Getty Bradley Beal reacts to a play in a game against the Houston Rockets.
The Boston Celtics look to win their third game in a row as they host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.
The game (7:30 p.m. ET start time) will be televised on NBC Sports Washington in the Wizards market and NBC Sports Boston in the Celtics market. It will also stream live on NBA League Pass for everyone out of market.
Here’s a full rundown of how you can watch a live stream of the Wizards vs Celtics, with your options depending on where you live:
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If the Game is in Your Market
FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports Washington, NBC Sports Boston (both live in local markets) and 100-plus other live TV channels (TNT not included) on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Wizards vs Celtics live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), 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, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch most games on-demand within three days of their conclusion, even if you don’t record them.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV) has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” NBC Sports Washington and NBC Sports Boston (both live in local markets) are included in “Choice” and up.
You can sign up right here:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch the Wizards vs Celtics live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
If you can’t watch live, DirecTV Stream also comes with 20 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours).
If the Game is out of Your Market
Amazon Prime’s NBA League Pass Channel
Note: This is ultimately the same as regular NBA League Pass (more info on that below), but with this option you’ll be able to watch games on the Amazon app, which tends to be available on more devices than the NBA app
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch every out-of-market NBA game via Prime Channels. You can try both Amazon Prime and the NBA League Pass channel at no cost with a free trial:
NBA League Pass on Amazon Prime
Once you’re signed up for the Prime NBA League Pass channel, out-of-market viewers can watch the Wizards vs Celtics live or on-demand on the Amazon Video app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, various smart TV’s, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
NBA League Pass
Again, this is mostly the same as the Amazon Prime option above, with the big difference being you’ll watch on NBA’s platforms rather than Amazon’s:
Once signed up for NBA League Pass, out-of-market viewers can watch the Wizards vs Celtics live or on-demand on the NBA app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or 5, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, Android tablet or other compatible device.
You can also watch on your computer via the NBA website.
Wizards vs Celtics Preview
After dropping their first two, the Celtics have won two in a row, the latest being a thrilling 140-129 overtime victory against a talented Hornets squad. Jayson Tatum led the way with 41 points, including some clutch buckets down the stretch.
Tatum is a two-time All-Star but is on the verge of being among the brightest stars in the NBA, which has become evident from the attention he gets from crowds around the league.
“He understands the crowd and the attention he draws every night,” Celtics coach Ime Udoka said. “Different teams have different game plans, but if he gets it rolling scoring-wise, you know they are going to come after him. It’s something he has embraced from Day 1. Eight assists tonight is huge. But not only his scoring, he’s getting everyone else involved.
“As with every team, their best players usually have to be their best playmakers. So we’ve asked him to do that this year, get guys involved, and he’s taken on the challenge from Day 1 — whether it’s from the post, isolation, he’s willing to give up the ball and trust his teammates, and that makes it easier on him for the rest of the game.”
Tatum’s co-star was Jalen Brown, who made highlight reels with a posterizing dunk on Hornets forward Miles Bridges.
“I had to make up for the missed dunk in New York,” Brown said of the dunk. “So my teammates was teasing me a little bit. It was just a good play. Miles, obviously, is one of the better athletes in the league, so I knew that if I tried to lay it up, he was going to send it back to Boston. So I knew if was going up, I was going up with bad intentions.”
Washington was routed by the Nets last time out for their first loss of the season, falling to 2-1. Despite the loss, the rebuild Wizards have looked good so far this season but have to respond to their first adversity on Wednesday against the Celtics.
Against Brooklyn, the Wizards fell behind 38-20 in the first quarter and never recovered.
“We just got stagnant. I think a lot of that was the switching [from Brooklyn’s defense] — it’s given us problems before,” Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. said. “We kind of settled and fell into that, playing a lot of one-on-one [isolation] ball. Still got decent looks out of it at times, but they didn’t fall. So it just kind of compounds itself and takes on a snowball effect. We kind of just lose a little bit of our identity on that end of the floor.”
Boston is a 4.5-point favorite for the matchup.