SAN ANTONIO – Due to Portland’s win on Tuesday night, the Spurs-Trail Blazers series is headed for a guaranteed Game 5.
Following this weekend’s games in Portland, the Spurs will host the Trail Blazers on Tuesday, April 28. Tip time is set for 8:30 p.m., and the game will air on ESPN, the NBA announced.
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The 2026 postseason is the first since the NBA’s new long-term television contracts with ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video went into effect.
Due to the new TV deals, first round playoff series will no longer have local and national broadcasts. All playoff games will air exclusively with the league’s national broadcast partners: ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video.
The pivotal Game 3 is set to start at 9:30 p.m. on Friday and air on Amazon Prime Video. Game 4 will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. ESPN will broadcast Game 4.
If the series goes beyond Game 5, the league will announce tipoff and broadcast times for Games 6 and 7 at a later date.
Below is the full first round schedule:
| Game | Date | Location | Time (central) | TV network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun. 4/19 | Portland at San Antonio | 8 p.m. | NBC |
| 2 | Tues. 4/21 | Portland at San Antonio | 7 p.m. | NBC |
| 3 | Fri. 4/24 | San Antonio at Portland | 9:30 p.m. | Amazon Prime Video |
| 4 | Sun. 4/26 | San Antonio at Portland | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| 5 | Tues. 4/28 | Portland at San Antonio | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| 6* | Thurs. 4/30 | San Antonio at Portland | TBD | TBD |
| 7* | Sat. 5/2 | Portland at San Antonio | TBD | TBD |
*if necessary
TBD = To Be Determined
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