Summary
Sunday’s NBA schedule has the kind of weight that can anchor an entire sports day by itself. There are 11 games on the board, with a national afternoon window in New York, another major clash in Denver, a prime-time Eastern Conference spotlight in Boston, and a late West Coast finish in Los Angeles. For readers who just want the practical answer first, the key is this: the day mixes national TV, regional sports networks, local market channels and League Pass, so the best way to follow the slate is to know exactly which game belongs to which lane.
The two broadest windows are easy to identify. Spurs at Knicks and Timberwolves at Nuggets are on ABC, while 76ers at Celtics lands on NBC and Peacock, with Telemundo also attached to that Sunday night package. For fans who rely on local over-the-air television, those are the clearest games on the board. The rest of the schedule is more fragmented, which is exactly why readers keep searching for “where to watch” all day long.
From a competitive standpoint, there is no shortage of storylines. San Antonio comes in at 43-16 on an 11-game winning streak, Oklahoma City carries the best record on the slate at 46-15, Detroit has surged to 44-14, and the most balanced game of the day belongs to Minnesota and Denver, both sitting at 37-23. On the other end, teams like Brooklyn, Indiana and Sacramento are trying to turn difficult seasons into salvageable nights. That contrast matters because it shapes not only the standings, but also the betting board.
The table below is the cleanest way to read the day.
| Game | Time (ET) | Where to watch live | Betting lean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spurs at Knicks | 1:00 p.m. | ABC | Spurs ML / very close game |
| Bucks at Bulls | 3:30 p.m. | CHSN, FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin, NBA League Pass | Bucks ML |
| Cavaliers at Nets | 3:30 p.m. | YES, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, NBA League Pass | Cavaliers -11.5 or safer ML |
| Timberwolves at Nuggets | 3:30 p.m. | ABC | Nuggets ML in the day’s tightest matchup |
| Grizzlies at Pacers | 5:00 p.m. | FanDuel Sports Network Indiana, FanDuel Sports Network Southeast, NBA League Pass | Pacers ML in a volatile spot |
| Trail Blazers at Hawks | 6:00 p.m. | KUNP 16, BlazerVision, FanDuel Sports Network Southeast, NBA League Pass | Hawks ML / Hawks -5.5 |
| Pistons at Magic | 6:00 p.m. | FanDuel Sports Network Florida, FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, NBA League Pass | Pistons -4.5 |
| 76ers at Celtics | 8:00 p.m. | NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports Philadelphia, Telemundo | Celtics -9.5 |
| Thunder at Mavericks | 8:00 p.m. | KFAA-TV, Mavs.com, FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma, NBA League Pass | Thunder -15.5 or safer ML |
| Pelicans at Clippers | 9:00 p.m. | FanDuel Sports Network SoCal, GCSEN, Pelicans.com, NBA League Pass | Clippers -8.5 |
| Kings at Lakers | 9:30 p.m. | Spectrum SportsNet, NBC Sports California, NBA League Pass | Lakers -13.5 or safer ML |
For anyone trying to build a simple Sunday watch plan, the most obvious national windows are the Knicks matinee, the Wolves-Nuggets showdown and the Celtics’ night game. For anyone looking at the betting board, the market is leaning hardest toward Oklahoma City, Boston, Cleveland and the Lakers, while Spurs-Knicks and Wolves-Nuggets feel more like high-quality watch games than easy spread games.
And one final practical note matters for readers in the United States: League Pass is not a universal escape hatch. Local-market games and nationally televised windows can be blacked out live, then made available on demand later. That is why the most useful reading of this schedule is not “League Pass has everything,” but “League Pass helps most when the game is out of market and not sitting behind a national or local exclusive.”
