{"id":613785,"date":"2026-04-17T22:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613785\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:11:12","slug":"how-to-watch-2026-nba-playoffs-abc-espn-schedule-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/613785\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch 2026 NBA playoffs: ABC, ESPN schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keith Jenkins<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Apr 17, 2026, 04:57 PM ET\"Copy<\/a>Email<\/a>Print<\/a>Open Extended Reactions<\/p>\n

Legacies are forged in the postseason. Good teams become great, and great players become legendary. The 2026 NBA postseason will see 16 teams chase 16 victories in hopes of capturing the legacy-defining Larry O’Brien Trophy.<\/p>\n

Will Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> and the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>, who locked up the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the third straight year, make it back to the NBA Finals? Which team will emerge from a crowded Eastern Conference? Find out as the action unfolds on ESPN’s family of networks.<\/p>\n

Here are key facts about the 2026 NBA playoffs:<\/p>\n

What is the schedule?<\/p>\n

*All times Eastern<\/p>\n

April 18<\/p>\n

8:30 p.m.: Houston Rockets<\/a> at Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> on ABC<\/p>\n

April 19<\/p>\n

1 p.m.: Philadelphia at Boston Celtics<\/a> on ABC<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m.: TBD at Oklahoma City Thunder on ABC<\/p>\n

April 22<\/p>\n

7 p.m.: TBD at Detroit Pistons<\/a> on ESPN<\/p>\n

9 p.m.: TBD at Oklahoma City Thunder on ESPN<\/p>\n

April 25<\/p>\n

8:30 p.m.: Denver Nuggets<\/a> at Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> on ABC<\/p>\n

April 26<\/p>\n

1 p.m.: Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> at Toronto Raptors<\/a> on ESPN<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m.: San Antonio Spurs<\/a> at Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> on ESPN<\/p>\n

*Additional games TBD<\/p>\n

How can fans watch?<\/p>\n

Fans can catch all of the action in the ESPN App<\/a> and in the NBA streaming hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How can fans access more NBA coverage from ESPN?<\/p>\n

Check out the ESPN NBA hub page<\/a> for the latest news, analysis, scores<\/a>, stats<\/a>, schedules<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keith Jenkins Multiple Authors Apr 17, 2026, 04:57 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions Legacies are forged in the postseason.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-613785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}