore	Slovenia	Taiwan	UAE	Venezuela	Trinidad & Tobago	United Kingdom

NBA Playoffs Format

The last two seasons were disturbed by the regular season format of NBA. Due to COVID-19, the NBA season was cut short. However, now the NBA is back to the regular format. It will follow the format of the games that were followed in the 2018-2019 season.

Following of some of the important points of the NBA 2021-22 season format:

• The eight clubs with the most wins in each conference advance to the playoffs. Each team’s overall record determines the seedings.
• There is no reseeding in each conference’s bracket. Each round is a best-of-seven series, with the side with the most victories progressing to the next round.
• All rounds, including the NBA Finals, are in a 2–2–1–1–1 format.
• In any round, the higher-seeded team does not always get home-court advantage; instead, the team with the better regular season record does.
• Standard tiebreaker criteria are used if two teams with the same record meet in a round.
• The winning percentage, head-to-head record, and intra-conference record are used to determine home-court advantage in the NBA Finals.

NBA Playoffs Leaderboard January 11, 2023

Eastern Conference

	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Celtics	29	12	0.707	–
Brooklyn Nets	27	13	0.675	1.5
Milwaukee Bucks	26	14	0.65	2.5
Philadelphia 76ers	25	15	0.625	3.5
Cleveland Cavaliers	26	16	0.619	3.5
Indiana Pacers	23	18	0.561	6
New York Knicks	22	19	0.537	7
Miami Heat	22	20	0.524	7.5
Atlanta Hawks	19	21	0.475	9.5
Chicago Bulls	19	22	0.463	10
Toronto Raptors	18	23	0.439	11
Washington Wizards	17	24	0.415	12
Orlando Magic	16	26	0.381	13.5
Charlotte Hornets	11	31	0.262	18.5
Detroit Pistons	11	33	0.25	19.5

Western Conference

	W	L	PCT	GB
Denver Nuggets	27	13	0.675	–
Memphis Grizzlies	27	13	0.675	–
New Orleans Pelicans	25	16	0.61	2.5
Dallas Mavericks	23	19	0.548	5
Sacramento Kings	21	18	0.538	5.5
LA Clippers	22	21	0.512	6.5
Phoenix Suns	21	21	0.5	7
Golden State Warriors	20	21	0.488	7.5
Minnesota Timberwolves	20	21	0.488	7.5
Utah Jazz	21	23	0.477	8
Portland Trail Blazers	19	21	0.475	8
Los Angeles Lakers	19	22	0.463	8.5
Oklahoma City Thunder	18	23	0.439	9.5
San Antonio Spurs	13	28	0.317	14.5
Houston Rockets	10	30	0.25	17

List of NBA Playoffs Season Arenas

List of NBA Playoffs Season 2022-23 Arenas

Team	Arena	Seats	Year	Owner
Atlanta Hawks	State Farm Arena	16,600	1999	Public
Boston Celtics	TD Garden	18,624	1995	Private
Brooklyn Nets	Barclays Center	17,732	2012	Public
Charlotte Hornets	Spectrum Center	19,077	2005	Public
Chicago Bulls	United Center	20,917	1994	Private
Cleveland Cavaliers	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse	19,432	1994	Public
Dallas Mavericks	American Airlines Center	19,200	2001	Public
Denver Nuggets	Ball Arena	19,520	1999	Private
Detroit Pistons	Little Caesars Arena	20,332	2017	Public
Golden State Warriors	Chase Center	18,064	2019	Private
Houston Rockets	Toyota Center	18,055	2003	Public
Indiana Pacers	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	17,923	1999	Public
Los Angeles Clippers	Staples Center	19,060	1999	Private
Los Angeles Lakers	Staples Center	19,060	1999	Private
Memphis Grizzlies	FedExForum	18,119	2004	Public
Miami Heat	FTX Arena	19,600	1999	Public
Milwaukee Bucks	Fiserv Forum	17,341	2018	Public
Minnesota Timberwolves	Target Center	18,798	1990	Public
New Orleans Pelicans	Smoothie King Center	16,867	1999	Public
New York Knicks	Madison Square Garden	19,812	1968	Private
Oklahoma City Thunder	Paycom Center	18,203	2002	Public
Orlando Magic	Amway Center	18,846	2010	Public
Philadelphia 76ers	Wells Fargo Center	20,478	1996	Private
Phoenix Suns	Footprint Center	18,422	1992	Public
Portland Trail Blazers	Moda Center	19,393	1995	Private
Sacramento Kings	Golden 1 Center	17,608	2016	Public
San Antonio Spurs	AT&T Center	18,418	2002	Public
Toronto Raptors	Scotiabank Arena	19,800	1999	Private
Utah Jazz	Vivint Arena	18,306	1991	Private
Washington Wizards	Capital One Arena	20,356	1997	Private

How to Watch NBA Playoffs Season on TV

Many TV Channels and Online streaming services enable you to watch NBA Playoff seasons.

