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Men's Senior National Team Exhibition Games To Air on ESPN and ESPN2
ESPN and ESPN 2 will televise the USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team's five-game exhibition schedule beginning Friday, July 25.The USA men will tip off its schedule when it faces Canada in the 2008 State Farm USA Basketball Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 25 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. ESPN2 will then televise live from China all four U.S. games in the USA Basketball International Challenge starting Thursday, July 31. The first two games will take place at CotaiArena in Macao and the last two games will be held in Shanghai at Qizhong Arena. All of the games from China will re-air on ESPN2.
The ESPN-ESPN2 USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team live on-air schedule includes:
Date Time Game City Network
Fri,, July 25 8 p.m. ET Canada Las Vegas, NV ESPN
Thurs., July 31 8 a.m. ET Turkey Macao, China ESPN2
Fri., Aug. 1 8 a.m. ET Lithuania Macao, China ESPN2
Sun., Aug. 3 3 a.m. ET Russia Shanghai, China ESPN2
Tues., Aug. 5 8 a.m. ET Australia Shanghai, China ESPN2
ESPN2 has been tracking the progress of the USA Senior National Team during its five-part NBA Entertainment-produced series, “Road To Redemption presented by NIKE.” NBA Entertainment cameras have been providing in-depth, behind-the-scenes looks at key moments in the team’s journey, do enting practices, off-the-court activities and exhibition games.
Featuring exclusive interviews with USA Basketball Men’s Senior National Team managing director Jerry Colangelo and head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the series, which debuted on July 2, has focused on many of the team’s key players and storylines – including Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, and Jason Kidd among others – delving into how this team of elite NBA players has been coming together on and off the court.
All episodes of “Road To Redemption presented by NIKE” air on ESPN2 with re-airs on NBA TV. Following the series debut, additional content from the series has been available on ESPN.com, NBA.com, NBA YouTube channel and Nikebasketball.com. The next episode of the series is scheduled for Monday, July 21.
