The Rockets released the local TV schedule today. Vast majority of the games will be on FSN-Houston, with the rest on KNWS. The only times when there is no local TV coverage is when the Rockets are on TNT or ABC. Oct Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Tue 10 Memphis Preseason 7:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 13 Atlanta Preseason ALLTEL Arena, Little Rock, AR 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Tue 17 @ Dallas Preseason 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Wed 18 Milwaukee Preseason 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 22 San Antonio Preseason 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 25 @ Miami Preseason 7:00pm Ch.51 -- Thu 26 @ Orlando Preseason 6:00pm Ch.51 -- Nov Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Wed 1 @ Utah 8:00pm FSNSW -- Sat 4 Dallas 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Sun 5 @ NO/Okla. City New Orleans Arena 6:00pm FSNSW NBATV Tue 7 @ Memphis 7:00pm FSNSW -- Wed 8 @ Milwaukee 7:00pm FSNSW -- Fri 10 New York 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 12 @ Miami 7:00pm FSNSW ESPN Tue 14 San Antonio 7:30pm FSNSW NBATV Thu 16 Chicago 7:00pm -- TNT Sat 18 @ Detroit 6:30pm Ch.51 -- Mon 20 @ New York 6:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 22 Washington 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sat 25 Memphis 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Tue 28 Minnesota 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Wed 29 @ Phoenix 8:00pm FSNSW NBATV Dec Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Sat 2 Cleveland 7:30pm FSNSW -- Tue 5 Golden State 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 6 @ Minnesota 7:00pm FSNSW -- Fri 8 @ Charlotte 6:00pm FSNSW -- Sat 9 @ Washington 6:00pm Ch.51 -- Tue 12 L.A. Lakers 7:30pm FSNSW -- Thu 14 @ Golden State 9:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 15 @ L.A. Lakers 9:30pm FSNSW ESPN Sun 17 @ L.A. Clippers 2:30pm Ch.51 -- Wed 20 @ Portland 9:00pm Ch.51 -- Fri 22 @ San Antonio 7:00pm FSNSW -- Sat 23 L.A. Clippers 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Tue 26 @ Indiana 6:00pm FSNSW NBATV Wed 27 @ New Jersey 6:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 29 Atlanta 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 31 Memphis 6:00pm FSNSW -- Jan Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Wed 3 Seattle 7:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 5 Utah 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 7 @ Minnesota 2:30pm FSNSW -- Mon 8 @ Chicago 7:30pm FSNSW NBATV Wed 10 L.A. Lakers 7:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 12 @ Denver 9:30pm FSNSW ESPN Sat 13 @ Sacramento 9:00pm FSNSW -- Tue 16 @ Dallas 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 17 Phoenix 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sat 20 Denver 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 24 @ San Antonio 8:00pm Ch.51 ESPN Fri 26 Portland 7:30pm FSNSW -- Mon 29 Philadelphia 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 31 Seattle 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Feb Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Sat 3 NO/Okla. City 7:30pm FSNSW -- Mon 5 Minnesota 7:30pm FSNSW -- Tue 6 @ Memphis 7:00pm FSNSW NBATV Fri 9 @ Dallas 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sat 10 Charlotte 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Tue 13 Sacramento 7:30pm FSNSW -- Thu 15 Dallas 7:00pm -- TNT Wed 21 Miami 8:00pm Ch.51 ESPN Fri 23 @ Atlanta 6:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 25 @ Orlando 1:00pm FSNSW -- Mon 26 Boston 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 28 Toronto 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Mar Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Fri 2 @ Denver 8:00pm FSNSW -- Sat 3 San Antonio 7:30pm FSNSW NBATV Mon 5 @ Cleveland 6:00pm FSNSW -- Wed 7 @ Boston 6:30pm Ch.51 -- Fri 9 New Jersey 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 11 Orlando 2:30pm -- ABC Mon 12 @ Phoenix 9:00pm FSNSW NBATV Wed 14 L.A. Clippers 7:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 16 @ Toronto 6:00pm FSNSW -- Sun 18 @ Philadelphia 7:00pm FSNSW ESPN Tue 20 Indiana 8:30pm -- TNT Thu 22 Detroit 7:30pm FSNSW -- Sun 25 @ NO/Okla. City 2:30pm -- ABC Mon 26 Milwaukee 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 28 @ L.A. Clippers 9:00pm FSNSW ESPN Fri 30 @ L.A. Lakers 9:30pm FSNSW -- Apr Opponent Time* Local TV National TV Sun 1 Utah 5:00pm FSNSW -- Wed 4 Golden State 7:30pm FSNSW -- Fri 6 Portland 7:30pm Ch.51 -- Sun 8 @ Sacramento 8:00pm FSNSW NBATV Mon 9 @ Seattle 9:00pm FSNSW -- Wed 11 @ Portland 9:00pm FSNSW -- Sat 14 NO/Okla. City 7:30pm FSNSW -- Mon 16 Phoenix 7:30pm FSNSW -- Wed 18 @ Utah 8:00pm FSNSW -- *= all times local
There are only half-a-dozen or so games scheduled to be broadcast on NBATV besides the usual suspects. What 'bout NBALP? What are those "-"s under the National TV column supposed to be? http://www.nba.com/rockets/schedule/
it will be my first time getting nba lp this year but from what i have experience in the past with the free sneak weeks they have is that they generally will broadcast one of the local feeds. for example the utah game on nov 2 they will either show fsnsw feed or the local utah feed. i hope over the course of the season more fsn/houston feeds will be shown for the rockets. What i am unsure is that I ordered the multi sports package with dish network which includes FSN SW, will i be able to see rocket games on that or will they be blacked out? I live in LA btw. also does anyone know if LP will show all the pre-season games?
