For pro basketball fans, the best time of the year started this weekend when the 2009 NBA playoffs got underway. Thanks to the App Store, NBA fans can follow the playoffs with up-to-the-minute scores, news, and video wherever they go using a host of NBA and sports apps.

All the apps on this list will help you stay up to date on the playoffs and get the most out of them. No video games here; only the real games.

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1. NBA Game Time

Price: Free

Features:

• Official NBA app
• Real-time scores during games
• Info on each series
• Schedule of TV broadcasts

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2. CBS Sports Mobile

Price: Free

Features:

• Live game updates
• Streaming video of game previews, press conferences, and interviews
• Access to fantasy teams and news

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3. Fox Sports Mobile

Price: Free

Features:

• Streaming video clips
• Live game updates
• Scores, for all sports, not just NBA

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4. NBAUpdate

Price: $4.99

Features:

• News and score alerts

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5. NBA – InGame Now

Price: Free

Features:

• Live score updates
• Chat with other users
• Game schedules

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6. NBA Mobile

Price: US$0.99

Features:

• Aggregates news from ESPN, Yahoo, NBA.com
• Scores and game results

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7. Pro Basketball Live

Price: US$0.99

Features:

• Aggregates NBA news from ESPN, Yahoo
• Stores news locally so it can be read offline

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8. Pro Basketball Scores

Price: Free

Features:

• Live scores
• Standings and news

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9. Sporting News

Price: Free

Features:

• Live game updates
• Text message alerts
• Personalize pages for your favorite teams

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10. Zumobi Network Pro Basketball

Price: Free

Features:

• Get scores for your favorite team on your iPhone or iPod touch home screen
• Includes schedules and stats

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