{"id":712040,"date":"2026-04-16T22:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712040\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:33:19","slug":"will-warriors-vs-suns-play-in-game-be-televised-in-the-bay-area-the-vacaville-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712040\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Warriors vs. Suns play-in game be televised in the Bay Area? \u2013 The Vacaville Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/sports\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> battle the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/16\/golden-state-warriors-phoenix-suns-preview-nba-play-in-tournament\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> for the eighth seed in the NBA\u2019s Western Conference playoffs at 7 p.m. PT Friday at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix. The game will be shown exclusively on Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors are coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/15\/steph-curry-and-draymond-green-turn-back-clock-keep-season-alive-in-play-in-comeback-over-clippers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vintage performance from Steph Curry and Draymond Green<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/04\/16\/kurtenbach-the-game-shouldnt-have-mattered-steph-curry-draymond-green-delivered-a-beautiful-defiant-display-of-greatness-anyway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beat the Clippers<\/a> and earn a spot in Friday\u2019s game. Curry had 35 points, including several huge 3-pointers late in the game to secure the win.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kerr compared the win to the Warriors\u2019 heyday as champions, as Curry\u2019s offensive brilliance, Green\u2019s shutdown defense and some timely shooting from Al Horford took Golden State over the top.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of Friday\u2019s game will face a quick turnaround before Game 1 of a playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday afternoon. For the loser, the season is over.<\/p>\n<p>How to watch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/amazonprime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amazon Prime<\/a> has broadcasting rights to the 2026 NBA play-in tournament, and the game will not be shown through local network providers. Prime offers a 30-day free trial and after that plans start at $14.99 per month. Thrive City is also offering a free outdoor watch party in San Francisco that begins at 5:30 p.m. PT. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/warriors-play-in-watch-party-presented-by-kaiser-permanente-tickets-1986852453172?aff=oddtdtcreator&amp;utm_content=GSW-PlayIn-WatchParty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">RSVPs will be taken until capacity is reached<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>95.7 The Game and ESPN Radio will carry the radio broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors battle the Phoenix Suns for the eighth seed in the NBA\u2019s Western Conference playoffs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,164,6,2065,472,4045,66,604,6757],"class_list":{"0":"post-712040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-golden-state-warriors","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-phoenix-suns","13":"tag-phoenixsuns","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-suns","16":"tag-things-to-do"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116416767825442192","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}