NBA on TV and Online!

Sea Devils · 28-06-2011 9:13pm

Just a minor thing but I think it's strange that ESPN showed the original NBC telecast for game one and then reverted to what I assume was the world feed that was shown then?

It wouldn't bother me at all normally but these commentators are pretty dreadful

Sea Devils · 30-06-2011 10:59am

Two games from the 2000 NBA Finals on tonight, Games 4 and 6. Both are being shown at 6PM and 8. Can't wait.

WHIP IT! · 30-06-2011 1:28pm

Sea Devils wrote: »

Two games from the 2000 NBA Finals on tonight, Games 4 and 6. Both are being shown at 6PM and 8. Can't wait.

Thanks for that - will Sky-plus em... I'm more excited about these Classic replays than I was about this year's Finals!

Sea Devils · 21-07-2011 11:27am

Just an FYI but ESPN is now free to Sky Sports subscribers.

http://www.sky.com/ireland/tv/standalone-channels/espn/

ashdale5 · 10-05-2012 12:42pm

3 pivotal games tonight and once again ESPN completely ignore them. Totally pissed off with their coverage of the playoffs so far.

Any other channel showing the games or will I have to make do with a dodgy stream for Celtics - Hawks?

kingcurls · 11-05-2012 9:19am

The level of ESPNS coverage of the playoffs is really annoying me, I have been a baseball and NFL fan for years and this year decided to get a bit more involved in some NBA, managed to catch one Celtics game all season and would like to be watching some of the playoff games now too but yet hardly any coverage, how are international fans supposed to get into this sport?

NFL is covered heavily on Sky, MLB is covered on ESPN America plus the season MLB TV Premium is priced very reasonably (for every game of the season in HD) but basketball doesn't seem to get the coverage, anyone know why or where someone can actually get to watch the games??

adrian522 · 23-05-2012 9:16pm

Anyone having problems recording games on upc.

Last night it recorded the game but not the program after, even though I had set it to record both, missed most of the 4th quarter.

Night before it recorded both the game and the following show, but bizarrely there e
seemed to be a huge gap in between.

The game recording went up until half time. The show after started with the middle of the 4th quarter, I don't know what happened in between.

So frustrating.

lorweld · 29-07-2012 1:21pm

Anyone know where to watch Lithuania v Argentina tonight?

Masked Man · 29-07-2012 3:09pm

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/london2012/index.html

Programme guide says Live 4 at 22:15

decies · 26-02-2013 4:31pm

Condensed game for NBA tv not working for last nights games ??

GoldFour4 · 03-03-2013 12:54am

There's a good college game on now on espn america with the number 5 and number 3 teams in the country taking each other on. Duke v Miami. Miami leading by 2 at half time.

pepperfoot · 10-04-2013 10:29pm

Wow ive been looking for this cind of service for a long time . thanks for this thread guys. ! trying it out asap

walrusgumble · 11-04-2013 3:18pm

This the Season Pass worth the money? Will it show uninterupted coverage, any black outs?

LosBlanco · 28-04-2013 6:56pm

Season pass, although expensive, is worth the money. However, with Sky and ESPN both showing games and the NBA highlights on NBA.com almost straight away, I would not recommend it. You would need to willing to stay up until the early hours each night to get value.

decies · 29-04-2013 12:24am

One thing that is handy is the ten mins condensed games feature , I have it and I don't do the stupid o clock games .

ashdale5 · 03-05-2013 11:12pm

No Celtics-Knicks on tv tonight?

gammon_steak · 27-08-2013 2:05pm

Does anyone know if ESPN will still have a good coverage of NBA this coming season or is it migrating to Sky?

Joaquin223 · 31-10-2013 11:37pm

Anyone any insight about getting NBA on TV this season? Will sky pick it up in January like last season I wonder?

Edit: Ah, I see that BT Sport are showing it, don't know how I missed that!

stuba · 18-12-2013 11:27pm

Anyone on here manage to get the NBA gametime app on their PS3 or PS4? I think it's available on these consoles would be handy..

emmetkellyx · 30-01-2014 9:18pm

BT Sport has been great so far this season for live games!

Stab*City · 30-01-2014 10:34pm

emmetkellyx wrote: »

BT Sport has been great so far this season for live games!

Totally agree. Only problem I have is my hard drive is too small to record them all!

emmetkellyx · 30-01-2014 10:51pm

That's unlucky, I've noticed how much space it takes up haha!

nzamcdza · 04-10-2014 9:33pm

Stab*City wrote: »

Totally agree. Only problem I have is my hard drive is too small to record them all!

Are you recording in HD? Takes up WAY more space in HD.

stuba · 08-10-2014 10:35pm

Anyone here have last seasons League Pass?

Is it still working for ye? It is for me and Ive clicked on cancel auto renewal and still havent got any email asking me to renew or anything along those lines. Thought it would be gone by now myself and have to resuscribe.

padraig_f · 08-10-2014 10:55pm

stuba wrote: »

Anyone here have last seasons League Pass?

