The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is the Philippines’ leading premier basketball league as well as the oldest professional basketball league in Asia. You might be wondering where to watch the PBA live in the comfort and safety of your home. Wonder no more because we’ll reveal the websites and apps where you can watch a PBA livestream for free.
PBA still remains the ultimate form of basketball entertainment in the country. The league has been around for more than 45 years and shows little signs of slowing down. In fact, there’s a brisk demand for free PBA livestreams and online broadcasts especially with most people staying at home.
PBA 47th Season
The 2022–23 PBA season or PBA Season 47 is the 47th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. For the first time in two seasons, the league will return to its regular three-conference format, starting with the Philippine Cup. The Commissioner's and Governors' Cups are the second and third conferences in the upcoming season.
After the PBA adjusted its calendar again, the association's 47th season was set to start on June 5, 2022, and scheduled to end on May 10, 2023. Also for the first time since 2017 the season will span two calendar years. The first activity of the season was the PBA Season 47 draft, held on May 15, 2022.
Wednesdays and Fridays
Weekday games will be starting at an earlier time of 12:30 p.m., and for those matches, ONE Sports and PBA Rush on cable television provider Cignal will be providing the live coverage.
As for the second and third games at a 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. start time, the games will be on TV5 as well as on PBA Rush.
Saturdays
The games every Saturday will start at 2 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. with both matches to be aired on ONE Sports and PBA Rush. TV5 will not be broadcasting the Saturday games.
Sundays
The 2 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. games will be aired on TV5 and its sister channels in Cignal's lineup. However, the third game at 7 p.m. will only be aired on PBA Rush.
How about online livestream?
All the PBA games will be streamed live on the Cignal Play app, which can be downloaded for free on the App Store and Google Play Store. You would need to sign up and register an account, but the service is free, too.
SMART subscribers can also watch the games live by logging on to GigaFest.Smart.
