Amazon Prime Video stream cuts out during final minute of do-or-die NBA play-in tournament game

Ideally, during the last minutes of a do-or-die playoff game, fans wouldn’t miss immoderate of the crippled owed to method difficulties.

Unfortunately, fans missed portion of the last infinitesimal of the Charlotte Hornets' 127-126 overtime triumph implicit the Miami Heat successful the NBA’s Play-In Tournament connected Tuesday nighttime due to the fact that Amazon Prime Video’s watercourse chopped out.

The provender chopped retired arsenic the crippled was resuming aft a timeout, with the Hornets starring the Heat 125-120 with 48.1 seconds near successful overtime. Amazon Prime Video’s blackout lasted astir 2 minutes, with fans missing 22.1 seconds of crippled clip and a Hornets possession.

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Charlotte Hornets defender LaMelo Ball celebrates with defender Coby White aft scoring against the Miami Heat during the 2nd fractional of an NBA play-in tourney crippled successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected April 14, 2026. (Nell Redmond/AP Photo)

The blackout occurred arsenic Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr precocious said helium was acrophobic that the rising prices of streaming games are maddening for sports fans. Carr’s comments travel arsenic the NFL, NBA, MLB and different large sports leagues are shifting immoderate of their games from accepted broadcasts to streaming services.

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The blackout happened due to the fact that of an contented successful the accumulation truck, a spokesperson for Amazon Prime Video told ESPN.

"Our teams restored the provender arsenic rapidly arsenic imaginable to guarantee fans could ticker the decision of the game. We are conducting a thorough interior reappraisal to find the origin of the outage," the spokesperson said.

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Charlotte Hornets defender LaMelo Ball drives to the handbasket against Miami Heat guardant Jaime Jaquez Jr. during the archetypal fractional of an NBA play-in tourney crippled successful Charlotte, North Carolina, connected April 14, 2026. (Nell Redmond/AP Photo)

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was 1 of galore fans who took to societal media to dependable his displeasure with the work cutting out.

"Tell maine the crippled didn't conscionable chopped off?!!? Am I trippin?? WTH," James posted to X.

The NBA signed an 11-year, $76 cardinal media rights woody with Amazon Prime Video that began this season, and the streaming work has exclusive rights to each six of this year’s play-in tourney games.

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Miami Heat defender Tyler Herro drives against Charlotte Hornets defender LaMelo Ball during the 2nd fractional of an NBA play-in tourney crippled successful Charlotte, N.C., connected April 14, 2026. (Nell Redmond/AP Photo)

The matchup betwixt the Heat (10th seed) and Hornets (ninth seed) was win-or-go-home. With the win, the Hornets volition play the loser of the No. 7 Philadelphia 76ers and the No. 8 Orlando Magic connected Friday.

If they bushed the loser of that matchup, they volition marque the NBA Playoffs arsenic the No. 8 effect successful the Eastern Conference playoffs.

Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.

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