So for me, I live in Austin, and the game was blacked out for the Spurs feed, but I randomly got a Houston feed on my U-Verse channel 2105. Never even knew channels went up that high. Anyway, I'd check to see if something similar is available on whatever providers you and the other folks who had issues have. I had to search my guide to find that channel, and my cable box turned off after the game ended like it was some creepypasta or whatever. I'm pretty confident something similar will happen again on Thursday.