The Houston Rockets close out their grueling six-game road trip with a game at Madison Square Garden tonight. They take on the New York Knicks very shortly, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
If you’re looking to watch, the game will only be televised locally on MSG (Knicks markets) and Space City Home Network (Rockets markets), but there are also a handful of different live stream options. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the Knicks vs Rockets online:
You can watch a live stream of MSG (local markets), Space City Home Network (local markets) and 180-plus other channels on Fubo, which comes with a free trial. And when you start that free trial you can also add in NBA League Pass, which lets you watch every out-of-market game this season. Moreover, if you’re looking for something more long-term, Fubo is the cheapest streaming service that includes MSG, Space City Home Network and League Pass.
For viewers who live in the Knicks or Rockets markets, there are two different ways you can watch a legal live stream of the game: Fubo and DirecTV Stream. The latter includes MSG and Space City Home Network in local markets as part of the “Choice” package, and it also comes with a free trial. If you’re searching for a long-term option, DirecTV Stream is slightly more expensive than Fubo, but it includes TNT, making it the only option to watch every single NBA game if you live in the Knicks or Rockets market.
For out-of-market viewers, you’re going to need NBA League Pass, which is available through Fubo, DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV or Amazon Prime Channels, all of which come with their own free trial.
A virtual private network (VPN) can help you access US-only streaming sites if you’ve left the country, and NordVPN is our choice. It’s reliable, it doesn’t limit bandwidth speed (which is important for streaming a live NBA game) and it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
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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.