Getty Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic
After splitting the first four games of the series, the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers face off at Ball Arena looking for a crucial edge in their highly competitive first-round series on Tuesday.
Game 5 (9 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on NBC Sports Northwest (in Blazers markets), Altitude Sports (in Nuggets markets) and NBA TV (everywhere else).
But if you don’t have cable or don’t have one of those channels, here are some different ways you can watch a live stream of the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 online for free:
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If You’re in the Nuggets Market: AT&T TV
Note: This is the only streaming service that includes Altitude, so if you live in the Nuggets market, this is the only way to watch Game 5 live online without cable
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” Altitude is included in the “Choice” and above bundles (ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV are also included in those bundles), but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
If You’re in the Blazers Market: AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” NBC Sports Northwest is included in the “Choice” and above bundles (ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV are also included in those bundles), but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
If You’re in the Blazers Market: FuboTV
Note: TNT isn’t included with FuboTV, so you’ll need another option for other NBA playoff games on that channel
NBC Sports Northwest is included in FuboTV’s main channel package, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
If You’re Out of Market: AT&T TV
AT&T TV has four different channel packages: “Entertainment”, “Choice”, “Ultimate” and “Premier.” NBA TV is included in the “Choice” and above bundles (ESPN, ABC and TNT are also included in those bundles), but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for AT&T TV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the AT&T TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the AT&T TV website.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to unlimited hours).
If You’re Out of Market: FuboTV
Note: TNT isn’t included with FuboTV, so you’ll need another option for other NBA playoff games on that channel
NBA TV comes with FuboTV’s Sports add-on, which can be included along with the main channel bundle in your free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV also comes with 250 hours of cloud DVR space.
If You’re Out of Market: Sling TV
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 (which will simulcast ABC games) and TNT are included in Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” bundle, while NBA TV is in the “Sports Extra” add-on. This option doesn’t include a free trial, but it’s the cheapest long-term streaming service with all the channels for the NBA playoffs, and you can get $25 off your first month:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
If you can’t watch live, Sling TV comes included with 50 hours of cloud DVR.
Blazers vs Nuggets Game 5 Preview
The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets have turned their seven-game first-round series into a best-of-three, tied at two games apiece.
The Blazers evened up the series with a walloping of the Nuggets last time out in Portland, coming away with a decisive 115-95 win. Blazers star Damian Lillard scored just 10 points in the win, with Norman Powell — a trade deadline addition for Portland — scoring a career playoff-high 29 points.
“I love these types of games, these kinds of moments. It’s the moment where nothing else matters,” Powell said. “You get caught up in the course of the season with stats sometimes, this-that-and-the-other, road trips, but when you get into the playoffs, the only thing that matters is winning.”
Nuggets coach Mike Malone could not believe the situation his team found themselves in.
“If you would have told me going in that game that Lillard’s going to be 1 for 10 from the field and we’re going to get blown out, I would’ve probably had a hard time believing that,” Malone said. “So, I have to be a lot better and the urgency has to be there. Maybe this could be a wake up call for our starting group, just to play harder. Good things happen when you play hard, and we didn’t play anywhere close to hard enough tonight.”
Denver’s MVP candidate Nikola Jokic managed just 16 points in the loss — his lowest output by far of the series.
“I’m going to play how I always play,” Jokic said. “I’m not going to force it. I’m not going to do anything stupid. I’m just going to play the game like I’m playing for the final games.”
Malone has not been shy to call out his starting lineup, who all finished deep in minus-territory, led by Jokic at minus-32.
“Our starters were awful,” Malone said. “I thought we had some guys that were tentative, that looked a little scared, who played soft … we’re going to have to be a lot better going home.”
Denver is a 2.5-point favorite for the matchup, with the total set at 226 points.