I don't have NBA TV. How am I supposed to watch the game on Thursday???

[Silver&Black Warrior]

It's to my understanding that you can't get NBA TV without subscribing to League Pass. I just looked up the schedule, and I noticed it was on NBA TV!!! ALL of the playoffs are supposed to be for EVERYBODY. This is an atrocity of Third Reich proportions!!!!!! David Stern you have reached a new low. Even for you. How dare you prevent the average fan from watching their most crucial game up to this point just so that you can preview your over-priced product and say "Better think about getting League Pass" (in a taunting voice) Is there any other way I can watch the game without going to a sports bar??? (possibly an online stream of some sort????) Please help from a fellow warrior in need.

[spursfan1000]

I think it will be on FOXSW or like channel 5,7 for time warner, like the channels where they play the regular season games. But on those channels it will be with Sean Elliott.

[ploto]

You do not need League Pass to get NBA-TV, and some first round games have been on NBA-TV for a number of years. If you are in SA it will be on KENS.

[braeden0613]

Yeah it sucks. I'm in college station and am either going to have to watch some crappy feed on my computer or maybe go to BWW. The NBA needs to realize that not too many people actually have NBATV

[duncan228]

(possibly an online stream of some sort????)

Just trying to prevent any problems. Please keep it legal.

From the FAQ's stickied at the top of the Forum.


Game Links - Don't ask for links to online broadcasts for the games, and don't post such links. These sites are breaking copyright laws by broadcasting them.

[Obstructed_View]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

[Armando]

It's to my understanding that you can't get NBA TV without subscribing to League Pass. I just looked up the schedule, and I noticed it was on NBA TV!!! ALL of the playoffs are supposed to be for EVERYBODY. This is an atrocity of Third Reich proportions!!!!!! David Stern you have reached a new low. Even for you. How dare you prevent the average fan from watching their most crucial game up to this point just so that you can preview your over-priced product and say "Better think about getting League Pass" (in a taunting voice) Is there any other way I can watch the game without going to a sports bar??? (possibly an online stream of some sort????) Please help from a fellow warrior in need.


You don't need to subscribe to League Pass to get NBA tv. You can get NBA tv for as little as 5 dollars a month.

[Obstructed_View]

You can get an online link for free, and see the games without rewarding the NBA for holding their own fans hostage for five bucks a month. It's difficult to believe the NBA would be so petty.

[TampaDude]

Watch it online or go to a sports bar.

[Dr. Gonzo]

It's to my understanding that you can't get NBA TV without subscribing to League Pass. I just looked up the schedule, and I noticed it was on NBA TV!!! ALL of the playoffs are supposed to be for EVERYBODY. This is an atrocity of Third Reich proportions!!!!!! David Stern you have reached a new low. Even for you. How dare you prevent the average fan from watching their most crucial game up to this point just so that you can preview your over-priced product and say "Better think about getting League Pass" (in a taunting voice) Is there any other way I can watch the game without going to a sports bar??? (possibly an online stream of some sort????) Please help from a fellow warrior in need.

A bit extreme don't you think?

[Obstructed_View]

A bit extreme don't you think?

Godwin's law, dude.

[ElNono]

FWIW, I subscribe to NBA League Pass, and my cable provider (Comcast) already cut off NBA TV now that the regular season ended. So basically, yeah, I'm gonna give the NBA a big middle finger and go look for it on the Internet.

[Borosai]

I won't be able to watch either.

[Mugen]

find an illegal link. The nba seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on tbs and tnt for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the nfl does, even though the nfl network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

+1

[Solid D]

For San Antonio fans, Thursday night's game will be broadcast @ 7:30 PM CDT on KENS 5 TV or the HD equivalent (105 on Time Warner Cable).

A quick call to your cable provider will get you NBA TV at a reasonable rate or included in a package without having to have League Pass.

[ElNono]

For San Antonio fans, Thursday night's game will be broadcast @ 7:30 PM CDT on KENS 5 TV or the HD equivalent (105 on Time Warner Cable).

A quick call to your cable provider will get you NBA TV at a reasonable rate or included in a package without having to have League Pass.

Over here (New Jersey), $10 a month, 3 months minimum subscription. Gee, no thanks.
Hopefully once FIOS start their service and end the monopoly we'll have a choice.

[mytespurs]

I thought all NBA playoff games were being shown on ESPN or TNT?

[Solid D]

$10/month x 3 = $30 plus tax, no tip

1 game at Sports Bar/Restaurant for 2 1/2 hours worth (meal/dessert/drinks) = at least $20 plus tip (if you drink beer or other alcoholic beverage $30 plus tip).

[duncan228]

FWIW, I subscribe to NBA League Pass, and my cable provider (Comcast) already cut off NBA TV now that the regular season ended.

