There is no single package that magically unlocks every NBA game. Streaming NBA games on Xfinity Stream is split across regular TV channels, local sports channels in your area, Peacock, Prime Video, NBA TV, and NBA League Pass.
The right setup for you depends on what you mainly watch.
Here is everything you need to know about streaming NBA games on Xfinity Stream, packages, League Pass, and much more
How NBA games are split
Below is a breakdown:
National NBA games
These are the games shown across the country. In the 2025-26 season, the regular national homes are ABC, ESPN, NBC, Peacock, and Prime Video. There is additional national coverage on NBA TV.
The weekly pattern is:
- Monday on Peacock
- Tuesday on NBC/Peacock
- Wednesday on ESPN
- Friday on Prime Video with some ESPN windows
- Saturday on Prime Video in the afternoon and ABC in primetime
- Sunday on ABC in the afternoon, plus NBC/Peacock at night
Regional and local NBA games
These are the games for your home-market team. They usually air on a regional sports network, not on a national channel.
For instance, Philadelphia 76ers games are normally on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
NBA League Pass games
This is only for out-of-market games. This will be for matches outside your local team’s market and outside the national TV blackouts.
There are blackout rules. Nationally televised games are not available live on League Pass in the US, and games in your local market are also blacked out live.
Packages for streaming NBA games on Xfinity Stream
These are the main Xfinity TV plans that matter for NBA watching:
1. TV Core
- Price per month: $55
- Channels: 20+
TV Core is the cheapest starting point for NBA fans, but it is also the most limited. It is built around local broadcast channels. That means it can cover games on ABC and NBC in your area.
It is not the right plan if you want the full NBA experience because the core national cable channel for NBA coverage, ESPN, is not what this tier is designed around.
2. Sports & News TV
- Price per month: $80
- Channels: 50+
For most people, Sports & News TV is the real starting package for the NBA season. It includes Peacock Premium, a 4K TV Box, and 300 hours of DVR, and Xfinity openly positions it as the package for NBA fans.
It also includes the key mix of local broadcast channels and sports channels you need for a lot of NBA coverage, including ABC, NBC, ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, and FS2. Xfinity also says local and national NBA games are available with this package.
This is the best fit if you want a middle ground.
3. TV Plus
- Price per month: $95
- Channels: 125+
TV Plus is the package to pick if you want your NBA setup to also be a broader entertainment setup. It sits above Sports & News TV in overall lineup size.
For NBA fans, TV Plus makes sense when you already know you want more general TV beyond sports. So this is more of a lifestyle choice than the cleanest basketball value choice.
4. TV Premium
- Price per month: $125
- Channels: 185+
TV Premium is the top traditional TV package in the current Xfinity lineup. It explicitly includes regional sports networks. It also includes NBA TV. If you need the broadest Xfinity TV lineup without too many add-ons, this is your package.
Pick it if you want these three things at once: your local-market games, your national-channel games, and NBA TV without needing the extra sports add-on.
5. More Sports & Entertainment add-on
- Price per month: $9.95
- Channels: NFL Network, NFL RedZone, NBA TV, CBS Sports Network.
If you already have an eligible Xfinity TV plan and only want to fill the NBA TV gap, this is the best add-on. It is a cheaper way to add NBA TV if you do not want to spend more on buying the TV Premium package
NBA League Pass on Xfinity explained
NBA League Pass is the add-on for watching teams outside your home market. It gives you live and on-demand games, home and away feeds, alternate broadcasts, archives, NBA TV’s 24/7 stream, and multiview. Through Xfinity, you can add it to any Xfinity TV package and use it with the Xfinity Stream app. You can also authenticate that subscription inside the NBA app with your Xfinity login.
Xfinity price for League Pass
On Xfinity’s current NBA page, the 2025-26 League Pass offer is $49.99 for the full season. You can also do $12.50 per month for four months, listed as a limited-time offer.
Direct NBA prices if you do not want to buy through Xfinity
If you would rather buy directly from the NBA instead of through the Xfinity TV provider, here are the prices per month:
- Standard League Pass: $16.99 and gives you one stream at a time.
- League Pass Premium: $24.99 with up to three concurrent streams, offline downloads and in-arena content during breaks.
The blackout rules you need to know
League Pass is great, but it is not a replacement for national TV or your local team’s channel. As we already mentioned, nationally televised games are not available live on League Pass and become available later.
Locally televised games in your own market are also blacked out live. That is why League Pass works best as a second product, not your only NBA product, unless you mainly follow out-of-market teams.
What to choose for streaming NBA games on Xfinity Stream
Here is what to go for according to your needs:
- Best choice for most NBA fans: For most people, the best balance is Sports & News TV. It gives you the main channels that matter most for the current NBA setup: ABC, NBC, ESPN, and Peacock.
- For NBA TV: Go with Sports & News TV + More Sports & Entertainment if you want to keep your monthly cost lower than TV Premium but still add NBA TV.
- For all-in TV package: Choose TV Premium if you want the least hassle inside the Xfinity TV lineup. It is the cleanest all-in choice for regional sports networks + national TV channels + NBA TV. You still need Prime Video separately for Amazon’s national schedule, and you still need League Pass separately for full out-of-market coverage.
- For out-of-market teams: Use Sports & News TV or TV Core as your base, then add League Pass. That gives you national windows plus out-of-market access. Just remember that if your favorite team becomes a national TV draw, some of those games will move to ABC, ESPN, NBC, Peacock, or Prime Video and will not be live on League Pass.