With the 2025-26 NBA season in full swing, the league is already seeing a lot of buzz and excitement for what’s to come throughout the schedule. The first big event is the NBA Cup, a six-week in-season knockout tournament where each team has a chance to win it all.

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While NBA Cup games broadcast on TV across NBC and ESPN, the in-season tournament can also be streamed on web-based streaming cable services - like DirecTV, Fubo and Hulu + Live TV - some of which even offer free trials. Games are also streamable on Prime Video and Peacock.

With the NBA expanding pro basketball outside of the United States and Canada, more and more games are taking place overseas to court fans from different countries. The league now travels to Mexico for NBA Mexico City Game.

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