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The game of the NBA postseason unfolded on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, where the Indiana Pacers completed a stunning 14-point comeback with less than three minutes remaining against the New York Knicks to force overtime.

The following is a glance at sports on TV, including channels, radio listings and game times for local games and national sporting events for May 19-25, 2025. Frequent TV channel numbers are listed at the bottom of the page. Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times Pacific.

NBA playoffs kicked off to double-digit viewership growth amid a changing of the guard -- both as younger stars have stepped forward and as the league heads into a lucrative TV rights deal, including a new home on NBC.

The audience for the 2025 NBA Playoffs on ESPN platforms ( ESPN and ABC) is up 12% from last year, according to Nielsen. Through the Conference Semifinals (22 games), ESPN is averaging 4,883,000 viewers, making it the second-most watched NBA Playoffs since 2011.

The New York Knicks won 51 games in the regular season. The Indiana Pacers, their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals, won 50. The Knicks are led by a star point guard who seems to have superpowers in crunch time,