2007-08 NBA on ABC schedule

[degenerate_gambler]

If this has been posted earlier, I apologize..

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Thursday, August 02, 2007

2007-08 NBA on ABC schedule.


Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers

Sunday, January 27
1:00 PM: Phoenix at Chicago
3:30 PM: Cleveland at L.A. Lakers

Sunday, February 3
2:30 PM: Dallas at Detroit

Sunday, February 10
1:00 PM: Denver at Cleveland
3:30 PM: L.A. Lakers at Miami

Sunday, February 24
3:30 PM: Detroit at Phoenix

Sunday, March 2
1:00 PM: Chicago at Cleveland
3:30 PM: Dallas at L.A. Lakers

Sunday, March 9
3:30 PM: San Antonio at Phoenix

Sunday, March 16
3:30 PM: Dallas at Miami

Sunday, March 23
1:00 PM: San Antonio at Dallas

Sunday, March 30
1:00 PM: Houston at San Antonio

Sunday, April 6
1:00 PM: Detroit at Miami
3:30 PM: Dallas at Phoenix

Sunday, April 13
1:00 PM: Miami at Cleveland
3:30 PM: San Antonio at L.A. Lakers

[Supergirl]

Damn, only 4 games on national TV, none till March, and 3 of them on the road.

Oh well.

[degenerate_gambler]

National TV appearances by team:


24: Los Angeles Lakers (5 on ABC, 10 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): Despite being an awful team that could easily finish with 50 losses next season, the Los Angeles Lakers are making the maximum amount of television appearances next season. Why? Consider the fact that games involving the Lakers were the highest rated on ABC last year.
24: Phoenix Suns (5 on ABC, 10 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): The Phoenix Suns will make the maximum amount of national television appearances. Amazingly, their first game against San Antonio will air on NBA TV.
23: Miami Heat (5 on ABC, 9 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat will be all over national television, despite being swept in the first round last year. All three games between the Cavaliers and Heat will air on national TV.
23: Dallas Mavericks (5 on ABC, 9 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): Despite losing in the first round last year, the Dallas Mavericks will make a significant amount of national TV appearances. The Mavs' first and last games against the Golden State Warriors will be nationally televised.
22: Cleveland Cavaliers: (5 on ABC, 9 on ESPN, 8 on TNT): The defending Eastern Conference Champion Cavaliers will play the Miami Heat on both Christmas and Martin Luther King Day.
22: San Antonio Spurs (4 games on ABC, 9 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): The Spurs will play the Cavaliers in a rematch of the dreadful 2007 NBA Finals on Thursday, January 17, but will not play on Christmas (meaning no Spurs/Suns rematch). The defending champions make four appearances on ABC, short of the maximum five.
21: Chicago Bulls (2 games on ABC, 10 on ESPN, 9 on TNT): The Chicago Bulls get two games on ABC, one on January 27 at home versus Phoenix and one on March second on the road against Cleveland.
17: Denver Nuggets (1 on ABC, 10 on ESPN, 6 on TNT): Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony and the Nuggets will make the maximum 10 appearances on ESPN. The Nuggets are scheduled to have three straight games air on ESPN during the first week of March.
15: Detroit Pistons (3 on ABC, 8 on ESPN, 4 on TNT): The Pistons status has fallen from recent years; while the Pistons will open on TNT NBA Thursday, they make their fewest national TV appearances since the year before they won the NBA Finals.
14: Houston Rockets (1 on ABC, 7 on ESPN, 6 on TNT): The Rockets will make four of their seven ESPN appearances in the span of two weeks in November.
11: Golden State Warriors (0 games on ABC, 6 on ESPN, 5 on TNT): The Golden State Warriors will not appear on ABC. The team will get a combined eleven appearances on ESPN/TNT, including a November 8 game versus the Mavericks.
11: Portland Trailblazers (0 games on ABC, 5 on ESPN, 6 on TNT): In addition to games on Opening Night and Christmas, the Portland Trailblazers get a combined 11 appearances on ESPN/TNT. Portland will not appear on ABC.
10: Boston Celtics (0 games on ABC, 7 on ESPN, 3 on TNT): The Boston Celtics open up on ESPN, with a game against the Washington Wizards on November 2. The team is not scheduled to appear on ABC. Kevin Garnett will return to Minnesota for the first time on February 8; ESPN will televise the match-up. The game is the only national TV appearance for the Timberwolves.
9: Washington Wizards (0 games on ABC, 7 on ESPN, 2 on TNT): Despite the wizardry of Gilbert Arenas last year, the Wizards are not the darlings of national television. Washington will make only two appearances on TNT, one in December against the Heat, and one in March against the Cavaliers.
8: Seattle Supersonics (0 games on ABC, 4 on ESPN, 4 on TNT): Kevin Durant and the Sonics make eight national TV appearances, including their first two games.
5: New Jersey Nets (0 games on ABC, 4 on ESPN, 1 on TNT): The Nets get only five national TV appearances, despite having made the second round of the playoffs five out of the last six years.
4: Los Angeles Clippers (0 games on ABC, 3 on ESPN, 1 on TNT): The Clippers will somehow make four national TV appearances, including an April 10th game against the Lakers on TNT.
3: New York Knicks (0 games on ABC, 2 on ESPN, 1 on TNT): The New York Knicks get three national TV appearances, including one on TNT against the Celtics on November 29, one on ESPN against the Blazers on February 1, and another on ESPN against the Heat on March 26.
1: Toronto Raptors (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Toronto Raptors get only one appearance on national TV. Their January 4 home game against the Pistons will air on ESPN.
1: Charlotte Bobcats (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Bobcats get one national TV appearance, on December 19 versus Utah. The Jazz get six national TV appearances, four on ESPN and two on TNT.

