All the NBA Video games on NBC & Peacock This Week (April 5-7)

This week brings a loaded slate of NBA on NBC and Peacock video games, that includes legends just like the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, rising stars just like the Dallas Mavericks’ Cooper Flagg, and loads of groups nonetheless jockeying for post-season positioning.

The full lineup this week suggestions off with the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets vs. Golden State Warriors on Sunday Night Basketball on NBC and Peacock; then on Monday there’s the New York Knicks vs. Atlanta Hawks streaming on Peacock. Finally, Coast 2 Coast Tuesday brings a loaded doubleheader that includes the Charlotte Hornets vs. Boston Celtics and the Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns.

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The slate is loaded with playoff implications, as eight of the groups that includes in NBC Sports’ five-game lineup are all nonetheless in rivalry and vying for playoff positioning as we head into the ultimate week of the NBA common season. After that? The playoffs start.

NBA on NBC schedule this week (April 5-7)

• Sunday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.: Lakers at Mavericks (NBC, Peacock)
• Sunday, April 5, 10 p.m.: Rockets at Warriors (NBC, Peacock)
• Monday, April 6. 7 p.m.: Knicks at Hawks (Peacock)
• Tuesday, April 7, 8 p.m.: Hornets at Celtics (NBC, Peacock)
• Tuesday, April 7, 11 p.m.: Rockets at Suns (NBC, Peacock)

The remaining installment of Sunday Night Basketball this season brings a stacked doubleheader, with the Lakers taking over the Mavericks from American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The second sport of the evening will function NBA All-Star Kevin Durant and the Rockets headed to California to tackle the Warriors. Steph Curry, who hasn’t performed since late January, stays a game-time choice to probably return from a knee harm. 

NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Jamal Crawford (analyst), and Ashley ShahAhmadi (courtside reporter) will name Lakers-Mavericks. NBC Sports’ Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Reggie Miller (analyst), and Grant Liffmann (courtside reporter) will name Rockets-Warriors.

Peacock NBA Monday will discover six-time NBA All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks taking over the Hawks from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The sport will function the final NBC Sports’ “On the Bench” protection of the season, with analysts embedded on every group’s bench. Jordan Cornette shall be devoted to the Hawks’ bench, and Austin Rivers shall be with the Knicks.

Fans watching on cell also can use Peacock’s new Live Vertical Video view accessible inside the Courtside Live function. The beta function presents the complete sport in a vertical video format inside Courtside Live, providing curated alternate sport angles to provide followers a behind-the-scenes have a look at the motion. 
 
The NBA on NBC motion all involves a head on Tuesday evening with Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, that includes primetime video games on NBC airing reside in every market (with each video games streaming nationwide on Peacock). Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics will begin issues off, internet hosting the Charlotte Hornets from TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. The remaining sport of the evening finds Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets heading to Phoenix to tackle five-time NBA All-Star Devin Booker and the Suns from Mortgage Matchup Center.
 
NBC Sports’ Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Reggie Miller (analyst), and Ashley ShahAhmadi (courtside reporter) will name Hornets-Celtics. NBC Sports’ John Fanta (play-by-play), Derek Fisher (analyst), and Zora Stephenson (courtside reporter) will name Rockets-Suns.