I dont know how many of you have League Pass, but if you do, tune into the Orlando/Sacramento matchup. You wanna talk about a shootout. I havent seen this kind of scoring in a long long time. Very fun to watch.
For my Canadian brethren, "Sportsnet" (a TV channel) has started carrying Raptor games. They showed Toronto-Chicago the night before the last and Toronto-Dallas tonight. I don't know how widespread this network is, but bless them. Raptors basketball is better than no basketball.
fadeaway, here is the list of nationally televised games. There are more this year than ever before. http://www.nba.com/schedules/national_tv_schedule/ NATIONAL TV SCHEDULE - 2002-03 Date Opponent Time (ET) Network Wed, Nov 6 Sacramento @ New York 7:00 pm Dallas @ Toronto 7:00 pm New Jersey @ Milwaukee 9:30 pm Thu, Nov 7 L.A. Lakers @ Boston 7:30 pm Detroit @ Denver 10:00 pm Fri, Nov 8 L.A. Lakers @ Washington 8:00 pm Memphis @ Sacramento 10:30 pm Sun, Nov 10 New Orleans @ New York 4:00 pm Mon, Nov 11 Utah @ Boston 7:00 pm Portland @ Dallas 8:30 pm Tue, Nov 12 Toronto @ Orlando 7:00 pm Portland @ Houston 8:30 pm Wed, Nov 13 San Antonio @ New Jersey 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Golden State 9:30 pm Thu, Nov 14 Utah @ Washington 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Philadelphia 7:30 pm Orlando @ L.A. Clippers 10:00 pm Fri, Nov 15 Denver @ Toronto 7:00 pm Dallas @ Boston 8:00 pm Houston @ Phoenix 10:30 pm Sat, Nov 16 Orlando @ Golden State 10:30 pm Sun, Nov 17 Utah @ Toronto 3:30 pm Mon, Nov 18 Toronto @ Atlanta 7:30 pm Wed, Nov 20 Philadelphia @ Memphis 9:00 pm Orlando @ Portland 10:00 pm Sacramento @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Thu, Nov 21 Houston @ Dallas 7:30 pm Portland @ Seattle 10:00 pm Fri, Nov 22 Orlando @ Indiana 7:00 pm Toronto @ Philadelphia 8:00 pm L.A. Clippers @ Denver 10:30 pm Chicago @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sat, Nov 23 Boston @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Detroit @ Indiana 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Portland 10:00 pm Sun, Nov 24 Philadelphia @ Toronto 1:00 pm Houston @ L.A. Clippers 3:30 pm Milwaukee @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 pm Mon, Nov 25 New Orleans @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm Wed, Nov 27 L.A. Lakers @ Orlando 7:00 pm Thu, Nov 28 Dallas @ Indiana 7:30 pm New Jersey @ L.A. Clippers 10:00 pm Fri, Nov 29 Toronto @ Boston 8:00 pm Houston @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sat, Nov 30 Philadelphia @ Washington 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Orlando 7:00 pm Chicago @ Dallas 8:30 pm Sun, Dec 1 Toronto @ Memphis 4:00 pm Mon, Dec 2 Boston @ Orlando 7:00 pm Toronto @ Dallas 8:30 pm Tue, Dec 3 Milwaukee @ Washington 7:00 pm Atlanta @ New Jersey 7:30 pm Wed, Dec 4 Toronto @ New Orleans 8:30 pm Dallas @ Portland 10:00 pm Thu, Dec 5 Milwaukee @ Atlanta 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Golden State 10:00 pm Fri, Dec 6 New York @ Boston 8:00 pm Chicago @ Toronto 8:00 pm Dallas @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sat, Dec 7 Orlando @ New Jersey 7:30 pm Indiana @ Denver 9:00 pm Sun, Dec 8 Portland @ Toronto 3:30 pm Phoenix @ Memphis 4:00 pm Mon, Dec 9 Orlando @ Boston 7:00 pm Milwaukee @ Cleveland 7:00 pm Tue, Dec 10 Portland @ Washington 7:00 pm L.A. Clippers @ Dallas 8:30 pm L.A. Lakers @ Golden State 10:30 pm Wed, Dec 11 Portland @ New Jersey 7:00 pm Toronto @ Cleveland 