1: Orlando Magic (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Orlando Magic will appear once on national TV, a matinée on Final Four Saturday against the Cavaliers on ESPN.

1: Memphis Grizzlies (0 games on ABC, 0 on ESPN, 1 on TNT): Memphis gets a national TV appearance; the Grizzlies' traditional Martin Luther King day game, this year against the Bulls, will be part of a TNT tripleheader.
1: Milwaukee Bucks (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Milwaukee Bucks will make their lone national TV appearance on the road against the Lakers on January 11. The game will be televised by ESPN.

1: Minnesota Timberwolves (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Wolves get their lone national TV appearance in the aforementioned return of Kevin Garnett.
The Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks will make zero national television appearances. The Hawks have not been on national television since an April 2003 home game against the Washington Wizards on TNT.

[Switchman]

Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers

Meh.

[boutons_]

At least the Spurs don't have a chance to embarrass themselves on Sundays until the mythical SPAM arrives.

[ShoogarBear]

This won't be the final schedule, as the Celtics will now easily go from 0 to at least 3 or 4 ABC appearances.

[Extra Stout]

ABC only showing 18 games. That's part of the reason their Finals ratings suck.

[angel_luv]

1: Toronto Raptors (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Toronto Raptors get only one appearance on national TV. Their January 4 home game against the Pistons will air on ESPN.


Time to tune up the old VCR.

[Thomas Bailey]

LA has 9 consecutive road games from Jan 31 - Feb 13, with no more than 1 day off between games. NINE games in 14 days!

I don't want to hear about the Rodeo trip.

[ShoogarBear]

The Lakers also play 43 home games a year.

[Spurs16212]

How in the hell do you put three teams that were knocked out in the first round and a team knocked out in the second round on the national spot light more than the defending champions..... :pctoss :pctoss :pctoss


It is time that ABC get their head out of their asses and showcase the better games and teams rather then appeasing the larger markets......

[RollingBlackOut]

LA has 9 consecutive road games from Jan 31 - Feb 13, with no more than 1 day off between games. NINE games in 14 days!

I don't want to hear about the Rodeo trip.

The point of the thread is that the Lakers are a Gawd-Awful team and the whole nation will be exposed to their stink through a large number of nationally televised games.

Plus the Lakers supposedly "road games" against the "Clippers" are actually home games...

Continue to enjoy another sub-par season Laker fans....its gonna be FAN-tastic watching Luke, Farmer, Coby Karl, and the other no names run around acting as if they are part of the game while Kobe jacks up 100+ shots a night just to keep the team @ .500

FTL!!!

[Spurs16212]

The point of the thread is that the Lakers are a Gawd-Awful team and the whole nation will be exposed to their stink through a large number of nationally televised games.

Plus the Lakers supposedly "road games" against the "Clippers" are actually home games...

Continue to enjoy another sub-par season Laker fans....its gonna be FAN-tastic watching Luke, Farmer, Coby Karl, and the other no names run around acting as if they are part of the game while Kobe jacks up 100+ shots a night just to keep the team @ .500

FTL!!!

Lets see what happens if the Lakers do trade Kobe Bryant.... I doubt it though.... No wonder the ratings for the finals suck, they subject us to teams during the season that are not contenders.