That sucks. Mine doesn't work like that. I have NBA TV year-round. LP ends with the regular season but I don't lose NBA TV. It's in my sports tier, LP is separate.

[duncan228]

I thought all NBA playoff games were being shown on ESPN or TNT?

And ABC and NBA TV.

[ElNono]

$10/month x 3 = $30 plus tax, no tip

1 game at Sports Bar/Restaurant for 2 1/2 hours worth (meal/dessert/drinks) = at least $20 plus tip (if you drink beer or other alcoholic beverage $30 plus tip).

What bar in New Jersey shows the San Antonio Spurs? :lol
I have better odds of finding one million dollars before I find such a bar.

It's ok. The NBA already got $200 on League Pass from me this season. I don't think I'll be breaking anybody's bottom line by watching ONE game over the Internet. It sucks tho. If they think this will make me call my cable provider and ask them to carry the channel on the non-sport tier, they're awfully wrong.

[ElNono]

That sucks. Mine doesn't work like that. I have NBA TV year-round. LP ends with the regular season but I don't lose NBA TV. It's in my sports tier, LP is separate.

It works like that here too. It's just that they want $10/mo for the sports tier that includes hits such as the Tennis Channel, Golf Channel, Gol TV, etc. NBA TV is the only channel worth a damn, but I just refuse to pay $10/mo for a channel I already get for free with LP for half a year.

[Pistons < Spurs]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

Amen

[SpursDynasty]

NBA TV costs about $5.00. Easy to get.

[ElNono]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

I actually have that in my basic package. :depressed

[Obstructed_View]

I actually have that in my basic package. :depressed

So do I, and it's excellent. I was watching a replay of a Cowboys game with my wife on NFL network and she commented on how much she enjoys the replays with the wasted time cut out and the press conferences spliced in. If the NBA wants to follow that model, they need to make the channel worth having before they start strong arming people just to get a relatively small amount of money on the front-end.

[Thompson]

Yeah it sucks. I'm in college station and am either going to have to watch some crappy feed on my computer or maybe go to BWW. The NBA needs to realize that not too many people actually have NBATV

I'll probably be there (BWW). I can't even get NBATV from Suddenlink, I had to get League Pass broadband just so I could watch more than 6 games this year.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

What bar in New Jersey shows the San Antonio Spurs? :lol
I have better odds of finding one million dollars before I find such a bar..

I do a lot of traveling and I've never had a problem finding a sports bar that would put one screen on the Spurs game if you asked them nicely (assuming they have the NBA package of course). Most sports bars have a ton of screens. Just call ahead and verify before you go.

[Solid D]

It works like that here too. It's just that they want $10/mo for the sports tier that includes hits such as the Tennis Channel, Golf Channel, Gol TV, etc. NBA TV is the only channel worth a damn, but I just refuse to pay $10/mo for a channel I already get for free with LP for half a year.

I travel quite a bit. Sports restaurants/bars with NBA League Pass and plenty of TVs (Fox and Hound, Champps, etc.) typically accomodate me, at least on a smaller tv.

I'm sorry, I should have just treated you like my wife and sympathized, ElNono. You didn't really want me to try to fix it. :smokin

[ElNono]

I do a lot of traveling and I've never had a problem finding a sports bar that would put one screen on the Spurs game if you asked them nicely (assuming they have the NBA package of course). Most sports bars have a ton of screens. Just call ahead and verify before you go.

At this point it's a matter of principle. I spent enough money on the NBA this year. Including going to 3 Spurs games, and the NBA League Pass. The free internet link looks awfully nice for just one game.

[ElNono]

I travel quite a bit. Sports restaurants/bars with NBA League Pass and plenty of TVs (Fox and Hound, Champps, etc.) typically accomodate me, at least on a smaller tv.

I'm sorry, I should have just treated you like my wife and sympathized, ElNono. You didn't really want me to try to fix it. :smokin

:lol You got that one right. I'm just pissed there seems to be no end to Stern's money grubbing.

Oh, and one tidbit, I HAVE NBA League Pass... or should rather say, HAD. Fucking cable yanked NBA TV already now that the regular season is over. That's what makes me even more angry.

[braeden0613]

I'll probably be there (BWW). I can't even get NBATV from Suddenlink, I had to get League Pass broadband just so I could watch more than 6 games this year.
Same here..it sucks that Rockets games are only shown on FSN.

[TheDarkSide.]

WAIT WAIT WAIT...i have league pass and still don't get NBATV...am i missing something here? Are League pass and NBA TV separate cause if not i'll be pissed

[Creation88]

fuck nbatv. that is retarded. why alienate fans, especially right now when people are just looking for reasons to stop spending on their product.

