Man the NBA is setting themselves up to potentially have a LOT of nationally televised games be between teams clinging on to play in spot with those 60 or so games with the Lakers and Warriors. Those are going to be at best mid teams next season.
Don't think so, amigo. Anyone with NBA Network who is not in the Houston broadcast region will get the game, whether they subscribe to the season package or not...hence them considering it a "national game" If they don't live in the Rox broadcast region and do subscribe to the season package, they get all the games.
Nobody cares about a solid young team nationally. Until we make an actual playoff run or one of our guys breaks out as a superstar nobody outside of Houston will give a s**t.