Thursday, October 1, 2026

2025-26 · National windows per team

NBA National TV

Los Angeles Lakers have the most national windows: 42, or 51.2% of their schedule.

Updated Wed, Aug 19, 10:37 AM EDT

#TeamNatl TVShareNetworksLast season
1Los AngelesLakersLAL4251.2%Peacock 11 · Prime Video 10 · ESPN 8+5 more50-32
1New YorkKnicksNYK4250.6%Peacock 11 · Prime Video 11 · ESPN 8+9 more51-31
3Golden StateWarriorsGSW4048.8%Peacock 11 · Prime Video 10 · NBA TV 8+5 more48-34
4Oklahoma CityThunderOKC3745.1%Peacock 11 · Prime Video 10 · ESPN 9+5 more68-14
5San AntonioSpursSAS3643.4%ESPN 11 · Peacock 11 · Prime Video 10+6 more34-48
6BostonCelticsBOS3441.5%Peacock 12 · ESPN 9 · NBC 9+4 more61-21
6ClevelandCavaliersCLE3441.5%ESPN 11 · Peacock 10 · NBA TV 6+7 more64-18
6MinnesotaTimberwolvesMIN3441.5%Peacock 9 · Prime Video 9 · ESPN 8+4 more49-33
9HoustonRocketsHOU3340.2%Peacock 11 · ESPN 8 · Prime Video 8+5 more52-30
10DenverNuggetsDEN3137.8%Peacock 11 · ESPN 9 · NBC 7+5 more50-32
11LAClippersLAC2834.1%Peacock 11 · NBA TV 8 · NBC 6+4 more50-32
12DallasMavericksDAL2732.9%Peacock 8 · ESPN 6 · NBC 6+5 more39-43
13DetroitPistonsDET2429.3%Peacock 9 · ESPN 5 · Prime Video 5+5 more44-38
14Philadelphia76ersPHI2328.0%Peacock 10 · NBC 7 · NBA TV 5+5 more24-58
15OrlandoMagicORL2226.8%Peacock 7 · Prime Video 6 · NBA TV 5+3 more41-41
16MilwaukeeBucksMIL2125.6%NBA TV 7 · Peacock 6 · Prime Video 5+2 more48-34
17PhoenixSunsPHX1822.0%Peacock 9 · NBA TV 6 · NBC 5+3 more36-46
18AtlantaHawksATL1619.5%NBA TV 8 · Peacock 4 · ESPN 3+3 more40-42
19PortlandTrail BlazersPOR1315.9%Peacock 7 · NBC 5 · NBA TV 4+2 more36-46
20CharlotteHornetsCHA1012.2%NBA TV 4 · Peacock 3 · Prime Video 2+3 more19-63
20MemphisGrizzliesMEM1012.2%Peacock 4 · NBA TV 3 · Prime Video 3+1 more48-34
20MiamiHeatMIA1012.2%NBA TV 3 · Peacock 3 · Prime Video 3+3 more37-45
23SacramentoKingsSAC67.3%NBC 3 · Peacock 3 · ESPN 1+2 more40-42
23TorontoRaptorsTOR67.3%NBA TV 2 · Prime Video 2 · ESPN 1+1 more30-52
25ChicagoBullsCHI56.1%Peacock 2 · Prime Video 2 · NBA TV 1+1 more39-43
26IndianaPacersIND44.9%ESPN 1 · NBA TV 1 · Peacock 1+1 more50-32
27UtahJazzUTA33.7%Peacock 2 · NBA TV 1 · NBC 117-65
27WashingtonWizardsWAS33.7%NBA TV 1 · Peacock 1 · Prime Video 118-64
29BrooklynNetsBKN11.2%Peacock 126-56
29New OrleansPelicansNOP11.2%NBA TV 121-61
What the columns mean
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Rank on the column the board is sorted by, 1 = most. The rank belongs to the team, not the row, so flipping to low-to-high counts down to #1 at the foot. Ties share a rank.
Natl TV
Games on the team's main slate with a national television window. A game simulcast on two national networks counts once.
Share
Those games as a share of the team's main-slate schedule — regular season plus in-season cup.
Networks
Which national networks carry the team, most games first. A simulcast game appears under each network, so these can add up to more than the total.
Last season
The team's record the previous season — what the networks were picking from when the schedule was made.

Windows against last season

San Antonio Spurs went 34-48 in 2024-25 and still drew 36 national windows — the most of any team that finished under .500.

The extremes

The networks' pick

The Los Angeles Lakers' national slate: 42 of 82 games carry a national television window — 51.2% of the schedule — across Peacock 11 · Prime Video 10 · ESPN 8 · NBA TV 8 · NBC 8 · ABC 6 · Telemundo 3 · NBC Sports Network 1.

The networks' blind spot

The New Orleans Pelicans' national slate: 1 of 82 games carry a national television window — 1.2% of the schedule — across NBA TV 1.

Most televised under .500

The San Antonio Spurs went 34-48 the season before and still drew 36 national windows — the most of any team that finished under .500.

How it's counted

A national TV game is one the NBA schedule feed lists with a national television broadcast — broadcaster scope "natl", media "tv" — the same rule the schedule and game pages use to print a game's network, so a count here and a network beside a game can never disagree.

National streaming windows are included: the feed labels the streaming-exclusive national services as television, and a reader watches them the same way.

A game simulcast on two national networks counts once in a team's total and once under each network in the breakdown, so the networks can add up to more than the total.

Share is national games over the team's main-slate games — regular season plus in-season cup — the same slate the rest of the travel desk counts.

Last season is the team's record in 2024-25 — the strength prior that exists the hour a schedule drops, and so the record the networks were picking from. It is not a projection of this season.

Teams the networks passed over still appear, at zero. This is who the networks picked, not a judgement of who deserved it.