[braeden0613]

WAIT WAIT WAIT...i have league pass and still don't get NBATV...am i missing something here? Are League pass and NBA TV separate cause if not i'll be pissed
You should be getting NBATV if you have cable/satellite League Pass (not broadband)

[SouthTexasRancher]

I think it will be on FOXSW or like channel 5,7 for time warner, like the channels where they play the regular season games. But on those channels it will be with Sean Elliott.


Did you take that photo of Markie Cuban after game 1 ? He sure looks happy.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

This is a really lame move by the NBA. It's fucking bullshit. All the playoff games should be on basic cable channels.
ESPN should be able to carry one of the games. These are the fucking playoffs.

Last year they played the Spurs-Suns game 1 on ABC Saturday Afternoon! I was impressed that they'd actually do what NBC did, play it on free national broadcasting for once.
Now they're taking a step backwards because Stern does not know how to respect and keep the domestic market interested. They think NBAtv is worth getting with their fan-night nonsense. The people who use the internet are kids, not subscribers with paying jobs. You want to attract them you need to make sure they can see commercials on cable channels that their parents, who might not be NBA fans pay for.
The fact that the WCFinals ECFinals are no longer played on ABC that much is a travesty in itself. Expect it to be on NBATV in a couple short years as the market dwindles to only the cities hardcore fans.

IF league doesn't watch itself with it's attempts to milk costs and make people pay to see their shit with league pass, etc. They are going to go the way of the NHL. It's bad enough that this year's playoffs aren't as good as years past. Good luck in getting some of the up-coming market back into the fold by this horseshit.
Scratch that. The NBA will be the NHL in a couple years. Good luck in keeping me interested in non Spurs games when Timmy retires. I ain't going to be interested if more and more first rounds are unavailable and played on NBATV or worse, available only through League Pass.

[Obstructed_View]

Thanks a lot NBA for putting the one decent game on a channel we can't see.

[DDUBB1770]

In order to not break the rules and regulations of the site will someone anyone do me a favor and send me an email suggesting a site at with I could watch a stream of the game live? Or tips on how to find one, i tried to find one for the rockets game tonight to see how hard it was and I couldnt get it up. Help would be appreciated I am baby sitting my nephew and will not be able to attend a bar Thurs to watch it. Thanks for your help! My email is [email protected] Thanks again.

[E20]

I can't watch it, taht sucks.

[Dunc n Dave]

I live in San Antonio and I WISH I had NBATV, but AT&T Uverse doesn't carry it, depsite several THOUSAND complaints for them to include it in ANY package. The kicker is the arena is named after them, yet they are too cheap to carry the team they sponsor on NBATV on their own service.

I know I can watch the game on KENS, but I'm just pissed at AT&T. Many of us have been complaining with phone calls and emails for over a year and never get a response to out pleas to add NBATV to their programming.

[EricB]

Yeah it sucks. I'm in college station and am either going to have to watch some crappy feed on my computer or maybe go to BWW. The NBA needs to realize that not too many people actually have NBATV

Supply and demand.

[DMX7]

It's to my understanding that you can't get NBA TV without subscribing to League Pass. I just looked up the schedule, and I noticed it was on NBA TV!!! ALL of the playoffs are supposed to be for EVERYBODY. This is an atrocity of Third Reich proportions!!!!!! David Stern you have reached a new low. Even for you. How dare you prevent the average fan from watching their most crucial game up to this point just so that you can preview your over-priced product and say "Better think about getting League Pass" (in a taunting voice) Is there any other way I can watch the game without going to a sports bar??? (possibly an online stream of some sort????) Please help from a fellow warrior in need.

Sadly, I don't think there are any legal streams but there are streams out there if you know what I mean.

[SPURSGOAT]

Watch it online or go to a sports bar.

Yea; I live in Oakland and refuse to pay for stupid nba tv...I am going to a sports bar to watch it.

[spurs_50_21]

this channel just showed up one day on my cable

[Obstructed_View]

this channel just showed up one day on my cable

Possibly just for basketball postseason; Dish Network used to do that, but then they used to give a shit about their customers.

[ElNono]

I hope spursdotcom is reading this and relaying to the powers that be.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

I live in San Antonio and I WISH I had NBATV, but AT&T Uverse doesn't carry it, depsite several THOUSAND complaints for them to include it in ANY package. The kicker is the arena is named after them, yet they are too cheap to carry the team they sponsor on NBATV on their own service.

I know I can watch the game on KENS, but I'm just pissed at AT&T. Many of us have been complaining with phone calls and emails for over a year and never get a response to out pleas to add NBATV to their programming.

