NBA schedules tip Finals June 3

The National Basketball Association’s official postseason schedule sets Game 1 of the 2026 Finals for Wednesday, June 3, with an 8:30 p.m. Eastern tip on ABC. (nba.com) The league’s schedule page says every Finals game, from Game 1 through a possible Game 7 on June 19, is set for 8:30 p.m. Eastern on ABC. (nba.com) The same calendar shows the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament ran April 14-17 and the first round of the playoffs tipped off April 18. (nba.com 1) (nba.com 2) That makes this postseason the first under the National Basketball Association’s new 11-year media agreements with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon, which began with the 2025-26 season. (nba.com) Under that deal, Disney kept the Finals and Christmas Day, NBCUniversal took opening night, Sunday night and other packages, and Prime Video got the Emirates NBA Cup and the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament. (nba.com) The league said all national games would be available on broadly distributed streaming services, with more broadcast exposure than under the prior contract. It projected about 75 regular-season games on broadcast television each year, up from a minimum of 15 before. (nba.com) ESPN’s breakdown of the first season under the new deal showed national windows spread across the week: Peacock on Mondays, NBC and Peacock on Tuesdays, ESPN on Wednesdays, Prime Video on Thursdays and Fridays, and ABC, ESPN, Prime Video, NBC or Peacock on weekends. (espn.com) Prime Video’s first exclusive Play-In drew an average of 2.79 million United States viewers across six windows, up 18%, according to the league. (nba.com) The bracket is still unfolding, but the end point is fixed: the Finals open June 3 on ABC, in the league’s new three-network postseason map. (nba.com)