Both fighting for seeding in next month’s playoffs, the Sacramento Kings host the Philadelphia 76ers in an important NBA matchup tonight.
The game is starting very shortly, at 10:00 p.m. ET, and will be televised on NBC Sports Philadelphia (76ers markets only), NBC Sports California (Kings markets) and NBA TV (everywhere in the US). If you’re looking for a live stream, there a lot of different ways you can find one. Here’s a rundown of all your options.
Sling TV doesn’t include a free trial, but once you’ve exhausted all your free-trial options for the other live-TV streaming services, Sling becomes the cheapest one with NBA TV.
The “Sling Orange” channel package plus the “Sports Extra” add-on normally costs $51 per month, but it’s currently on sale for $41 for your first month. What’s particularly enticing about this option is that it also includes all of the ESPN channels, TNT and TBS, giving you everything you need to watch multiple NBA games per week and both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments over the next month.
If you’re just looking to get in, watch the 76ers vs Kings and then get out without paying anything, there are a handful of different options.
Fubo (“Pro” channel package plus “Sports Plus with NFL RedZone” add-on), YouTube TV (“Base Plan”) and DirecTV Stream (“Choice” package or above) all include NBC Sports Philadelphia (in local markets), NBC Sports California (in local markets) and NBA TV, so you can watch the game no matter where you are. Fubo will let you watch for seven days before you have to cancel your service or pay for the first month, while YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream each come with a five-day free trial.
Intended to replace cable, all of those options have extensive channel packages. But if you simply want a live stream of NBA TV for a cheap long-term price, you can get exactly through Amazon Prime Channels. It’s just $7 per month for the NBA TV channel, but it also comes with a seven-day free trial. Note that you’ll need to be a Prime subscriber for this option, but that also comes with a free trial.
A virtual private network (VPN) is good to have for added security and privacy online, but it can also be helpful for a variety of other reasons, including streaming normally geo-locked content from other countries. It can do this because it hides your IP address and connects you to a digital server in another country, making it seem as if you are actually there.
NordVPN is our top choice, but you can peruse our lists of the best VPN services and best VPN deals for some other choices, as well.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.