Even if you had NBA TV it would be blacked out for Spurs games in San Antonio. You are supposed to watch the local broadcast.

BTW, no NBA TV is one of the reasons I cancelled my U-verse TV here in Austin in favor of Time Warner Cable. I still have U-verse Internet and Voice.

[hater]

plenty of places where it will be streamed for free. just look around

[Trainwreck2100]

I hope spursdotcom is reading this and relaying to the powers that be.

why? the spurs can't don't anything about that

[Spurs06]

I have verizon fios and they do not offer league pass or NBA tv so I will be missing Thursdays game:bang

[Budkin]

It's absolutely absurd that any playoff game would be on NBATV. Not to mention the fact that it's Mavs vs. Spurs...

[spursncowboys]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.
:toast

[ElNono]

why? the spurs can't don't anything about that

No, but the NBA can. Now, I don't expect them to do shit, but that's a different story altogether.

[Jose Ole]

What's more absurd is that FSSW is apparently showing a shitty baseball game between the Dodgers and the Astros, at least in Austin. WTF mate? This is playoff basketball, not to mention between San Antonio and Dallas. I'm at a loss for words.... except for FUCK :(

[spurs_50_21]

It's absolutely absurd that any playoff game would be on NBATV. Not to mention the fact that it's Mavs vs. Spurs...


they take at least 1 game a day in first round,been doing it for years but this is first time i ever remember them taking spurs game so alot of us did not know they were taking games.

[spurs_50_21]

What's more absurd is that FSSW is apparently showing a shitty baseball game between the Dodgers and the Astros, at least in Austin. WTF mate? This is playoff basketball, not to mention between San Antonio and Dallas. I'm at a loss for words.... except for FUCK :(


check the channel just in case ,i always have some baseball or other sport listed on that channel but sometimes they show the spur games and not what is listed,its worth a shot.

[ClingingMars]

Find an illegal link. The NBA seems perfectly happy to fuck their fans as usual. Fuck 'em back. The league showed every playoff game on TBS and TNT for years without having to resort to putting them on a channel most people don't get, and now they're trying to lamely copy what the NFL does, even though the NFL network is a great channel that shows virtually every game every week and is trying to establish itself as a basic package channel.

THIS

this is total douchebaggery, and I'll douchebag 'em right back by finding a stream.

Fuck you, NBA.

[ClingingMars]

why? the spurs can't don't anything about that

no but the front office sure as hell can complain

[1Parker1]

Oh man, I just realized this game isn't on TNT!! WTF is this? I thought all playoffs games were covered by National TV?

:pctoss :pctoss Ugh I was looking forward to tonight's game too...it's going to be a nail biter I have a feeling! :( Way better than the Jazz vs Lakers game!

[1Parker1]

Oh and I just checked with my provider (it's not $10 a month as people say)...it's $99+tax and you have to get it for a year.

[ChumpDumper]

Oh and I just checked with my provider (it's not $10 a month as people say)...it's $99+tax and you have to get it for a year.Sucks for you.

It's like $3 a month for the sports tier on top of my regular digital channels.

[101A]

Hmmmm.

A limited viewership tonight.

Glad the NBA was smart enough not to choose controversial refs for this one.

[lefty]

I'll have to watch it online

Thanks God I have a good link

[ploto]

It was not that long ago that the NBA blacked out home play-off games locally. I remember because I lived just outside the 30 mile radius and friends would come from SA to my house to watch the game.

[Trimble87]

I just checked my DVR from work to set the recording for the game and realized that not only is the game not showing on a national channel, but that FSSW and kens dont have it either here in SA... is this just my provider or are we just getting screwed?!

Sorry if this has been answered, came late to this thread and didnt read the second page. I know its on NBA TV and that ESPn/TNT/ABC arent showing it, but I assumed that local stations would have it... WTF?

*edit* I currently have UVERSE in San Antonio and cannot find the game tonight on kens 1005 or FSSW 1754 :(

[Kori Ellis]

I just checked my DVR from work to set the recording for the game and realized that not only is the game not showing on a national channel, but that FSSW and kens dont have it either here in SA... is this just my provider or are we just getting screwed?!

Sorry if this has been answered, came late to this thread and didnt read the second page. I know its on NBA TV and that ESPn/TNT/ABC arent showing it, but I assumed that local stations would have it... WTF?

*edit* I currently have UVERSE in San Antonio and cannot find the game tonight on kens 1005 or FSSW 1754 :(

It's on locally on KENS.

[manufan10]

Buffalo Wild Wings here I come!!

[Trimble87]

It's on locally on KENS.

I will have to check when I get home. Either the online Guide is wrong or Uverse isnt showing the game, in which case I'll have to call them directly. Ahh well, wish me luck lol.