How to Watch the 2024 NBA Finals With & Without Cable: Full Streaming Guide

May 30, 2024 Jimm Sallivan

A new NBA champion will be crowned come June with the official start of the 2024 NBA Finals.

This year’s competition will feature a showdown between the top-seeded Boston Celtics and either the No. 5 Dallas Mavericks or No. 3 Minnesota Timberwolves. The Mavs currently lead the Western Conference finals series, 3-1, and will play the Timberwolves in Game 5 on Thursday.

If the Mavericks manage to close out the series, they will battle Jayson Tatum and the Celtics for their first NBA championship in 13 years.

The Celtics, meanwhile, will be looking to clinch their 18th championship in franchise history, which would surpass the Los Angeles Lakers (17) for most championships all-time.

Here’s how to watch and listen to the 2024 NBA Finals.

All 2024 NBA Finals games will broadcast on ABC.

Fans who have a cable subscription will be able to view the Finals broadcast, which is exclusive to ABC. They should check their local TV stations for specific channel info.

GAME	MATCHUP	DATE/TIME	CHANNEL
Game 1	Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics	Thursday, June 6, 8 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 2	Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics	Sunday, June 9, 8 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 3	Boston Celtics @ Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves	Wednesday, June 12, 8:30 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 4	Boston Celtics @ Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves	Friday, June 14, 8:30 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 5 (if necessary)	Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics	Monday, June 17, 8 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 6 (if necessary)	Boston Celtics @ Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves	Thursday, June 20, 8 p.m. ET	ABC
Game 7 (if necessary)	Dallas Mavericks/ Minnesota Timberwolves @ Boston Celtics	Sunday, June 23, 8 p.m. ET	ABC

All 2024 NBA Finals games will be available to stream on the ESPN app as well as the ABC app. Both the ESPN and ABC apps will require a TV provider login, though.

Streaming options that don’t require cable include FuboTV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV and YouTube TV. For fans not looking to spend exorbitant amounts on a streaming service, FuboTV offers a free one-week trial to new subscribers.

All 2024 NBA Finals games will be available to listen to on Sirius XM NBA Radio, Channel 86 nationally.

For local stations, fans are encouraged to check their local listings for channel information specific to their area.

Select NBA Finals broadcasts are also available on NBA on ESPN Radio. Fans should also check their local listings for more information as the start date of the Finals nears.

11 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Historic Trend Gives Celtics Massive Edge to Win NBA Finals Over Mavericks

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics have a 2-0 series lead over the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals, and that puts them in some great company all time.

There have been 36 teams that have led 2-0 in the NBA Finals, and they are 31-5 straight up in the series all time. Not only that, but Boston as a franchise has a 43-1 record when leading 2-0 in a playoff series, only losing in the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals.

The C's -- the finals favorite for most of the 2023-24 season -- are now -800 at DraftKings Sportsbook to win the title this season heading into Game 3 in Dallas on Wednesday night.

Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.

Based on these odds, the Celtics have an implied probability of 88.89 percent to win the title this season. Dallas -- at +550 -- has just a 15.38 percent chance based on implied probability.

Even though Boston is going on the road in Game 3, I wouldn't be worried as a Boston bettor.

The C's are a perfect 6-0 straight up on the road in the playoffs, and Dallas is just 25-24 against the spread at home in the 2023-24 season.

Betting strictly on a historic trend isn't the best way to wager on a series, but this is a great sign for bettors that are holding a Celtics future. In fact, there is one bettor that wagered $215,000 on the Celtics to win the series prior to the start of the NBA Finals.

Boston is set as a slight underdog heading into Game 3 despite being 14-2 straight up this postseason.

Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

6 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Kendrick Perkins Bashes LeBron James’s Recent Quote About Kyrie Irving

Kendrick Perkins wasn't thrilled with LeBron James's recent statement about former teammate Kyrie Irving ahead of the 2024 NBA Finals.