7:00 pm Dallas @ San Antonio 9:30 pm Thu, Dec 12 Detroit @ Chicago 7:30 pm New Orleans @ Utah 10:00 pm Fri, Dec 13 Seattle @ Toronto 7:00 pm Washington @ New Jersey 8:00 pm Portland @ Milwaukee 8:30 pm New Orleans @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sat, Dec 14 Memphis @ Dallas 8:30 pm Sun, Dec 15 Washington @ Toronto 1:00 pm Mon, Dec 16 Houston @ Miami 7:30 pm San Antonio @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Tue, Dec 17 New Jersey @ New York 7:30 pm Wed, Dec 18 Indiana @ Houston 9:00 pm Dallas @ Denver 9:00 pm Thu, Dec 19 L.A. Lakers @ New Jersey 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Fri, Dec 20 Miami @ Toronto 7:00 pm L.A. Lakers @ Philadelphia 8:00 pm Phoenix @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Portland @ Golden State 10:30 pm Sun, Dec 22 L.A. Lakers @ Toronto 5:00 pm Golden State @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Mon, Dec 23 Milwaukee @ Orlando 7:00 pm Washington @ Dallas 8:30 pm Wed, Dec 25 Detroit @ Orlando 2:00 pm Boston @ New Jersey 6:00 pm Sacramento @ L.A. Lakers 8:30 pm Thu, Dec 26 Detroit @ Washington 7:30 pm Toronto @ Seattle 10:00 pm Fri, Dec 27 Boston @ Miami 8:00 pm Toronto @ Golden State 10:30 pm Utah @ Portland 10:30 pm Sun, Dec 29 Toronto @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 pm Tue, Dec 31 Portland @ Chicago 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Washington 8:00 pm Milwaukee @ Houston 10:00 pm Wed, Jan 1 Toronto @ New York 7:00 pm Thu, Jan 2 Washington @ Chicago 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Phoenix 10:00 pm Fri, Jan 3 Cleveland @ Toronto 7:00 pm Indiana @ New York 8:00 pm Denver @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sat, Jan 4 Philadelphia @ Dallas 1:30 pm Sun, Jan 5 New Orleans @ Toronto 3:30 pm San Antonio @ L.A. Clippers 3:30 pm Phoenix @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 pm Mon, Jan 6 Toronto @ Detroit 7:30 pm Tue, Jan 7 Sacramento @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm Minnesota @ Houston 8:30 pm Seattle @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Wed, Jan 8 Boston @ New Orleans 9:00 pm Thu, Jan 9 Sacramento @ New Jersey 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Portland 10:00 pm Fri, Jan 10 New Jersey @ Toronto 7:00 pm Boston @ Dallas 8:00 pm Miami @ Utah 9:00 pm L.A. Clippers @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sat, Jan 11 Washington @ New York 7:30 pm Sun, Jan 12 Minnesota @ Toronto 12:30 pm Dallas @ L.A. Clippers 3:30 pm Mon, Jan 13 Detroit @ Orlando 7:00 pm Memphis @ Golden State 10:30 pm Wed, Jan 15 Dallas @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Memphis @ Portland 10:00 pm Minnesota @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Thu, Jan 16 Orlando @ Washington 7:30 pm Seattle @ Utah 10:00 pm Fri, Jan 17 Milwaukee @ Philadelphia 7:00 pm L.A. Lakers @ Houston 9:30 pm Sat, Jan 18 Philadelphia @ Washington 7:00 pm Detroit @ Indiana 7:00 pm Cleveland @ Utah 9:00 pm Sacramento @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Sun, Jan 19 Orlando @ Toronto 12:30 pm Dallas @ Seattle 9:00 pm Mon, Jan 20 Boston @ Philadelphia 7:30 pm L.A. Clippers @ L.A. Lakers 10:00 pm Tue, Jan 21 Orlando @ Cleveland 7:00 pm Houston @ Dallas 8:30 pm Wed, Jan 22 Washington @ New Orleans 9:00 pm Golden State @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Thu, Jan 23 Dallas @ Philadelphia 7:30 pm New Jersey @ Golden State 10:00 pm Fri, Jan 24 Dallas @ New York 7:00 