[RollingBlackOut]

Lets see what happens if the Lakers do trade Kobe Bryant.... I doubt it though.... No wonder the ratings for the finals suck, they subject us to teams during the season that are not contenders.

Wouldnt that be amazing if Kobe does bolt!! ABC/ESPN then is stuck with a Kobe-Less Lakers team!!

[ShoogarBear]

You guys severely underestimate the drawing power of Kwame Brown.

[UV Ray]

ABC only showing 18 games. That's part of the reason their Finals ratings suck.

That may have something to do with it.

[inconvertible]

Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers


this is why no one outside south texas roots for the spurs and why there are low ratings when we win the title(s).

[UV Ray]

Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers


this is why no one outside south texas roots for the spurs and why there are low ratings when we win the title(s).

Wait a sec, you guys have tons of international fans...

Second thought, I guess that wouldn't be very many.

[Nashfan]

Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers


this is why no one outside south texas roots for the spurs and why there are low ratings when we win the title(s).


:cry :cry

[barbacoataco]

At least the Spurs have 4 ABC games. If the Spurs weren't champions every other year, they wouldn't have any.

[Avitus1]

4 games on national TV. I bet the ABC executives wince whenever they see the Spurs on the schedule... fuckin idiots.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Tuesday, December 25
2:30 PM: Miami at Cleveland
5:00 PM: Phoenix at L.A. Lakers


this is why no one outside south texas roots for the spurs and why there are low ratings when we win the title(s).

Who watches hoops on Christmas Day? Look at those two games. This is going to be the first time I don't even turn ABC on my TV on Christmas Day.

Two horrible games. Thanks ABC.

[ploto]

Do people read...


Consider the fact that games involving the Lakers were the highest rated on ABC last year.

[E20]

1: Toronto Raptors (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Toronto Raptors get only one appearance on national TV. Their January 4 home game against the Pistons will air on ESPN.
1: Charlotte Bobcats (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Bobcats get one national TV appearance, on December 19 versus Utah. The Jazz get six national TV appearances, four on ESPN and two on TNT.

1: Orlando Magic (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Orlando Magic will appear once on national TV, a matinée on Final Four Saturday against the Cavaliers on ESPN.

1: Memphis Grizzlies (0 games on ABC, 0 on ESPN, 1 on TNT): Memphis gets a national TV appearance; the Grizzlies' traditional Martin Luther King day game, this year against the Bulls, will be part of a TNT tripleheader.
1: Milwaukee Bucks (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Milwaukee Bucks will make their lone national TV appearance on the road against the Lakers on January 11. The game will be televised by ESPN.

1: Minnesota Timberwolves (0 games on ABC, 1 on ESPN, 0 on TNT): The Wolves get their lone national TV appearance in the aforementioned return of Kevin Garnett.
The Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks will make zero national television appearances. The Hawks have not been on national television since an April 2003 home game against the Washington Wizards on TNT.


LMAO

[Extra Stout]

Do people read...
Quote:

Consider the fact that games involving the Lakers were the highest rated on ABC last year.

Probably because LA is the largest market where the team is good enough for people in town to bother watching them.

Which tells me the NBA has little to no casual fan base tuning in to ABC games.

Which makes sense, since ABC telecasts are so few and far between during the season.

[RollingBlackOut]

Do people read...
Consider the fact that games involving the Lakers were the highest rated on ABC last year.

This is a skewed stat based on the size of the LA media market.....plus the bigger issue is how much more of a bad team can a casual fan take? Just cause its the "Lakers" ABC is banking on hype and not the quality of the product. And that is ABC's own undoing when they complain about low ratings in the finals....

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Do people read...

So LA has a big media market. Doesn't mean the rest of the league should be subjected to the Lakers suckage.

And honestly, if that's what a highly watched/rated team looks like when people are calling the Spurs ratings cancer, I'll take the ratings cancer.

[ploto]

This is a skewed stat based on the size of the LA media market....
No- it is not a skewed stat- it is a truthful stat and the whole point IS the size of their media market. Why would ABC want to telecast games that fewer people will watch? Spurs fans are paranoid about this.

It is why I understand why the Raptors are never on national US television- even though they had a better record than a lot of those teams that are on a bunch. It is TV- it is ALL about ratings. Those TV contracts pay big money to the NBA. ABC does not show that many games and so they choose the ones that they think will draw the most viewer interest. Like it or not, the Spurs don't draw national viewer interest and the local market is small.