[Chron] ABC drops Rockets game Sunday, March 11th

I'm pretty sure it has more to do with the Magic's sucktacularity.

As poor as we've played since coming back from the break, we were still slowly becoming one of the league's better stories. And McGrady is always a primetime player... not to mention that there is still a good chance Yao will be playing that game.

So blame the Magic.

 

P.S. Thank god for League Pass... although it really sucks that I won't be able to watch this one in HD. I wish all NBALP games were HD, damnit.

 

At least you got to watch it all, they didn't show the last orlando game at all on league pass, first game I've missed entirely in years!

 

What the f***!!!! Drop some Cavs games!!! They're not that good, and I been seeing them twice a week for the past 3 years!!!! Cavs, Suns, Lakers, Bulls, and Heat get at least 2 games a week on TV!!!

 

I'm not one to start a riot, but the game we might end up seeing is Nuggets @ Kings, two teams that might not even be in the playoffs.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/schedule?date=20070307

 

I believe the nationally televised games are set at the beginning of the year and given the rockets' record last season, there's a reason they have few games on national tv.

 

This is wonderful news for me, I can't get ABC at work but I can get League Pass Broadband, I WIN!

 

They didn't drop the game bc we suck. They dropped the game bc noone wants to see Orlando.

 

If they dropped us for the Suns/Lakers then we really can't complain. The Lakers are always popular, Nash is still an MVP candidate and those teams did have an exciting playoff matchup last year. Plus no Yao.........

 

Unless that happens to be Yao's first game back. What an exciting game that ABC could have had.

 

Wow that's so damn gay, I was looking forward to that game, especially since its on national TV and against T-Mac's old team.

I hate ESPN and ABC lack of coverage of Rockets games. We're too good to be denied.

 

I really can't believe that they would drop us for Nuggets/Kings... there can't possibly be more interest in that game than our game.

I don't care how many fair-weather fans are in Houston, that just doesn't make sense... Could they have dropped us for that Pistons game?

 

Nobody wants to see the Magic. That's obvious. Even Dwight Howard isn't enough for people to want to see them.

Don't fans want to the see All-Star player Yao Ming, behind only Lebron in votes, come back in his first game?

 

I missed this news, where's the article?

 

Ugh, I'm so pissed.
That was one of the few games I actually get to see televised.

 

they're probably going to bump up the wizards/heat game that sunday.

 

im glad they dropped the rockets on natl tv. they dont deserve it.

 

I've heard they have some flexibility given the length of the season. Anyway if they set based on last year ABC still had to figure the Rox would still have Yao and T-Mac who are draws.

That said given tonight's performance maybe ABC knows something we don't.