Lakers Win Over Celtics on ABC Earns Highest Regular-Season RatingThe Christmas day rematch of last year's Finals, in which the Los Angeles Lakers broke the Boston Celtic's 19-game win streak 92-83, earned a 5.3 household rating on a fast-national basis, the highest-rated regular season NBA game in four years. The rating was 51 percent higher than last year's late Christmas game on ABC, Phoenix Suns vs. Lakers (3.5), and delivered a 65 percent larger audience (9,960,378 viewers vs. 5,984,539). Read more... |
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2008-09 NBA SeasonESPN’s unparalleled multimedia coverage of the 2008-09 NBA season will open Wednesday, Oct. 29, with a doubleheader featuring the San Antonio Spurs and Tim Duncan hosting the Phoenix Suns and Amare Stoudemire at 8 p.m., followed by the L.A. Lakers and Kobe Bryant visiting the L.A. Clippers in the debut of off-season acquisition Baron Davis at 10:30 p.m. All of ESPN’s NBA telecasts this season will be available in high definition and simulcast on ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile TV. Read more... |
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Avery Johnson Joins ESPNFormer NBA point guard and head coach Avery Johnson has also joined ESPN as an NBA studio analyst, mainly joining host Stuart Scott and analyst Bill Walton on ESPN’s NBA Shootaround pre-game show throughout the season and post-season. Johnson, who contributed to ESPN’s NBA Playoff coverage earlier this year, will also contribute at times to ABC’s GMC NBA Countdown. Read more... |
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Magic Johnson Joins ESPN as NBA Studio AnalystEarvin “Magic” Johnson has joined ESPN as an NBA studio analyst and will mainly work with Stuart Scott, Mike Wilbon and Jon Barry on ABC's GMC NBA Countdown. He will provide analysis on Christmas Day – when ABC and ESPN combine to showcase an NBA tripleheader (beginning at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN) – and contribute to the networks' post-season studio coverage. Read more... |
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ESPN and Jeff Van Gundy Reach Multi-Year AgreementFormer NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who joined ESPN during the 2007 NBA Playoffs and provided game analysis for the entire 2007-08 season, has agreed to an exclusive multi-year agreement with the network. Van Gundy will continue to provide analysis alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Breen and analyst Mark Jackson as the lead commentary team for games on ESPN and ABC – the home of the NBA Finals. Read more... |
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