Well since you order the multi sports package, I am pretty sure the Rockets games will be shown in one of those programs should there be conflicts. Have no worries. From my last year's experience, LP does NOT show pre-season games. It starts on Day 1 of the official NBA season.
Great another year of crap quality Basketball games... Why can't we be like the Yankees and have every game in HD!
Just a couple notes... FSSW covers only a specific area for each team. Those in Louisiana will likely see Hornets games while those in the hill country (Austin, etc) will see the Spurs. Same for Dallas or wherever. Those markets determine who is shown there. The Rockets have to have some games on KNWS because there is not another legit station in Houston that will give up network programming for games. The Astros are in the exact same boat. While the Rockets used to be on channel 20, that was before UPN took off with programming of its own and now that it is the CW, there is no chance they are going to suspend network programming for regular season basketball. The ratings are just better for their own shows. Not all the games can be shown on Fox due to Fox restrictions with other Fox Sports affiliates. Then there are the deals with TNT and ESPN that creates local blackouts. The reason we can't have something like the Yankees is because NO ONE has something like MSG. Only the Braves and Cubs are remotely close. The organizations in NYC own the station so they can do what they want. The Rockets and Astros were going to have a local Houston sports network, but the ended up in a suit with FSSW and, ultimately, got a better deal to stay with Fox. Frankly, we're lucky we get all the games televised. Up until only recently, we were one of the few teams that guaranteed that every year. I believe there are still a handful of teams that don't have a feed for every game.
at least here the clippers do not have the majority of the games in la televised. the lakers of course do though
Last year I installed an HDTV atenna and got the feed over-the-air rather than from Time Warner. Surprisingly, KNWS was perfect quality coming from a standard antena (obviously it isn't in hi-def). It was only Time Warner that butchers the station.
I know some of the astros games on FSN were being broadcasted in HD. Does anyone know if the Rockets games will be the same? That would be grrrrrrrrrrrreat!
most local stations have a digital over the air feed which cable/sat do not get. its lame but they dont. even if the station does not broadcast in HD the quality of over the air digital is better because its coming from a local. direct source. over here in LA i used to get channel 5 (at the the the wb) in HD with my antenna but did not with dish or cable. hopefully if you have a built in tuner u can just grab an antenna and use that for locals
Interesting. Well, buy a $10 antenna from Radio Shack and use your standard TV tuner. I'd bet KNWS will be better than using Dish or cable. In my experience using TimeWarner, there were probably two games last season that were completely unwatchable. I finally had to turn off the game altogether. I was getting Chanel 2 audio with KNWS video and Chanel 2 video was ghosting in as well. This season, none of that. Channel 51 is perfect with my external antena.
We need a superstation based here in houston to show nationwide it would be similar to wgn and the rockets could show some games on there.
The annoying thing is when Rockets games are on NBATV, and we don't have a choice to watch those NBATV broadcasts in HD (since that channel is blacked-out). Hopefully for at least those games they make the HD version available.
another season of nba league pass for me. i just hope i get more houston feeds than not. you wouldn't believe how BAD most of the other teams local anouncers are.
I also watched it on over air digital TV but there camera quality is still not that great. The signal is clear but the resolution is poor.
