Getty Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic.
The Denver Nuggets will host the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday in each side’s 2020-21 season opener.
The game starts at 9 p.m. ET and will be televised on NBC Sports California (in Kings markets) and Altitude (in Nuggets markets). But if you don’t have cable, here’s how you can watch a live stream of the Kings vs Nuggets online for free, depending on where you live:
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Fans in the Kings Markets: FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports California (in Kings markets) and 100-plus other TV channels on FuboTV, which you can use for free with a seven-day trial right here:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, 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, as well as a 72-hour look-back feature, which allows you to watch the game on-demand within three days of its conclusion, even if you don’t record it.
Fans in the Kings Markets: Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports California (in Kings markets) and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which you can try out for free with a seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
If you can’t watch live, Hulu with Live TV also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Fans in the Kings Markets: Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of NBC Sports California (in Kings markets) and 40-plus other TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Blue” bundle. It comes with a free three-day trial, but if you bypass that, you can get it for $20 for the first month (normally $30), and get Showtime, Starz, and Epix included for free:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, 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 10 hours of cloud DVR.
Fans in the Nuggets Markets: AT&T TV Now
Note: This option is not free, and, unfortunately, it’s the only streaming service with Altitude
Fans in the Nuggets market can watch Altitude and 100-plus other TV channels on AT&T TV Now’s Xtra package. Unfortunately, it costs $124 per month and does NOT come with a free trial:
Once signed up for AT&T TV Now’s Premier package, you can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live on the AT&T TV Now app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, Samsung Smart TV, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet.
If you can’t watch live, AT&T TV Now comes include with cloud DVR storage.
If the Game is Out of Your Market
Amazon Prime’s NBA League Pass Channel
This is ultimately the same as regular NBA League Pass (more info on that below), but this is the preferred option because you can watch games on Amazon’s platforms rather than NBA’s, which has had some streaming issues in the past.
Amazon Prime subscribers (Prime comes with a 30-day free trial) can watch every out-of-market, non-nationally televised NBA game on the Amazon Prime League Pass channel. You can try both Amazon Prime and the League Pass channel at no cost with a free trial right here:
NBA League Pass on Amazon Prime
Once you’re signed up for the Prime League Pass channel, out-of-market viewers can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live or on-demand on the Amazon Video app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Nvidia Shield, Xiaomi, Echo Show or Echo Spot, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, various Smart TV’s, Android TV, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet.
You can also watch on your computer via the Amazon website.
Again, this is mostly the same as the Amazon Prime option above, with the big different being you’ll watch through NBA’s digital platforms rather than Amazon’s. There are also a few different pricing options when signing up for League Pass through NBA.com (one-team pass, all-team pass or all-team, commercial-free pass). You can find them all right here:
Once signed up for League Pass, out-of-market viewers can watch the Kings vs Nuggets live or on-demand on the NBA app on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, Android tablet or other compatible device.
You can also watch on your computer via the NBA website.
Kings vs Nuggets Preview
A season ago, the Nuggets matched their best finish since the 1976 ABA-NBA merger, reaching the Western Conference finals before a five-game ouster at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers, the eventual champions.
Denver’s roster went largely unchanged over the offseason; they lost forward Jerami Grant to the Detroit Pistons in free agency and agreed to two-year pacts with forward Jamychal Green and point guard Facundo Campazzo, a 29-year-old rookie and two-time EuroLeague champion.
For the second year in a row, two-time All-Star center Nikola Jokic enjoyed a wildly productive postseason, averaging 24.4 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists while shooting 51.9 percent from the field, 42.9 percent from deep and 83.5 percent from the free-throw line.
The year prior, he put up 25.1 points, 13 rebounds and 8.4 assists per game in the playoffs, shooting 50.6 percent from the field, 39.3 percent from deep and 84.6 percent from the stripe.
“How I can get better? I think it goes back to experience” the 25-year-old said during the offseason, according to ESPN. “My body is going to be a little bit kind of used to all the contact, all the physicality, how the game is fast, just by experience. I learned a lot from the last playoffs and just kind of growing up. Individual-wise, shooting better, be aggressive, whatever, but I just think experience is going to be the most important key.”
The Kings’ offseason was also fairly uneventful. They let shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic leave for the Atlanta Hawks in restricted free agency, declining to match a four-year, $72 million offer sheet.
Sacramento signed center Hassan Whiteside to a one-year deal worth roughly $2.3 million and inked point guard De’Aaron Fox to a five-year, $163 million maximum extension.
“He’s going to take a huge leap, a huge leap,” fellow Kings guard Cory Joseph said of the 23-year-old Fox, according to NBC Sports. “I believe he could be an All-Star this year. We’re going to need him to make that leap.”
Fox scored 21.1 points per game on 48 percent shooting a season ago, both career highs, to go with 6.8 assists and 1.5 steals per contest. He hit just 29.1 percent of his 3-point attempts, however, a career low.
“He was in that gym all summer working on it,” Kings head coach Luke Walton said of Fox’s long-range shot, per NBC Sports. “It was getting to a good place in practice and then normally, it’s a natural progression in this league — you work on something, you work on it and it feels good in practice and then it takes a little more time before clicks into the game.”