Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers will be taking on Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons in Game 7 on Sunday night.
Few things in basketball, if any, are better than a Game 7. The intensity and fight that is shown during a winner-take-all game is unmatched in the sports world. Hopefully, we'll get a good one on Sunday night.
But NBA fans hoping to watch the Game 7 on network TV are out of luck. The game is not airing on ABC or ESPN. It's not airing on TNT or NBC, either.
Instead, it's airing on Amazon Prime Video.
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The NBA confirmed the decision.
"The schedule is now set for Game 7 this Sunday. With a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals at stake, the Cleveland-Detroit series will wrap with a winner-take-all finale at 8PM ET on Amazon Prime," the league announced.
A Game 7 on Amazon Prime? That's quite a risk for the league.
NBA fans are not happy about it. It would be like airing an NFC Championship Game on Netflix.
Fans speak out on Game 7 decision
NBA fans are not happy.
"Game 7 on streaming? Are you guys slow? That should be on national TV," one fan wrote.
"The NBA is so irrelevant today that they can no longer get their games on national TV, forced to put a game 7 on streaming. Sad state of the NBA," one fan added.
"Get this shit off Prime, (bad) product. Felt like I was in the 60s trying to watch a game last night," one fan added.
"Only game of the night and they decide to put it on prime over ABC and NBC when it’s a game 7," one fan said.
"Pistons fan here. I will never get prime, I have cable and refuse to support Jeff bezos. Will listen on the radio instead. Trash," another fan said.
Tipoff on Sunday evening is scheduled for 8 p.m. E.T.
Will you be tuning in?
