Where to find Rockets on alternate AT&T SportsNet Southwest channel

Known as SW2, the Rockets will occasionally be bumped to the alternate channel when the primary station is broadcasting the Houston Astros.

With the Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season starting this week, the Houston Rockets and Houston Astros will have several overlapping game times over the remainder of the 2020-21 NBA season.

That’s relevant because the Rockets and Astros share AT&T SportsNet Southwest as a television provider. When games overlap, as they do Friday, the network launches an “alternate” channel known as SW2.

While both teams will likely have a handful of games bumped to the alternate channel, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Houston’s NBA team has more broadcasts moved — since the Rockets are in a rebuilding season, whereas the Astros are hoping to contend for another championship.

On Friday, the Astros’ game at Oakland is airing on the usual channel, while the Rockets’ contest at Boston is on SW2. According to the network’s website, these are where SW2 can be found on all distributors:

Affiliate PRIMARY SW2
DirecTV 674 674-1
AT&T Uverse 758 and 1758 HD 697 and 1697 HD
Xfinity 39 and 639 HD 710
Consolidated 42 and 723 HD 43
btel 31 and 131 HD 331
enTouch 73 and 473 HD 82 and 482 HD
Phonoscope 35 and 293 HD 118 and 301 HD
Kinetic 635 and 1635 HD 636 and 1636 HD
I-Net 98 99
MidSouth Fiber 113 114
fuboTV Available Available
AT&T TV Available Available
AT&T TV Now Available Available

The Rockets will also be on SW2 for Sunday’s game versus New Orleans, with the Astros on the primary. For Monday night’s games, it will flip, with the Rockets getting the primary slot. The schedule for each “conflict” game over the remainder of the NBA season is available here.

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