Regular-season basketball, playoff nights and the teams you follow.
Following NBA
NBA viewing follows a long season, with teams moving between home games and road trips. For viewers in Europe, many evening games in North America become late-night or early-morning television. The local calendar date is therefore as useful as the advertised start time.
Full games, condensed replays and highlights suit different routines. When a game crosses midnight in your country, save the team names as well as the date so that a guide search does not take you to the previous meeting.
Open the NBA official schedule
Live coverage, replays and highlights
There is more than one way to follow a sporting week. A live programme gives you the event as it unfolds; a full replay preserves the match or session; a highlights show provides a shorter account. A studio programme can explain the result without being a replay of the event.
Put the club, team or competitor you follow into a short favourites list alongside the competition. That gives a busy evening some structure, especially when several programmes begin close together. A guide reminder is useful, but the organiser’s latest schedule is the better reference for a rearranged event.
Bring the start time into your own evening
Our country guides include a date-based UTC-to-local converter. This is useful for a North American evening game watched in Europe, a European fixture followed in Australia, or any programme that crosses midnight for the viewer.
Guide
USA viewing guide
National networks, local stations and several time zones.
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Canada viewing guide
Language editions and Canada’s local viewing clocks.
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Australia viewing guide
An overseas evening can become an Australian morning.
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UK viewing guide
British television and international programme timing.
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Questions before you continue
Where can I find the NBA schedule?
The official schedule linked on this page is the starting point for fixtures, sessions or event changes. A television programme can begin with build-up before the sporting action starts.
Is NBA live coverage the same as highlights?
No. Live coverage follows the event as it happens. A full replay and a highlights programme are different viewing choices with different running times.
How do I find the local start for NBA?
Open your country guide and enter the event’s UTC date and time. The converter shows the local calendar date as well as the clock, which helps when the programme crosses midnight.
Does the NBA logo establish an included broadcast?
No. This page explains the competition and viewing routine. The organiser and broadcaster determine programme rights; the logo is not a separate sports-platform membership.
