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ESPN’s WNBA schedule will open on July 25, with a doubleheader featuring No. 1 draft pick Sabrina Ionescu and the New York Liberty vs. legend Sue Bird and the Seattle Storm at noon ET on ESPN, followed by Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks vs. Diana Taurasi and the Phoenix Mercury at 3 p.m. on ABC.
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Rachel Nichols, host of ESPN’s The Jump, will lead the show from the Walt Disney World Resort, inside the NBA Florida Campus, starting today, Monday, July 13. The Jump generally airs at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App, Monday through Friday.
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ESPN’s multi-platform NBA coverage continues throughout the week.
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ESPN will produce the two-hour ABC special, NBA Countdown presented by Mountain Dew: NBA Restart, on Saturday, July 25, from 8-10 p.m. ET.
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ESPN tips off its coverage of The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the first live televised basketball to be played on U.S. soil since March 12 – on Saturday, July 4, with four games beginning at 3 p.m. ET. All 23 games of the single-elimination tournament will air on either ESPN or ESPN2.
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Network’s 14-Game Schedule to Tip Off with the Portland Trail Blazers & Damian Lillard Facing the Memphis Grizzlies & Ja Morant on Friday, July 31, at 4 p.m. ET
NBA TV will televise 14 regular season games, including the Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, New Orleans Pelicans and defending champion Toronto Raptors, as the NBA returns to action in Orlando. The network will tip off its live “seeding games” schedule with the Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard facing the Memphis Grizzlies and rookie star Ja Morant on Friday, July 31, at 4 p.m. ET.
Overall, the network will feature three doubleheaders, with additional game highlights including:
Under the competitive format for the restart, the 22 participating teams will be the eight teams in each conference with the highest current winning percentages and the six teams that are currently within six games of the eighth seed in either conference. The restart will begin with each participating team playing eight “seeding games,” as selected from its remaining regular-season matchups.
NBA TV is available directly to consumers through NBA.com and the NBA App. The channel’s programming offerings include live NBA game telecasts, original programming and an extensive list of on-demand video content.
2019-20 NBA TV Restart Schedule (All Times Eastern)
| Day | Date | Time (ET) | Game |
| Friday | July 31 | 4 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies vs. Portland Trail Blazers |
| Sunday | Aug. 2 | 6 p.m. | Sacramento Kings vs. Orlando Magic |
| Monday | Aug. 3 | 1:30 p.m. | Toronto Raptors vs. Miami Heat |
| 4 p.m. | Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder | ||
| Tuesday | Aug. 4 | 1:30 p.m. | Brooklyn Nets vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
| 4 p.m. | Phoenix Suns vs. LA Clippers | ||
| Wednesday | Aug. 5 | 4 p.m. | Philadelphia 76ers vs. Washington Wizards |
| Thursday | Aug. 6 | 1:30 p.m. | New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings |
| Friday | Aug. 7 | 4 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
| Sunday | Aug. 9 | 6:30 p.m. | Philadelphia 76ers vs. Portland Trail Blazers |
| 9 p.m. | Brooklyn Nets vs. LA Clippers | ||
| Monday | Aug. 10 | 3 p.m. | Dallas Mavericks vs. Utah Jazz |
| Tuesday | Aug. 11 | 2 p.m. | Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs |
| Wednesday | Aug. 12 | 4 p.m. | Indiana Pacers vs. Houston Rockets |
Doubleheader to Feature Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans at 6:30 p.m. & LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers at 9 p.m. ET
Network to Present 18 “Seeding Games” via Tuesday Doubleheaders, Thursday Tripleheaders & More
Turner Sports, in its 36th consecutive year of NBA coverage, will tip off the league’s comeback with a blockbuster NBA on TNT doubleheader, Thursday, July 30. In the NBA’s first regular season game since March, the New Orleans Pelicans and rookie standout Zion Williamson will take on the Utah Jazz and Donovan Mitchell at 6:30 p.m. ET. Two of the Western Conference’s top teams will follow – the Los Angeles Lakers with LeBron James and Anthony Davis vs. the LA Clippers with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George – at 9 p.m.