On his Mind the Game podcast with JJ Redick earlier this week, James said he is "so f------ mad" that he's not Irving's running mate anymore in the NBA.

While James's Los Angeles Lakers were bounced from the playoffs in the first round, Irving's Dallas Mavericks are preparing to face the Boston Celtics on basketball's biggest stage.

“Here we go again,” Perkins said Thursday on ESPN. “Bron weaseling his way into somebody else’s moment … This is not about you! Your team is at home. This is about the Mavs and the Celtics, but yet you’re so mad and disappointed that you’re not Kyrie Irving’s running mate anymore. Here we go again.”

“Here we go again, [LeBron James] weaseling his way into somebody else’s moment… This is not about you! Your team is at home... You’re so mad & disappointed that you’re not Kyrie Irving’s running mate anymore."
— Kendrick Perkins 😳
(via @espn / YT)pic.twitter.com/VUhC28b3gg https://t.co/gD4SdNBrYF
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 6, 2024

Irving and James played three seasons together on the Cavaliers from 2014 to '17 and brought an NBA championship to Cleveland in 2016.

In 2017, Irving asked the Cavaliers for a trade, and he ended up in Boston for two years. When that didn't work out, Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets in 2019 and later requested another trade in 2023, where he landed with the Mavericks.

Seven years after departing James in Cleveland, things have finally come together for Irving. He and backcourt mate Luka Doncic have proven to be the NBA's best scoring duo throughout the fifth-seeded Mavericks' run to the NBA Finals.

Irving and the Mavericks tip off the NBA Finals in Game 1 on Thursday night at TD Garden.

4 Jun 24 Jimm Sallivan

Luka Dončić Denies Kristaps Porizingis Feud After Chandler Parsons’s Claim

The reunion between Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics won't be the only meeting of a player with their former team during the 2024 NBA Finals. Kristaps Porzingis will also be up against his old squad, having played for the Dallas Mavericks back from 2019 to '21.

On Monday, Fanduel's Chandler Parsons suggested there was some bad blood between Porzingis and Luka Dončić stemming from their time as a tandem in Dallas.

Dončić addressed the claims from Parsons on Tuesday, indicating he and Porzingis have a good relationship, despite their on-court efforts not yielding much success, and added that he's scarcely ever even spoken to Parsons.

"I've talked to Chandler Parsons maybe twice in my life, so I don't know how he would know... But me and KP have a good relationship," said Dončić, via Joey Mistretta of ClutchPoints.

Chandler Parsons previously said that Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis don’t have a good relationship.
Doncic shut down that narrative and said he’s only talked to Paraons “maybe twice in my life.”#Mavericks #OneforDallas pic.twitter.com/uA6UcnKbuu
— Joey Mistretta (@JoeyMistretta_) June 4, 2024

Porzingis joined the Mavs and was paired alongside Dončić with the goal of making an elite offensive tandem. Expectations were not quite met, however, and the plug was pulled on the experiment after a little more than two seasons.

They've both since gone on to find success, with Porzingis playing a vital role for the Celtics as they earned the league's best record in the regular season and Dončić emerging as arguably the sport's best player and leading his Mavericks to their first NBA Finals appearance since 2011.

Porzingis was also asked about the situation with Dončić in Dallas, though he didn't want to spend too much time on the topic.

"It didn't work out. I think it was–yeah. I don't know, I'm not even thinking about that right now. I'm focused on the job ahead. We can talk about that later," said Porzingis, via Noa Dalzell of SB Nation.

Kristaps Porzingis didn't want to get into the weeds of his relationship with Luka / his Mavericks tenure today:
"It didn't work out. I think it was - yeah. I don't know, I'm not even thinking about that right now. I'm focused on the job ahead. We can talk about that later." pic.twitter.com/GU2S0vrVAs
— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzellNBA) June 4, 2024

Game 1 of the NBA Finals tips off on Thursday, June 8 at 8:30 p.m. EST from the TD Garden in Boston.

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