TV Channels for NBA Playoffs

Following are the official broadcasters of NBA season 2021-22. You can get any medium to watch NBA on TV.

NBA on ESPN

ESPN is one of the official broadcasters of the NBA season. You can catch any game on ESPN after they have been live telecasted on NBA Game Pass.

Features

• Available on most U.S Cable Systems
• Available on Satellite
DirecTV Channel 206, Channel 209-1 (alternate TV), Channel 1206 (VOD)
• Available Dish Network
Channel 140, Channels 144, 145, 146, 147 (alternate feeds)

• Available on IPTV
U-verse TV: Channel 602, Channel 1602
Verizon Fios: Channel 70, Channel 570
• Available on Google Fiber: Channel 21
• Available in Google Fiber Xfinity: Channel 27, Channel 403

NBA on American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Besides ESPN, ABC will also be broadcasting NBA games.

Saturday Primetime

La Quinta is the title sponsor of the NBA Saturday Primetime. It’s primarily a showcase of the top Saturday night NBA games produced by ESPN but broadcast on ABC. The program first aired on January 23rd, 2016 as an eight-game slate to keep viewers up to date on the finest of the 2015-2016 season.

Sunday Showcase

The show, said to air every Sunday night, is sponsored by State Farm and BBVA. It is mostly a detailed coverage of all ESPN-produced NBA games shown on ABC on Sunday afternoons.

Both shows feature some of the most exciting basketball action in the league, which is why millions of people tune in each week. The time period may conflict with a couple of your weekend plans, particularly if going out with your first love is your top priority. But don’t let that stop you from watching the NBA when you can watch it live online.

ABC App

The official ABC app allows you to watch the ‘NBA on ABC live for free and all of ABC’s other shows. The only stipulation is that you must be a network subscriber.

It’s worthless to download the app to your iOS or Android device if you don’t subscribe to the network via your local, often unfriendly cable service. You might, however, try to obtain credentials from your parents; after all, everything is fair in love, and NBA live streaming!

ABC on PlayStation

The PlayStation VUE is similar to Sling TV, but if you want to watch ABC, you’ll have to spend $45 per month instead of $20. However, you have access to dozens of additional channels, many of which are unavailable through Sling TV.

The PlayStation VUE’s appeal is that you can stream directly to your PlayStation 4, allowing you to choose between playing NBA and watching NBA Saturday Primetime or NBA Sunday Showcase live.

Other Ways to Stream NBA Playoffs 2023

There are no other free ways to watch the shows we are aware of. If you’re a basketball lover, don’t turn to piracy, which is the same as stealing, and we all know what stealing can lead to, such as prison time, fines, and your girlfriend marrying your ugly best buddy.

Watch NBA Playoffs on Online Streaming Services

Following are the online streaming services you can have to watch NBA games on your smart gadgets, mobile, laptop etc

1. SlingTV
2. Hulu
3. FuboTV
4. YoutubeTV
5. Peacock
6. DirecTV

NBA Playoffs Live Stream Free Online

There is no official way to live stream the NBA games for free. However, you can go for the free trials of any of the streaming services mentioned above to stream the game for free. They mostly offer 7-day free streaming services. If you are outside the US, you can avail yourself of a free trial period of Express VPN. So for at least seven days, NBA streaming will be free.

The second way to stream free NBA games is on social media platforms. Like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, many black hat ways get to live just an hour before the start of the match.

How to NBA Playoff Live Stream Reddit

The online streaming platforms are inconsistent as they get banned from the internet on copyright strikes. So, illegal online streamers come up by changing their domain names. You can get the name by searching the query on Reddit. There will be a list of channels streaming live the NBA games for the day or the week. If they get banned, the streamers will come up with new domains mentioned on their Reddit accounts.

What is NBA play-in, and how it works?

It’s a brand-new mini-tournament with four teams competing in each conference. The teams that will compete in the play-in round are those that finished seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth in their respective conferences.

What is the play-in Tournament Format?

The teams with the seventh-highest winning percentage in each conference will play a single game versus those with the eighth-highest winning % in their respective conferences. The two winners will be seeded seventh in the playoffs, but the losers will get a chance to redeem themselves.

The winners of the ties between the eighth-highest winning percentage teams and the ninth-highest winning percentage teams will play a single game for the eighth playoff seed against the losers of the No. 7 vs. No. 8 games.

How many NBA Playoffs 2023 Games per Round?

Both conferences conduct the playoffs in the conservative bracket format. All rounds consist of the best-of-seven series. Series are played in the 2–2–1–1–1 format. The team with home-court advantage hosts games 1, 2, 5, and 7, while their opponent hosts games 3, 4, and 6, with games 5, 6, and 7 being played if needed.

How to Watch NBA Playoff 2023 Highlights Online?

You can watch NBA Playoffs Highlights on the following mediums:

1. Youtube TV
2. NBA Game Pass
3. ESPN
4. At &T
5. Online Streaming like Sling, fubo, hulu, Peacock

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