pm New Jersey @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 pm Sat, Jan 25 Philadelphia @ Miami 3:00 pm Minnesota @ Washington 7:00 pm Sun, Jan 26 Sacramento @ Toronto 12:30 pm Portland @ Dallas 2:00 pm Mon, Jan 27 New Jersey @ Denver 9:00 pm Tue, Jan 28 Atlanta @ New York 7:30 pm Boston @ Detroit 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm Wed, Jan 29 Washington @ New Jersey 7:30 pm Dallas @ Houston 9:00 pm Chicago @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Thu, Jan 30 Minnesota @ Dallas 7:30 pm Sacramento @ Seattle 10:00 pm Fri, Jan 31 Indiana @ Toronto 7:00 pm San Antonio @ Orlando 8:00 pm L.A. Lakers @ Sacramento 10:30 pm Sat, Feb 1 Utah @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sun, Feb 2 Philadelphia @ Minnesota 3:30 pm Mon, Feb 3 Memphis @ Golden State 10:30 pm Tue, Feb 4 Toronto @ Milwaukee 8:00 pm Wed, Feb 5 New Jersey @ Philadelphia 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Golden State 10:30 pm Thu, Feb 6 L.A. Lakers @ New York 7:30 pm San Antonio @ Denver 10:00 pm Tue, Feb 11 New Jersey @ Orlando 7:00 pm Boston @ Seattle 10:00 pm Denver @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Wed, Feb 12 Atlanta @ Toronto 7:00 pm Dallas @ Milwaukee 9:00 pm Thu, Feb 13 Orlando @ Detroit 7:30 pm Boston @ Portland 10:00 pm Fri, Feb 14 Orlando @ Philadelphia 8:00 pm San Antonio @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sat, Feb 15 Miami @ Dallas 8:30 pm Sun, Feb 16 Philadelphia @ New Jersey 1:00 pm San Antonio @ Sacramento 3:30 pm Mon, Feb 17 Toronto @ Washington 1:30 pm Miami @ Detroit 7:30 pm Minnesota @ Utah 9:00 pm Tue, Feb 18 New Orleans @ Orlando 7:00 pm Wed, Feb 19 Philadelphia @ Chicago 9:30 pm New York @ Seattle 10:00 pm Thu, Feb 20 Indiana @ New Jersey 7:30 pm Boston @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Fri, Feb 21 Phoenix @ Toronto 7:00 pm Detroit @ Minnesota 8:00 pm Dallas @ Houston 8:30 pm Portland @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Milwaukee @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sun, Feb 23 Dallas @ Washington 12:30 pm Phoenix @ Minnesota 3:30 pm Mon, Feb 24 Detroit @ Seattle 10:00 pm Tue, Feb 25 Dallas @ Orlando 7:00 pm Wed, Feb 26 Indiana @ Boston 7:00 pm Toronto @ Chicago 9:00 pm Thu, Feb 27 Houston @ Washington 7:00 pm Sacramento @ Dallas 7:30 pm Detroit @ L.A. Lakers 10:00 pm Fri, Feb 28 Toronto @ Boston 8:00 pm L.A. Clippers @ Portland 10:30 pm Sat, Mar 1 Sacramento @ San Antonio 4:00 pm Memphis @ Dallas 8:30 pm Seattle @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Sun, Mar 2 San Antonio @ Houston 4:00 pm Mon, Mar 3 Orlando @ Chicago 8:30 pm Tue, Mar 4 Minnesota @ Seattle 10:00 pm Wed, Mar 5 Houston @ Toronto 7:00 pm Minnesota @ Sacramento 9:00 pm Indiana @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Thu, Mar 6 New Jersey @ San Antonio 7:30 pm Philadelphia @ Portland 10:00 pm Fri, Mar 7 L.A. Clippers @ Boston 8:00 pm Philadelphia @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sat, Mar 8 Toronto @ Atlanta 7:00 pm Utah @ Dallas 8:30 pm Indiana @ Portland 10:00 pm Sun, Mar 9 Washington @ New York 1:00 pm Philadelphia @ L.A. Lakers 3:30 pm Mon, Mar 10 Minnesota @ Dallas 8:30 pm Tue, Mar 11 Orlando @ Washington 7:00 pm Wed, Mar 12 New Orleans @ Boston 7:00 pm L.A. Lakers @ Detroit 7:30 pm Thu, Mar 13 Boston @ New Jersey 7:30 pm Dallas @ Seattle 10:00 pm Fri, Mar 14 Toronto @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Sat, Mar 15 L.A. Lakers @ Milwaukee 8:30 pm