2021 NBA Finals Game 1 Open Thread Share this story Photo by Barry Gossaage/NBAE via Getty Images Game 1 of the 2021 NBA Finals is on tonight at 9 p.m. ET between the Phoenix Suns, the Western Conference Champions and the Milwaukee Bucks, the Eastern Conference Champions. You can watch the game on ABC. In the D.C. area, it’s on WJLA-TV, or Channel 7. The Suns specifically are going to their third NBA Finals and first since 1993 when Charles Barkley and Kevin Johnson were part of a squad that could have very well won the championship, if not for a Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen who won their third championship in as many years.