Are you a basketball fan and a Cord Cutter? Cord Cutters don’t need to miss a moment of what looks to be a great NBA postseason. Cord Cutters can watch the NBA playoffs without cable TV.

Here are just 10 of the amazing players to watch in the 2018 NBA Playoffs: LeBron James. James Harden. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Anthony Davis. Kyrie Irving. Russell Westbrook. Stephen Curry. Damian Lillard. DeMar DeRozan. Kevin Durant.

Cord Cutters can watch Live Sports.

Watch The NBA Playoffs Without Cable TV

Score 3 points for the NBA. They made it easy for Cord Cutters to watch the NBA Playoffs without cable TV.

The 2018 NBA Playoffs will all be televised on the following channels:

• ABC (All of The Finals games will be televised on ABC.)
• ESPN
• ESPN2
• NBA TV
• TNT
• NBA APP (Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Playstation 4 (PS4), and others)

2018 NBA Playoff Schedule

NBA APP

Any game on TNT will also be live streamed FREE on the NBA APP. The NBA APP appears to be the same as TNT Overtime. The NBA APP is available for Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Playstation 4 (PS4), and others streaming media devices.

The NBA APP has 5 different ways to watch:

• Mosaic (4 camera angles simultaneously)
• Away
• Home
• Action
• Backboard

After the game, the NBA APP has FREE game recaps.

Check out the NBA APP.

Hulu Live TV

ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV, and TNT channels are all available with Hulu Live TV.

ABC is available through Hulu Live TV in some markets. However, sometimes ABC shows are only available as an “on-demand” channel. Enter your ZIP code to see if ABC is available in your area.

Hulu Live TV does not have the NBA TV channel. But this is probably OK since the NBA TV channel will have the fewest number of games.

The Hulu Live TV package costs $39.99/mo.

A Hulu Live TV subscription includes 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage. Need more DVR storage? No problem. Upgrade to the Enhanced Cloud DVR for 200 hours of storage for $14.99 per month.

Sling TV

Get all the channels you need to watch the 2018 NBA Playoffs with Sling TV. Sling TV has two packages: Orange and Blue.

The Sling TV Orange package has ESPN, ESPN2, and TNT. ESPN is ONLY available on the Sling TV Orange package. Sling TV Orange is $20/month.

NBA TV is part of the SlingTV Sports Extra add-on package. Add NBC TV to the Sling TV Orange package for $5/month.

If ABC is available in your area, ABC is part of the Broadcast Extra add-on package with the Sling TV Orange package ($5/month). Check to see if ABC is available in your area for Sling TV.

A Cloud DVR with 50 hours of storage is available for just $5/mo.

All of the programming above totals $30 per month (Sling TV Orange, Sports Extra, & Broadcast Extra). Add the DVR for another $5 per month.

DIRECTV NOW

DIRECTV NOW offers four Live TV packages.

• Live a Little package with 60+ Channels – $35/mo
• Just Right package with 80+ Channels – $50/mo
• Go Big package with 100+ Channels – $60/mo
• Gotta Have It package with 120+ Channels – $70/mo

ABC (select locations), ESPN, ESPN2, and TNT channels are all included in the Live a Little package. Check the DIRECTV NOW Channel Lookup page to see if ABC is available in your area. You will need to move up to the Go Big package to get the NBA TV channel.

No Cloud DVR is available.

Read more… What is DIRECTV NOW?

Playstation Vue

Playstation Vue offers four Live TV packages:

• Access – Popular Live TV – $39.99/mo
• Core – Sports+Popular Live TV – $44.99/mo
• Elite – Movies+Sports+Popular Live TV – $54.99/mo
• Ultra – Movies+Sports+Premium – $74.99/mo

ABC (Live at select locations), ESPN, ESPN2, and TNT channels are all included in the Access package. Check to see if ABC is available in your city.  You will need to move up to the Core package to get the NBA TV channel.

You DO NOT need a Playstation gaming console to watch Live TV with the Playstation Vue service.

YouTube TV

YouTube TV has all the channels televising the 2018 NBA Playoffs. However, YouTube TV is available only in select cities.

The streaming service is kept simple by offering a single package that costs $40 per month.

YouTube TV has a Cloud DVR with no storage limits.

FuboTV

FuboTV has the NBA TV channel.

FuboTV does not have ABC, ESPN, or TNT channels.

Watch ABC with a TV Antenna

ABC is available in most locations through Over-The-Air (OTA) TV broadcasts. Check to see if ABC is available in your area.

There are several types and brands of indoor TV antennas and outdoor TV antennas you can use to get local OTA TV channels. And you can buy those antennas from online stores like Amazon, Mohu, and Antennas Direct.

Use a DVR With a OTA TV Antenna

Use a DVR to record the 2018 NBA Playoff games and watch them later. TiVo and Tablo both have DVR models designed specifically for the Cord Cutter and OTA Antennas. TiVo and Tablo DVRs are very popular with Cord Cutters because they are easy to set-up and use.

Once you start using a DVR, you will probably wonder how you ever managed without it. 

 

 

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