Playback is an official streaming partner of the NBA. Stream live NBA games in your Playback room with NBA League Pass. Read our partnership announcement.
Stream Live NBA games with NBA League Pass
NBA League Pass subscribers can stream every live NBA game on Playback all season long (preseason, regular season and playoffs). NBA streaming is available in the following countries.
For viewers in the US and Canada:
- Local broadcast games and NBA TV games are available for out-of-market viewers (not located in the market of either team)
- National broadcast games on TNT, ESPN, ABC, Sportsnet or TSN are not available
- Read more: NBA League Pass blackouts
For viewers in other supported countries:
- All games are available
- Supported countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Saint Lucia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and New Zealand.
- Playback is working to add support for more countries and territories where NBA League Pass is available.
Connect your NBA ID
To access live NBA broadcasts on Playback, connect an NBA ID with an active NBA League Pass subscription. Once your NBA LP subscription is authenticated, you will be able to watch NBA games in any Playback room that is streaming them.
At this time Playback can only authenticate NBA League Pass subscriptions purchased directly from the NBA. If you purchased your NBA League Pass from your TV provider, contact us and we will let you know when we can authenticate your TV provider.
Stream NBA games in your room
Go to your room and choose “select stream” to open the streaming menu. On mobile tap on the green streaming menu icon.
From the streaming menu, open “Live TV.” You’ll see a list of the live and starting soon NBA games.
Select a game and choose “stream” to play it in your room.
You can add multiple games to your room and quickly switch between them from your streaming menu.
NBA Gamecast
Playback will show a Gamecast in the stream for all viewers without access to the broadcast. The gamecast will show the live score and game clock, synced up exactly with the broadcast the room is streaming.
The gamecast will be shown to:
- Viewers on Playback without access to the NBA League Pass broadcast
- Viewers of the simulcasted stream on other platforms, e.g. YouTube
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