Basketball, 1996-97 to 2024-25.
Pick a team and a year. Tip-off, the big moments and the final arrive on your phone as they happened. Free. No app, no phone number.
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Free for now. Pause or stop any time. Give it as a gift
On this day in history
How it works
Pick a team and a season
Any team, any year from 1996-97 to 2024-25. The page takes on that team's colors from that year.
Tap Start
Allow notifications when your phone asks. Games come every day at their real start time. You can change that if you like.
The game comes to you
Tip-off, two or three moments from the game, and the final. Anything that lands during your quiet hours waits until morning.
Pause or stop any time
Every notification opens your season page, with pause, skip and stop. Nothing is sent after you stop.
A game day
Most game days bring three to five notifications.
- The first one arrives when the game started.
- The big moments come at about the point in the game when they happened.
- The final arrives when the game ended, with the record so far.
This is a sample. Each real notification uses the scores and plays from that game.
NBA champions
Tap a year to load that season on the TV.
Give a season
Know someone who remembers a season well? Pick the team and the year. They get it on their phone, one game at a time.
Give a seasonPricing
Each plan is one payment for one season. You can also buy a season as a gift.
Season Pass
- Every regular season game
- Tip-off, highlights and final for each game
- Pause, skip or stop from any notification
Season Pass Plus
- Everything in Season Pass
- Postseason games when the team reached them
- The box score line after each game
Questions
Can I set up a season for someone else?
Yes. Use the gift page. You get a link to send them. When they open it on their own phone and allow notifications, the season starts. Nothing is sent before that.
Which seasons can I pick?
Every season from 1996-97 to 2024-25 for every team, playoffs included. Each game uses the league play by play, so you get the score at the end of each quarter and the shot that decided a close one. Seasons are named by the year they ended: the 1998 Bulls are the 1997-98 team. Tip-off times before 2004 are typical for the era.
What if the team did not make the playoffs?
The regular season is the whole season for that team. The page tells you before you sign up whether a team played in the playoffs.
How do I pause or stop?
Tap any notification. It opens your season page, with Pause, Resume, Skip today and Stop. Turning off notifications for this site in your phone or browser settings also stops them.
Do I need an app or a phone number?
No. Notifications come straight from your browser. On an iPhone or iPad, Apple requires the site to be added to your Home Screen first, and the sign-up page shows the few taps that takes.
Do you use team logos?
No. The pages use each team's colors from that year and the name of the arena. Seasonback is not affiliated with the National Basketball Association or any team.
Where does the game data come from?
Schedules, scores and play by play come from a free archive of league play by play compiled by volunteers (shufinskiy/nba_data).