Never miss a beat of the season.
The NBA App is your home to follow every game, tap to watch live, catch up with highlights, track the latest scores and stats, and get personalized updates on your favorite teams and players.
New for the 2026-27 NBA season:
- Tap To Watch. Live games are now easier to find. Just tap the broadcast logo for the game you want to watch to be directed to where it is being shown.*
- Go deeper into every game. Game Pulse combines live insights, advanced stats, and highlights, so you know what’s happening and why it matters.
- Put your team front and center. Get faster access to your team’s scores, schedule, standings and latest news.
- Watch your way. Get personalized multiview recommendations and track games that matter with the new Focus View.
- Get NBA answers instantly. Ask NBA gives you access to news, team and player stats and decades of league history, just by asking.
The NBA App is free to download and gives fans access to:
- Live scores, stats, and standings
- The full season schedule, with where to watch and access to live basketball games with Tap to Watch*
- The latest basketball news, highlights, game previews and recaps
- Stories from across the National Basketball Association
- Live channels streaming news, highlights, studio shows, and more
- Personalized live updates on your favorite NBA teams and players
- Live free access to postgame press conferences after every game
*Fans are guided to log in or subscribe to the appropriate streaming service including ABC, ESPN, NBC, Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, and NBA League Pass for out-of-market games
NBA League Pass subscribers have access to:
- The most NBA games, live and on-demand**
- Stream up to 4 games at once with multiview on select devices
- In-game stats overlays for deeper game context
- Additional broadcasts, including Data Mode and NBA Hoopervision
- Mobile-optimized game streams for phones and tablets
- Select local-language broadcasts
- Archive of historical NBA games and moments
- 24/7 NBA TV coverage featuring live games, original programming, and more
League Pass Premium subscribers also get access to:
- Concurrent streaming: stream games on up to 3 devices at once
- Download games to watch offline
- In-arena entertainment during game breaks instead of commercials
**Blackouts and restrictions apply in the US and Canada
NBA ID is for every fan. Sign up for perks like:
- Personalized settings shaped by your favorite teams and players
- Access to free live game nights and exclusive content
- Upgraded fan experiences
Get the best free NBA coverage, including pre-season games, global games, NBA Emirates NBA Cup, Christmas Day games, NBA All-Star Weekend and All-Star Game, NBA Playoff games, NBA Finals, NBA Draft, NBA Summer League, and NBA 2K League. The official NBA app features highlights of every shot, dunk, and nothing but net from the Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, LA Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, New York Knicks, Oklahoma City Thunder, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Washington Wizards.
NBA League Pass and NBA TV subscribers can access their subscription by logging into the App.
Purchase NBA League Pass or NBA TV, and you will be automatically billed through Apple every 30 days (monthly packages) or every 365 days (annual packages) until you cancel your subscription. Refunds are not available after subscriptions have been activated.
Please visit support.watch.nba.com if you are experiencing any issues.
Terms of Use: http://www.nba.com/news/termsofuse
Privacy Policy: http://www.nba.com/news/privacy_policy.html
The official NBA app is your go-to source for all things basketball. Follow your favorite players and teams on and off the court with real-time scores, news, and schedules. Get exclusive behind-the-scenes looks and rim-rattling highlights in Moments, a mobile-friendly vertical scroll of short videos. And when it’s game time, stream out-of-market broadcasts live and on demand with an NBA League Pass subscription.
Lindsay Ytuarte
L.Desire
The most impressive app I have seen for a complete rundown on favorite players. The play by play detail is awesome. The close ups and personal feel of the players as they are lacing up their shoes. The feel of the inclusion for the fan to see more clearly the faces and emotions of the game. Would like to see interviews with players most interested in by the user indicating who they want most to see in action. Excited to be a part of this project keep up the good work. Hoping for a chance to get season passes for the next season and get tickets to the NBA cup and dying to meet my favorite player Steph Curry. The chance to meet top players for the draft of the upcoming season, and feel the buzz of the energy these players give so much to their craft and it’s amazing to feel part of it. Please let me know how I can be of help to develop this amazing personal experience for the NBA fans around the world.(Thanks I’ll be studying the plays and points to develop what I think could be a real benefit for myself to achieve my own goals) as I can see the benefits of the league and how much more can be achieved with a team by your side. Thanks
Developer Response
Thank you for the 5-star review! Your comments are important to us and we appreciate your support. We hope you continue to enjoy the season on our app! Thanks, NBA Support
Great App, But Where’s the Dynamic Island Integration?
Bron2Luka
As a die-hard NBA fan, I love the depth of content this app offers—live scores, highlights, news, and League Pass streaming are all fantastic. But I’m genuinely baffled and disappointed by the lack of integrated live game tracking with Dynamic Island, a feature Apple rolled out years ago with iOS 16. It’s March 2025, and other sports apps, like Apple Sports, have fully embraced this technology, giving fans real-time updates right on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island without needing to dive into the app. Why is the NBA app lagging behind?Competitors are leveraging Apple’s advancements to make following games seamless and intuitive. With Dynamic Island, I could glance at my iPhone 14 Pro and see live scores or key moments without interrupting what I’m doing—perfect for multitasking during a busy day. Apple Sports already does this beautifully, syncing live updates across devices and making the experience feel cutting-edge. Even smaller apps have jumped on this. Meanwhile, the NBA app feels stuck in the past, relying on manual navigation for live tracking when it could be so much more dynamic.The NBA is a leader in sports innovation—VR streams, in-depth stats, global reach—so why isn’t this app keeping pace with Apple’s tech? Adding Dynamic Island support wouldn’t just be a gimmick; it’d enhance the fan experience, especially for those of us who can’t watch every second of every game. Please, NBA, catch up to the competition and give us the modern, integrated tracking we deserve!
Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback! We listened, and as of late last year we added support for Dynamic Island. Let us know what you think! Thanks, NBA Support
Just OK for the price
druklened077
Look, $16/mo to watch my team while I live out of state is about worth it... However The UI/UX of the app is unnecessarily complicated all over the place, the notifications make no sense, (just let me subscribe to my team, give me updates on game day/major news, that’s it.) and most importantly… routinely the game feed shows what amateur production quality looks like. Quite often replays, really dumb graphics, etc. are completely blocking the live play. “Don’t miss a minute.” Should never be used as a slogan by NBA TV. You will miss more than several, sometimes key, minutes during games. This is completely unnecessary, by the way, like if a replay of a layup is why I don’t see something like a cross-court alley-oop, that is criminal and I should get $1 back every time it happens. Not even to mention the simple stuff like a quality scoreboard. I will probably do something like subscribe for a month or 2 NOV/DEC, then won’t be back until APR-JUN since all-star break to mid-April has turned into load management, dead energy in the league. Anyways guys, I just want to stream Celtics games in Minnesota. Please make that easier, efficient, and a quality experience for me and I am more than happy to throw Adam Silver $20/mo so that you can hire an intern that only clicks the replay button when play is stopped. Say the name!
Developer Response
Thank you for the feedback. We will pass along your comments and suggestions to the appropriate team for review. We appreciate you reaching out to let us know. Thanks, NBA Support.
This update includes bug fixes and improvements to bring you the best possible fan experience.
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