Is it still working for ye? It is for me and Ive clicked on cancel auto renewal and still havent got any email asking me to renew or anything along those lines. Thought it would be gone by now myself and have to resuscribe.

Yeah, I was surprised I have access to all the pre-season games (inc. on-demand), despite not having renewed my subscription.

buyer95 · 22-10-2014 11:30pm

Anyone know what ballstreams is like, considering it as an alternative to L.P

GoldFour4 · 23-10-2014 10:01pm

Made the decision and purchased league pass tonight, €17.99 a month isn't too bad really. BT isn't an option for me atm so I reckon LP was my best option.

ec18 · 26-10-2014 5:49pm

me too......but when i go to the my packages part it's blank :S

buyer95 · 26-10-2014 6:19pm

Bit the bullet and purchased ball streams. 78 euros for the year, and you can pause your subscription when the season is over and restart it next season, meaning you get a season and a half for the price of a season. Great decision, the package it offers is far ahead of the overpriced LP.

You get the the pregame and post game shows for the local channel eg MSG. Like LP you can choose what commentary team you want to listen to. Also a small thing, you get to watch the ads of the local channel, so your not sitting at your laptop watching the same 3 league pass ads over and over. I'm not sure if this affects us in Ireland, but there is no blackout restrictions, meaning you get all the local/NBATV/TNT/ESPN/ABC games.

If you miss the start of the game, you can choose to watch the game from tip off. There is no waiting around for a game to be available to watch, Ballstreams instantly archives games as soon as they end.
The streaming quality is outstanding, 3200kbps. To you give you an idea of the smoothness, the player functions very similar to 1080p on the YouTube players. Great stuff.

stuba · 26-10-2014 9:05pm

Is the quality better, the same or worse than LP buyer95?

I'm caught in two minds in what to do. If you buy league pass thru a proxy you can get it at a knockdown price.

Is there NBA TV on ballstreams?

buyer95 · 26-10-2014 9:24pm

stuba wrote: »

Is the quality better, the same or worse than LP buyer95?

I'm caught in two minds in what to do. If you buy league pass thru a proxy you can get it at a knockdown price.

Is there NBA TV on ballstreams?

The quality is better, ball streams runs 60 frames per second, LP is 24. Ballstreams bitrate is also higher. Yeah it has NBA TV, and also other shows like Inside Stuff, NBA Action, The Grantland Hour etc.

stuba · 26-10-2014 10:29pm

Cool, think I might try that so. Do you have a invite link by any chance? It's invite only right?

The thoughts of another year of the same ads over and over is just to daunting on LP.

GoldFour4 · 26-10-2014 11:20pm

I can see that Ballstreams is cheaper. The only negative I see (and it's a small one for the moment) is that it's legality is very much based on some law that exists in the Netherlands. There's always the small chance that foreign pressure could close that loophole and shut down the site until they find another location.

buyer95 · 27-10-2014 6:41am

malistheman wrote: »

I can see that Ballstreams is cheaper. The only negative I see (and it's a small one for the moment) is that it's legality is very much based on some law that exists in the Netherlands. There's always the small chance that foreign pressure could close that loophole and shut down the site until they find another location.

While your point is valid, hockeystreams have been operating for the last 7 years, with no shut down. Stuba, I'm on my fine and can't get the invite page up. Message me your email and I'll send it tomorrow

D2D · 27-10-2014 12:05pm

League Pass are doing their annual 1 week free trial for the start of the season. It lasts from Oct 28 to Nov 4

SlimJ · 21-04-2015 11:11am

Who's good to follow on Vine for NBA highlights?
Obviously the NBA, but this dude VinnyViner is good as well.

Sam_Doyle · 12-06-2017 4:08pm

Does anybody know where can I watch online NBA final 2017?

ButtersSuki · 14-04-2018 2:28pm

EAST:
Toronto v Washington 4-0
Boston v Milwaukee 2-4
Philadelphia v Miami 4-1
Cleveland v Indiana 4-3

WEST:
Houston v Minnesota 4-0Golden State v San Antonio 4-1Portland v Pelicans 4-3
Oklahoma v Utah 4-3

I'd have a few caveats on some of the above (like is Embiid playing Game 1 etc.?), but I'll go with the above for now.

I could see either of the PORTLAND v NEW ORLEANS and OKLAHOMA v UTAH series going either way, and I could see INDIANA topping CLEVELAND.

steve_r · 02-11-2023 12:24pm

Hi folks - just wondering what services people are using to follow the NBA this season?

I have TNT through NowTV, and they are showing some games lives, but no playback option. That seems to be available on their discovery+ app but I don't think that's available in Ireland?

Is my option then basically Leaguepass?

Years ago NBA used to have an NBA Daily show on their own site - basically a highlights show with commentary, ESPN had something similar called NBA tonight. Is there anything like that these days, i.e something that covers the whole league to highlight stuff that you might miss?

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