Golden State @ Seattle 10:00 pm Sun, Mar 16 Philadelphia @ New Jersey 1:00 pm Dallas @ Sacramento 3:30 pm Toronto @ L.A. Clippers 9:00 pm Mon, Mar 17 Portland @ Indiana 7:00 pm Tue, Mar 18 New Jersey @ Boston 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ Miami 7:30 pm Golden State @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Wed, Mar 19 Miami @ Orlando 7:00 pm Atlanta @ Toronto 7:00 pm Utah @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Houston @ Portland 10:00 pm Thu, Mar 20 Philadelphia @ Detroit 7:30 pm L.A. Lakers @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Fri, Mar 21 Detroit @ New York 8:00 pm Boston @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Sun, Mar 23 L.A. Lakers @ San Antonio 1:00 pm Mon, Mar 24 Toronto @ New York 7:30 pm Houston @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Tue, Mar 25 L.A. Lakers @ Atlanta 7:30 pm Washington @ Portland 10:00 pm Wed, Mar 26 Cleveland @ Toronto 7:00 pm Orlando @ New Orleans 9:00 pm Washington @ Seattle 10:00 pm Dallas @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Thu, Mar 27 Minnesota @ Orlando 7:30 pm L.A. Clippers @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Fri, Mar 28 New Jersey @ New York 8:00 pm Dallas @ Portland 10:30 pm Sun, Mar 30 Dallas @ Minnesota 1:30 pm Tue, Apr 1 Detroit @ Toronto 7:00 pm Golden State @ Portland 10:00 pm Utah @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm Wed, Apr 2 Sacramento @ Washington 8:00 pm New York @ Denver 10:30 pm Thu, Apr 3 L.A. Lakers @ Dallas 7:30 pm Utah @ Portland 10:00 pm Fri, Apr 4 Sacramento @ Boston 8:00 pm New York @ Utah 9:00 pm Portland @ Golden State 10:30 pm L.A. Clippers @ Seattle 10:30 pm Sat, Apr 5 Minnesota @ Phoenix 3:30 pm Sun, Apr 6 Washington @ Boston 1:00 pm Sacramento @ Philadelphia 3:30 pm Phoenix @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 pm Tue, Apr 8 Toronto @ Miami 7:30 pm Seattle @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Dallas @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Wed, Apr 9 Toronto @ Orlando 7:00 pm Houston @ Utah 9:00 pm Dallas @ Phoenix 10:00 pm Minnesota @ Seattle 10:00 pm Thu, Apr 10 Philadelphia @ Boston 7:30 pm Sacramento @ L.A. Lakers 10:00 pm Fri, Apr 11 Milwaukee @ Toronto 7:00 pm Philadelphia @ New York 8:00 pm Denver @ Sacramento 10:30 pm Sun, Apr 13 L.A. Lakers @ Portland 3:30 pm San Antonio @ Phoenix 9:00 pm Tue, Apr 15 Phoenix @ Portland 10:00 pm Denver @ L.A. Lakers 10:30 pm Wed, Apr 16 Utah @ Sacramento 10:00 pm Phoenix @ Seattle 10:00 pm Portland @ L.A. Clippers 10:30 pm L.A. Lakers @ Golden State 10:30 pm
Also, from now until Dec. 6th, it will be one full month. There are 56 games televised on national television. Thats almost 2 a day. What more could you ask for?
It did? How? My problem is not with the number of games on these two networks, but the very fact that games are limited to these specialty networks in the first place.
Don't forget that Telemundo 47 (yes it's 47 now, not 48) will be airing NBA games as well. This Sunday it's New Orleans and New York. ABC will start on Christmas day.
TELEMUNDO!!!! TELEMUNDO!!!! TELEMUNDO!!!! say it with me TELEMUNDO TELEMUNDO TELEMUNDO Is that GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL guy calling games? What is that guys name? andre something? andre 4k? andre escobar?
I think NBA's popularity is going to be hurt by not televising more games on non-cable broadcasting. ABC's coverage is pathetic. Even golf has more exposures.