New Delhi: The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that Star Sports will broadcast the 2021 NBA Playoffs and the finals for fans in India. The playoffs will witness 16 teams including the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers compete to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy.

Star Sports will air the entire Conference Finals and the finals in July as well as a weekly selection of games throughout the first two rounds of the NBA Playoffs, live on Star Sports Select. The coverage, which tipped off 23 May, will also feature daily highlights from the 2020-21 NBA season and classic NBA content, said the channel on Monday.

“We are delighted to collaborate with Star Sports to provide the excitement of the NBA Playoffs to millions of fans across India,” said NBA India head of global content and media distribution, Sunny Malik. “As we embark on another highly anticipated postseason, fans in India can watch the best players in the world compete for the championship on the country’s leading sports broadcaster.”

The NBA is a global sports and media business built around four professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the NBA G League and the NBA 2K League.