The Phoenix Suns finish off their four-game road trip with a foray into Fiserv Forum to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks today.
The ball is going to tip at 1:00 p.m. ET. If you live in the US and want to watch, it’ll be televised on ABC, but there are also several different ways you can watch a free live stream if you don’t have cable or don’t have access to a TV.
Sling TV doesn’t offer a live stream of ABC proper, but the “Sling Orange” channel package does include ESPN3, which will simulcast all NBA on ABC games. It also includes ESPN and TNT for the biggest NBA games each week, and it’s currently on sale for just $20 for your first month. Even after it goes up to the regular price of $40 per month after that, it is still far cheaper than any other streaming service with these channels.
There’s no Sling free trial, so you won’t be able to watch this one for nothing (you can check out the next section for some of those options), but it’s still probably the best value in streaming if you plan on watching more NBA over the next couple of months.
If you want to watch a free live stream of the Suns vs Bucks, you can do exactly that with a subscription to Fubo, which offers a free seven-day trial. If you sign up for the “Pro” channel package, you’ll be able to watch a live stream of ABC (live in most markets) and 180-plus other TV channels, and if you cancel within seven days, you won’t have to pay anything.
YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream are also good options. Their free trials are only five days long, but they will both work perfectly fine if you simply want to watch tonight’s game at no cost.
All of the above-mentioned streaming services are US-only, but there is a way to access them from outside the country. A virtual private network (VPN) masks your IP address/location and creates a digital connection between your computer and a remote server in a different country (in this case, the US), allowing you to sidestep location-restrictions and access content as if you were in that country.
NordVPN is the way to go if you’re in the market for a VPN. It’s safe, fast and has over 2,000 servers located in the United States alone (and over 6,000 worldwide). It also comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, so even though there’s no free trial, you can still try it out risk-free.
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.