LaMelo Ball has changed the temperature around the Minnesota Timberwolves before the 2026-27 season even tips off. Pair him with Anthony Edwards, and you’ve got a team that should be must-see TV every time it takes the floor. The Wolves were already living on the edge in plenty of clutch-time games; now the entertainment level figures to climb again.
The catch, of course, is figuring out where to actually find them. With the new broadcast setup and a crowded national TV landscape, Timberwolves fans have a few different paths to follow.
For the standard regular-season games, Minnesota’s new deal with DAZN is the big shift. The games won’t be on traditional cable. Instead, they’ll stream through the DAZN app, which is available on smart TVs and mobile devices.
That service is available in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, with partial coverage reaching into Kansas and Wisconsin. Fans outside that region will need NBA League Pass to watch the Wolves. DAZN will also give viewers 15 free games before a monthly subscription kicks in.
National TV games are a different story. Those won’t be on DAZN at all.
NBA games will air on ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, and Prime Video. ESPN, ABC, and NBC games can be watched through cable or streaming platforms such as YouTube TV, while Peacock and Prime Video exclusives require subscriptions to those services.
The league is set to release the full schedule on Thursday afternoon, but Minnesota already knows it has at least three nationally televised games on the board:
10/21 @ Miami Heat 6:30 CT (ESPN)
11/25 @ Oklahoma City Thunder 6:30 CT (ESPN NBA Cup)
12/25 vs. Oklahoma City Thunder 7:30 CT (ABC)
Last season, the Timberwolves landed 28 nationally televised games, which ranked fifth in the NBA. With LaMelo in the mix, that number could climb.
Even before the full schedule drops, the early slate says plenty about how the league views Minnesota. The Wolves open with the Heat on the second day of the season, and then they get a third straight Christmas game against an elite opponent.
Radio listeners can still catch every Timberwolves game on KFAN FM 100.3. That feed is also available through the Timberwolves app, SiriusXM, and iHeartRadio.
The NBA Cup adds another layer to the viewing map. This is the fourth straight year of the event, with teams split into six groups of five.
Group play runs on Wednesdays and Fridays from October 30 through November 27, and the group winners plus one wild card team move on to the knockout rounds. Every game counts toward the regular-season record except the NBA Cup Finals.
The league released the full Cup schedule on Wednesday, and Minnesota’s slate is headlined by a Thanksgiving Eve matchup with the Thunder. It’s also the Wolves’ only nationally televised Cup game.
If Minnesota gets that one, the path opens up for a run at the group and maybe even the tournament itself. The rest of the group is made up of projected lottery teams, but the Wolves still have to handle business and avoid playing down to the level of the competition.
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