ESPN and ABC will primarily cover games on Sundays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays during the 2025-26 regular season. "Inside the NBA" will serve as ESPN's main pregame, halftime and postgame show for its biggest events, but "NBA Countdown" will still air before select games.

Watching the NBA is very different this season and more difficult than in the past. Here's what you need to know.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama's blistering start to the 2025–26 NBA season has driven sharp gains in U.S. television audiences, international interest and league-wide digital engagement,

A Basketball Hall of Famer and five-time NBA All-Star, Reggie Miller played 18 seasons with the Indiana Pacers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest scorers of his generation. For the past 20 years, he served as an NBA game analyst, and in 2025 he joined NBC to call at least one game a week.