[WOWOW Inc.] The world’s top basketball league, the NBA (2025-26), will be broadcast on WOWOW again this season.
WOWOW Inc. Press Release: October 17, 2025 The world’s top basketball league, the NBA (2025-26), will be broadcast on WOWOW again this season.
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performances of not only Japanese players, such as Rui Hachimura of the prestigious NBA team, the Los Angeles Lakers, and Yuki Kawamura, who signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls this season, but also the play of global star players on WOWOW. ■Broadcast and Streaming Details ・Opening: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 – Two key games will be broadcast and streamed every week during the regular season with commentary and commentary. – First round of the playoff tournament: up to 14 games. – Conference semifinals: up to 7 games. – Conference Finals: Up to 7 games – NBA All-Star Game and NBA All-Star Saturday will also be broadcast live *The 2025-26 NBA Finals are not included. WOWOW Broadcast and Streaming Card for the Opening Game Wednesday, October 22nd, 10:45 AM [WOWOW Prime] [WOWOW On Demand] Live Broadcast and Streaming Golden State Warriors vs. Los Angeles Lakers ■NBA Overview National Basketball Association (a men’s professional basketball league in North America) Basketball League) Regular Season A total of 30 teams participate: 29 teams in the United States and 1 team in Canada. They are divided into two conferences, the Eastern and Western, with 15 teams each, and three divisions with 5 teams each. Each team plays 82 games from October to April of the following year. The tournament determines the 1st through 15th place teams in the regular season from each conference. NBA Playoffs (Postseason) The top six teams from the regular season plus the two teams that win the play-in tournament (a total of eight teams from the East and West) compete to determine the teams that will advance to the Finals (one team from each conference). The tournament will be played in a best-of-seven format (first of seven to win four). The first round will feature matchups between the No. 1 seed and No. 8 seed, the No. 2 seed and No. 7 seed, the No. 3 seed and No. 6 seed, and the No. 4 seed and No. 5 seed in each conference. The winner of each conference will then be determined in the conference semifinals and conference finals. WOWOW will continue to enhance its sports programming, bringing viewers the thrill of athletes and exciting entertainment. *Details about the broadcast schedule will be announced on WOWOW Online and X (formerly Twitter). WOWOW program official website:
https://www.wowow.co.jp/sports/ WOWOW NBA official social media: @wowow_nba https://x.com/wowow_nba For more information about this release Press release attachments