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Watching US Sports From Another Time Zone

American sport presents a scheduling problem for European viewers: most games start in the middle of the European night. Planning around that changes how you watch.

The time difference

US East Coast is generally 6 hours behind Central Europe, the West Coast 9 hours. A 20:00 tip-off in New York is 02:00 in Berlin.

Practical options:

• Watch the second half of the night's late games in the early morning
• Use the archive where the event is available afterwards
• Follow weekend fixtures, which often start earlier in European terms

Quality requirements

Fast-moving sport shows compression artefacts more than most content. Basketball and hockey in particular reward a higher bitrate.

Late-night viewing has one advantage: networks are quiet, so your line performs at its best.

Backup channels

Major events are usually carried on more than one channel version (FHD, HD, numbered). Add the alternatives to favourites before the event starts rather than searching mid-game.

How to manage favourites: organising your channel list

If it stalls

Late-night streams rarely suffer congestion, so stalling usually points to the home network:

1. Use a cable instead of Wi-Fi.
2. Drop the resolution one step.
3. Stop overnight backups — these often run at exactly these hours.

Full guidance: how to stop IPTV buffering

Fixture times

Upcoming basketball fixtures, including NBA, are listed with start times on our PRESCORE page. For fixtures on European schedules instead, see Watching Premier League and Champions League at Home.

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Source: Time zone – Wikipedia