As part of the NBA's new multi-billion media rights deal, three of Saturday's four NBA playoff games were broadcast exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Fans without a Prime Video subscription were left in the dark for three Game 1 matchups: the Cleveland Cavaliers vs.

Prime Video's NBA playoffs coverage will feature some unique technological aspects.

The 33-year-old sportscaster is the face of the studio coverage for “NBA on Prime Video.” NBA fans have become more familiar with Taylor Rooks as the face of ‘NBA on Prime’ throughout the 2025-26 NBA season.

Three of the NBA's eight first round Game 1 playoff games aired live on Amazon Prime on Saturday afternoon. The NBA, NFL, MLB and other sports leagues are all going head first into more streaming content.

Here are the broadcasters you'll see on your TV for every channel streaming the NBA playoffs.

The NBA playoffs are happening now. Stream every clutch play and monster dunk with these top-rated video-streaming services and VPNs.

You can get a lot of things wrong in a sports TV broadcast, but the cardinal rule is: Fans have to be able to see the game.

Amazon Prime said the technical difficulty during its stream of the Hornets-Heat Play-In Tournament game was caused by “a hardware failure in our production truck” on Thursday night. “The broadcast of the Miami Heat at Charlotte Hornets experienced a temporary disruption due to a hardware failure in our production truck,

Regular-season NBA games across all platforms grew 16% to an average 1.8 million Nielsen-measured viewers per game, with games airing on ESPN/ABC, NBC, NBA TV and Amazon Prime Video.