Basketball season opener
So you can watch NBA games live and for free again
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38-year-old LeBron James at the start against the reigning champion – the NBA knows how to serve an appetizer at the start
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The new basketball season in the NBA begins on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. The US league has the Los Angeles Lakers around superstar LeBron James kick off against champions Denver Nuggets. There is several good news for German fans.
NBA basketball fans are looking forward to the upcoming season. Because the games are returning to free TV on ProSieben after a break of several years – around a month and a half after the German World Cup title in Manila. The sports section “ran” will regularly broadcast games involving German superstars and world champions Dennis Schröder (Toronto Raptors) and Daniel Theis (Indiana Pacers).
According to the announcement, ProSieben and ProSieben Maxx are showing more than 50 NBA games on TV and via online stream. These include duels from the regular season, some subsequent play-off duels and the finals.
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In addition to Schröder and Theis, the Wagner brothers Moritz and Franz (both Orlando Magic) from the world champion team also play in the best basketball league in the world. Viewers can watch the season opener between champions Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers around LeBron James live on ProSieben on Wednesday night (1:30 a.m. CEST). After that, the channel will focus mainly on games in the German evening hours. These will be available in numerous forms in the upcoming season.
The streaming service DAZN also remains a partner of the NBA. The package includes over 200 games, also often during German prime time on the weekends. In addition to the regular season, DAZN also has the Christmas games scheduled for December 25th, the play-offs and the final series in June 2024.
Like NFL: NBA also has plans for games in Germany
NBA boss Adam Silver also gives Germany hope that regular season basketball games will also be played in Germany in the future. “There is no doubt that Germany’s gold medal win will lead to an even greater increase in interest in the sport. And that will also help us get back to Germany,” said Silver on “ran”. In the coming season, away from the USA and Canada, games will take place in Mexico City and Paris.
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There have already been several preparation games in Germany, but no regular season match yet. “Europe and especially Germany are enormously important for us. Apart from the United States, most of the players who play in our league come from here. There is a strong economy, strong interest, strong sporting tradition, like in Germany,” said Silver. “We would like to come back,” the official assured.
The American football league NFL will play two games of the season in Frankfurt on November 5th and 12th. The premiere took place in Munich last year. This could soon be the case in the NBA. “However, in connection with the pandemic, there has been a small setback in terms of some of our international travel. So we’ve now reset our plans and are taking another look at many of these markets,” Silver said.
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