How to watch Miami Heat games on Bally Sports during Comcast Xfinity outage

Miami Heat fans are suddenly caught in the middle of another Cable TV feud that promises to keep their team off the air for a while - for a potential Game 7 against the Boston Celtics and if they advance in the NBA playoffs.

Comcast, the dominant cable provider in South Florida, has said it will block Bally Sports networks nationally from its subscribers' homes after months of negotiations between Comcast and Diamond Sports Group - which owns Bally Sports Sun and Bally Sports Florida - failed to produce a new carriage agreement.

While tonight's Game 5 and Friday's Game 6 (if the Heat win tonight) against the Celtics will be televised, Comcast subscribers won’t be able to watch future Heat playoff games on Bally Sports Florida until the two sides reach an agreement. The good news is that those games will be available on other networks: Game 5 on TNT, Game 6 on ESPN and Game 7 on ABC.

Here is a statement from Comcast: “We have been very flexible with Diamond Sports Group for months as they work through their bankruptcy proceedings, providing them with an extension on the Bally Sports Regional Networks last fall and a unilateral right to extend the term for another year, which they opted to not exercise. We’d like to continue carrying their networks, but they have declined multiple offers and now we no longer have the rights to this programming. We will proactively credit our customers for the costs associated with them – most will automatically receive $8 to 10 per month in credits.”

How to watch Miami Heat on Bally Sports without Xfinity

If the Heat advance to the next round of the NBA playoffs, fans can stream games on Fubo, which offers a free trial for potential subscribers.

Bally Sports bankruptcy update

Bally Sports currently is restructuring its company through bankruptcy.

We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn’t influence our coverage.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Xfinity-Bally Sports dispute: How to watch Heat games amid blackout