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This year's NBA season has been one of the strangest and most unexpected in professional basketball history. With the COVID-19 pandemic putting things on pause, splitting up the playoffs and leaving sports fans everywhere unsure of what was to come, this year's NBA season has truly been unusual and interesting. By scheduling its games through September, the league is effectively disregarding (or, more accurately, ignoring) the fact that a large majority of its fans are infected and can no longer attend games. Not only did the Coronavirus put a freeze on all gameplay up until the end of August, but now that the NBA has decided to progress with its playoff schedule, picking up where it left off, watching the games faced with an audience of Infected individuals has been a rather weird experience. As the virus still rages on, especially throughout the United States (where the majority of these games are played), fans are still not allowed to attend games. This alone would have been strange enough, to be sure, to watch the games on TV with no audience whatsoever. What NBA has done though (and arguably,the only thing they could do) makes this experience even more surreal. By scheduling its games through September they effectively disregard (or ignore) that a large majority of their fans are infected and cannot attend games.

Instead of watching televised games in which two NBA teams play against one another in an empty stadium, fans will be able to watch the games through video chat. So, instead of seeing thousands of fans go crazy when a player hits a 3-pointer, we will see a wall of screens projecting the faces of a chosen few as they sit in front of their webcams, reacting (mostly with facial expressions) to the game as it plays out. Watching the NBA playoffs in 2020 has turned into something straight out of a Black Mirror episode.

This has resulted in a significant decrease in ratings for the NBA, especially during the playoffs. Watching professional basketball, it turns out, just is not as enjoyable without an audience there to cheer on their team and create a palpable sense of energy and excitement. I never knew what a pivotal role that the audience played in professional sports broadcasts until now. Watching NBA games in 2020 is something more akin, I think, to watching a scrimmage match or a team practice.

As of yesterday, the NBA playoffs were in a state of limbo after the Milwaukee Bucks players decided to strike as a form of protest against police shootings of unarmed black men.

Shortly thereafter, many more teams joined in on the strike. In fact, this message of solidarity was not even contained just to the NBA. Teams from the MLB and WNBA, as well as famous tennis players also put everything on the line to stand in solidarity (or kneel, rather) with the Black Lives Matter Movement and Jacob Blake, who was gunned down in front of his children.

After 48 hours of striking, the NBA and players reached an agreement that included league-sanctioned forms of protest. As of now, the NBA playoffs are back on.

Despite the current climate, I don't see any reason why one shouldn't watch the NBA playoffs this year. In fact, in my opinion, all of the drama and chaos makes the playoffs all the more fascinating and unpredictable. It's truly anyone's game at this point. The experts and pundits are all but worthless this year, so I can't wait to keep up with my team and see who takes the championship this time around.

However, it can be difficult to keep up with the games without a cable subscription. Especially now that we cannot simply head to the pub to catch the game with our buddies. Fortunately, though, there are a handful of great sites that let you stream live NBA games, 100% free of charge. And if you are in the market for one of these sites, well, you definitely came to the right place.

History

NBA Bite started as a subredditor, believe it or not. r/NBAstreams was one of the most popular subreddits in existence for years. At its peak, it was home to over 400,000 subscribers. Today, we will be looking at the NBA Bite website. In my opinion, this site is one of the best resources for finding free live NBA games. But that is not all that is available on this site. Let's dive in and take a look at everything that NBA Bite has to offer, shall we?

Design

In my opinion, the neat and organized way NBA Bite is designed is one of its best features. From the moment I landed on the home page, the site had a warm, inviting, tidy, and intuitive feel to it that is rare - not only on free live sports streaming sites such as this one, but on streaming sites in general. It offers a minimalistic approach that is game focused and makes for an extremely user-friendly experience, whether you want to browse by team, schedule. conference, or game. The choice is all yours. NBA Bite makes it easy to live stream NBA games by providing an easy to browse schedule with live games for you to choose from. Just click ?Live? and choose a stream.

Content and Features

NBA Bite offers live streams of every NBA game as it occurs, as well as a Twitter feed customized to include all relevant and major NBA related tweets. This provides users with the ability to track scores and stay up-to-date on all the latest NBA news. In addition, it is an excellent resource for free live NBA games. Plus, NBA Bite also has a quick-access link to its sister site, NFL Bite. This site is identical to NBA Bite, just geared only towards free live NFL games. So whether you are looking for a one-stop shop for free live NBA games or free live NFL games, NBA Bite has you covered!

Mobile and Desktop Experience

My biggest criticism of NBA Bite is that I think their mobile site could be much better. The layout could be tweaked so that certain elements of text on the page do not intersect, making it more intuitive to use on a mobile device. Forms are also more user-friendly on desktop computers, but they work just fine on mobile devices. However, I'm glad to see that their live streams still work perfectly.

Suggestions that I have for NBA Bite

Naturally, I would like the NBA Bite mobile site to be revamped. I think a mobile redesign is in order. Additionally, it would be nice if NBA Bite could develop an app to make their mobile experience as good as their desktop one is (or at least a little more comparable!). I love this site, but I have one small complaint- I can?t use it everywhere.