NBA TV Releases its 2011-12 96-Game Regular Season Schedule
Tip-Off of Regular Season Starts Dec. 26 with Doubleheader Featuring the
Houston Rockets @ Orlando Magic and L.A. Lakers @ Sacramento Kings
NBA TV’s comprehensive coverage to include the return of the popular Fan Night
NBA TV today announced its 2011-2012 NBA regular-season broadcast schedule will feature 96 live regular-season games. The network will tip off coverage of its 13th season on Dec. 26, with a doubleheader, when the Houston Rockets take on the Orlando Magic (7 p.m. ET) followed by the Los Angeles Lakers visiting the Sacramento Kings (10 p.m. ET). The 96-game schedule will be highlighted by 33 doubleheaders this season and will feature appearances by the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. The league’s 66th season will feature each team playing 66 regular-season games and was unveiled tonight exclusively on NBA TV at 7 p.m. ET.
Additional games featured during opening week on NBA TV include:
- Wed., Dec 28: Boston Celtics @ New Orleans Hornets (8 pm ET); New York Knicks @ Golden State Warriors (10:30 pm ET)
- Friday, Dec 30: Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Hornets (8 pm ET); Chicago Bulls @ LA Clippers (10:30 pm ET)
- Saturday, Dec. 31 Utah Jazz @ San Antonio Spurs (8:30 pm et)
For the fourth consecutive year, NBA TV will feature the popular Fan Night on Tuesdays throughout the regular season. Each Tuesday night, NBA fans will have the opportunity to vote on NBA.com for games they want to see televised nationally on NBA TV. The first Fan Night game will be January 3, 2012.
NBA TV will be part of the NBA’s opening day action on Sunday, Dec. 25 with NBA GameTime, a live pre-game studio show at 10 a.m. (ET) with host Vince Cellini and analysts Steve Smith and Chris Webber. NBA TV will wrap up the evening’s games with NBA GameTime at 1:00 a.m. (ET) featuring host Matt Winer and Dennis Scott (analyst)
“We are excited to tip off the 2011-12 NBA season on NBA TV on December 26th,” said Christina Miller, SVP and general manager, NBA Digital. “With our talented and energetic studio team coupled with our full schedule of games, informative original programming and our extensive cross-platform offerings, we have everything fans need to not miss a minute of the season.”
Additional highlights for the 2011-12 NBA TV schedule include:
- Sunday, Jan. 1 Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards @ 6 pm ET
- Monday, Jan 2 Oklahoma City Thunder @ Dallas Mavericks @ 8:30 pm ET
- Monday, Jan. 16 Toronto Raptors @Atlanta Hawks (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) @ 4 pm ET
- Saturday, Jan. 21 Denver Nuggets @ New York Knicks @ 7:30 pm ET
- Saturday, March 17 San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks @ 9 pm ET
In addition to NBA TV’s full slate of games, fans can get updated player and team information, stats and the latest game highlights on NBA.com. Once again, NBA LEAGUE PASS will offer up to 40 out-of-market games per week. Games included in NBA LEAGUE PASS are in addition to those available on ABC, TNT, NBA TV, ESPN, ESPN2 and local networks. NBA LEAGUE PASS is available on DIRECTV, DISH Network, and most digital cable and telephone providers, and is also available for fans to access on NBA.com and select mobile devices.
NBA TV is the league’s 24-hour network providing fans with the most comprehensive sports coverage than any other professional sports league television network.
NBA Digital is the NBA’s extensive cross-platform portfolio of digital assets jointly-managed by the NBA and Turner Sports. This robust offering includes NBA TV, NBA.com, NBA LEAGUE PASS, NBA LEAGUE PASS Broadband, NBA Mobile, NBADLEAGUE.com, and WNBA.com.
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NBA TV’s 96- game schedule is listed below. All times shown are Eastern.
