Amazon Prime streams Cavs, Spurs doubleheader

Amazon Prime Video is carrying both NBA conference semifinal games on Friday, May 15, giving the streamer a national doubleheader late in its first season with league rights. The NBA’s official playoff schedule lists Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 at 7 p.m. ET, followed by San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 6 at 9:30 p.m. ET, with both games on Prime Video. Cleveland leads Detroit 3-2, and San Antonio leads Minnesota 3-2, according to the league schedule. ### Which games are on Prime Video tonight? The NBA schedule posted by NBA.com shows Detroit at Cleveland at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, May 15, and San Antonio at Minnesota at 9:30 p.m. ET on Prime Video. The same schedule lists both games as Game 6s in the conference semifinals. Prime Video’s NBA hub also shows both matchups as upcoming events for subscribers, with Pistons vs. (nba.com) Cavaliers first and Spurs vs. Timberwolves second. Amazon’s Prime Video page lists the games in the U.S. service lineup for Friday night. ### What is at stake in the two series? Cleveland enters Friday with a 3-2 lead over Detroit after winning Game 5 in overtime, 117-113, the NBA schedule shows. (nba.com) That makes Game 6 an elimination game for the Pistons and a chance for the Cavaliers to reach the Eastern Conference finals. San Antonio also holds a 3-2 edge after beating Minnesota 126-97 in Game 5, according to NBA.com. (primevideo.com) That leaves the Timberwolves facing elimination in Minneapolis in the late game. ### Why is Amazon carrying playoff games at all? Amazon said May 13 that the 2025-26 season is the first year of Prime Video’s NBA coverage. The company said Prime Video streamed the NBA SoFi Play-In Tournament exclusively from April 14 to 17 and is also carrying select games in the first two playoff rounds. (nba.com) Amazon’s playoff guide lists Friday’s two conference semifinal games among the final postseason contests on its schedule this spring. The company also says it offers an alternate “Prime Vision” feed with an above-the-rim camera angle and AI-powered insights. ### Where can viewers find the games? Prime Video says NBA games on its service are available through a Prime subscription on supported devices, and its NBA landing page places Friday’s two games in the live and upcoming section. (aboutamazon.com) Amazon’s playoff explainer directs viewers to Prime Video for the streams rather than a linear television channel. The NBA’s own playoff schedule also identifies Prime Video, not a broadcast or cable network, as the outlet for both games on May 15. That makes Friday’s slate one of the streamer’s national playoff windows in the second round. ### What comes after Friday night? The NBA schedule lists Game 7 in the Cavaliers-Pistons series for Sunday, May 17, in Detroit if necessary. (primevideo.com) The league also lists Game 7 in the Spurs-Timberwolves series for Sunday, May 17, in San Antonio if necessary. June 3 is the scheduled start of the 2026 NBA Finals, with ABC as the exclusive broadcaster, according to NBA.com. (nba.com) Before that, the winner of Detroit-Cleveland will face New York in the East finals, and the winner of San Antonio-Minnesota will meet Oklahoma City in the West finals, the league schedule shows.