TNT will present a total of 18 games, highlighted by Tuesday doubleheaders and Thursday tripleheaders throughout the remainder of the regular season, in addition to a tripleheader on Saturday, Aug. 8,that will mark the end of an eight-game, three-day stretch on the network.
Under the competitive format for the restart, the 22 participating teams will be the eight teams in each conference with the highest current winning percentages and the six teams that are currently within six games of the eighth seed in either conference. The restart will begin with each participating team playing eight “seeding games,” as selected from its remaining regular-season matchups.
The network’s game schedule highlights include (full schedule below):
TNT will also televise more than 40 NBA Playoff games – the most of any network – including first and second round action and the exclusive presentation of the 2020 NBA Western Conference Finals.
Live streaming coverage of all NBA on TNT games is available via http://www.tntdrama.com/watchtnt and the Watch TNT app and participating TV providers’ websites and apps. Fans will be able to access the games whenever and wherever they desire by logging in with the username and password provided by their TV service provider.
TNT’s NBA Season Resumption Game Schedule (All Times Eastern)
| Day | Date | Time (ET) | Game |
| Thursday | July 30 | 6:30 p.m. | Utah Jazz vs. New Orleans Pelicans |
| 9 p.m. | LA Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers | ||
| Tuesday | Aug. 4 | 6:30 p.m. | Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat |
| 9 p.m. | Houston Rockets vs. Portland Trail Blazers | ||
| Thursday | Aug. 6 | 4 p.m. | Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks |
| 6:30 p.m. | LA Clippers vs. Dallas Mavericks | ||
| 9 p.m. | Los Angeles Lakers vs. Houston Rockets | ||
| Friday | Aug. 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers |
| 9 p.m. | Boston Celtics vs. Toronto Raptors | ||
| Saturday | Aug. 8 | 1 p.m. | LA Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers |
| 3:30 p.m. | Utah Jazz vs. Denver Nuggets | ||
| 6 p.m. | Los Angeles Lakers vs. Indiana Pacers | ||
| Monday | Aug. 10 | 9 p.m. | Denver Nuggets vs. Los Angeles Lakers |
| Tuesday | Aug. 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Boston Celtics vs. Memphis Grizzlies |
| 9 p.m. | New Orleans Pelicans vs. Sacramento Kings | ||
| Thursday | Aug. 13 | 4 p.m. | TBD vs. TBD |
| 6:30 p.m. | TBD vs. TBD | ||
| 9 p.m. | TBD vs. TBD |
ESPN and ABC will combine to televise 20 live NBA seeding games from Walt Disney World Resort starting Friday, July 31.
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ESPN will televise NBA Countdown: NBA Schedule Release presented by Mountain Dew tonight, Friday, June 26, at 7 p.m. ET. The one-hour show will reveal the game and national television schedule for the NBA seeding games.
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ESPN continues to bring sports content to its viewers and fans, adding four more sports films to its programming schedule next week, beginning with the TV premiere of “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams” on Monday, June 29th at 7pm ET. The film, an international co-production between Cineric Creative, NHK, and NHK Enterprises, follows coaches and players in Japan’s historic 100th National High School Baseball Tournament, including the alma mater of Shohei Ohtani and Yusei Kikuchi. Immediately following, at 9pm on June 29th, is the world premiere of “EDDIE,” a documentary on Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton, from 1577 Production in association with Takashi Entertainment. “Finding Big Country,” a film, from Big Country Studios, will air on Wednesday, July 1st at 7pm ET. The film follows a superfan of the Vancouver Grizzlies who searches for her childhood hero, the maligned and reclusive former NBA player Big Country Bryant Reeves. And the world premiere of “Born to Play,” from Park Pictures, documenting the Boston Renegades of the female tackle football league, will follow on July 1st at 8pm ET.
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