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NBA TV 2011-2012 NBA REGULAR SEASON TELECAST SCHEDULE |
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| Date | Day | Time | Game | |
| Dec. 26 | Monday | 7 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ Orlando Magic | |
| 10 p.m. | LA Lakers @ Sacramento Kings | |||
| Dec. 28 | Wednesday | 8 p.m. | Boston Celtics @ New Orleans Hornets | |
| 10:30 p.m. | New York Knicks @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Dec. 30 | Friday | 8 p.m. | Phoenix Suns @ New Orleans Hornets | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Chicago Bulls @ LA Clippers | |||
| Dec. 31 | Saturday | 8:30 p.m. | Utah Jazz @ San Antonio Spurs | |
| Jan. 1 | Sunday | 6 p.m. | Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards | |
| Jan. 2 | Monday | 8:30 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder @ Dallas Mavericks | |
| Jan. 3 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Jan. 4 | Wednesday | 7 p.m. | Washington Wizards @ Orlando Magic | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ LA Clippers | |||
| Jan. 7 | Saturday | 7 p.m. | Charlotte Bobcats @ Indiana Pacers | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Milwaukee Bucks @ LA Clippers | |||
| Jan. 8 | Sunday | 7 p.m. | San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Jan. 9 | Monday | 7:30 p.m. | Charlotte Bobcats @ New York Knicks | |
| Jan. 10 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Jan. 14 | Saturday | 9 p.m. | New Jersey Nets @ Utah Jazz | |
| Jan. 16 | Monday | 4 p.m. | Toronto Raptors @ Atlanta Hawks (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) | |
| Jan. 17 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Jan. 21 | Saturday | 7:30 p.m. | Denver Nuggets @ New York Knicks | |
| Jan. 22 | Sunday | 1 p.m. | Boston Celtics @ Washington Wizards | |
| Jan. 23 | Monday | 7:30 p.m. | Orlando Magic @ Boston Celtics | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Jan. 24 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Jan. 25 | Wednesday | 8 p.m. | Indiana Pacers @ Chicago Bulls | |
| 10:30 p.m. | LA Clippers @ @ LA Lakers | |||
| Jan. 27 | Friday | 10:30 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder @ Golden State Warriors | |
| Jan. 28 | Saturday | 9 p.m. | Sacramento Kings @ Utah Jazz | |
| Jan. 30 | Monday | 7 p.m. | Chicago Bulls @ Washington Wizards | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder @ LA Clippers | |||
| Jan. 31 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Feb. 4 | Saturday | 7 p.m. | Orlando Magic @ Indiana Pacers | |
| 10:00 p.m. | Denver Nuggets @ Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| Feb. 5 | Sunday | 12 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies @ Boston Celtics | |
| Feb. 6 | Monday | 7:30 p.m. | Utah Jazz @ New York Knicks | |
| 10 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder @ Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| Feb. 7 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Feb. 8 | Wednesday | 7 p.m. | New York Knicks @ Washington Wizards | |
| 10 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| Feb. 11 | Saturday | 7 p.m. | Denver Nuggets @ Indiana Pacers | |
| 10 p.m. | Phoenix Suns @ Sacramento Kings | |||
| Feb. 13 | Monday | 7 p.m. | Minnesota Timberwolves @ Orlando Magic | |
| 10 p.m. | Phoenix Suns @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Feb. 14 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Feb. 15 | Wednesday | 7:30 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies @ New Jersey Nets | |
| Feb. 18 | Saturday | 10 p.m. | Atlanta Hawks @ Portland Trail Blazers | |
| Feb. 21 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Feb. 28 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Mar. 3 | Saturday | 7 p.m. | Milwaukee Bucks @ Orlando Magic | |
| 10 p.m. | Minnesota Timberwolves @ Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| Mar. 5 | Monday | 8 p.m. | Dallas Mavericks @ Oklahoma City Thunder | |
| Mar. 6 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Mar. 7 | Wednesday | 7:30 p.m. | Atlanta Hawks @ Miami Heat | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Mar. 9 | Friday | 7 p.m. | New Jersey Nets @ Charlotte Bobcats | |
| 10 p.m. | Dallas Mavericks @ Sacramento Kings | |||
| Mar. 10 | Saturday | 8 p.m. | New Orleans Hornets @ Minnesota Timberwolves | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Dallas Mavericks @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Mar. 11 | Sunday | 9 p.m. | Atlanta Hawks @ Sacramento Kings | |
| Mar. 13 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Mar. 17 | Saturday | 9 p.m. | San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks | |
| Mar. 20 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Mar. 22 | Thursday | 8 p.m. | Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks | |
| Mar. 24 | Saturday | 8 p.m. | Dallas Mavericks @ Houston Rockets | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Sacramento Kings @ Golden State Warriors | |||
| Mar. 25 | Sunday | 3 p.m. | Phoenix Suns @ Cleveland Cavaliers | |
| Mar. 26 | Monday | 8 p.m. | Denver Nuggets @ Chicago Bulls | |
| 10:30 p.m. | New Orleans Hornets @ LA Clippers | |||
| Mar. 27 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Mar. 28 | Wednesday | 10:30 p.m. | Phoenix Suns @ LA Clippers | |
| Mar. 31 | Saturday | 3:30 p.m. | New Orleans Hornets @ LA Lakers | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Atlanta Hawks @ Philadelphia 76ers | |||
| 10 p.m. | New Jersey Nets @ Sacramento Kings | |||
| Apr. 1 | Sunday | 6 p.m. | Denver Nuggets @ Orlando Magic | |
| 9 p.m. | Minnesota Timberwolves @ Portland Trail Blazers | |||
| Apr. 2 | Monday | 7 p.m. | Milwaukee Bucks @ Washington Wizards | |
| Apr. 3 | Tuesday | TBD | Fan Night | |
| Apr. 6 | Friday | 7:30 p.m. | Detroit Pistons @ Atlanta Hawks | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ LA Lakers | |||
| Apr. 8 | Sunday | 6 p.m. | Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics | |
| 9 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ Sacramento Kings | |||
| Apr. 15 | Sunday | 7 p.m. | Memphis Grizzlies @ New Orleans Hornets | |
| Apr. 16 | Monday | 7 p.m. | Philadelphia 76ers @ Orlando Magic | |
| 10:30 p.m. | Oklahoma City Thunder @ LA Clippers | |||
| Apr. 22 | Sunday | 6 p.m. | Houston Rockets @ Miami Heat | |
| 9 p.m. | New Orleans Hornets @ LA Clippers | |||
| Apr. 23 | Monday | 8:30 p.m. | Portland Trail Blazers @ San Antonio Spurs | |
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