At long lat the NBA season schedule is set and the Golden State Warriors will be featured on national television much more than they have been in previous seasons.
The W's will have 17 nationally televised games during this shortened season, taking on marquee teams with almost every matchup. Warriors fans will be delighted to hear only two (that's right two) of those 17 games will be played away from Oracle as America looks on with faded breath as to how Mark Jackson will do in his first year as a coach. Oracle also translates very well on TV as it is usually a rather raucous, energetic crowd with good seating that is almost always full, something big-wigs at the networks undoubtedly understood.
Here are the Warriors nationally televised games for the 2011-12 season (all times Pacific):
Date |
Opponent |
Time |
Network |
Sun, December 25 |
7:30 |
ESPN |
|
Wed, December 28 |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
|
Thur, January 12 |
7:30 |
TNT |
|
Mon, January 23 |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
|
Fri, January 27 |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
|
Mon, February 13 |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
|
Wed, February 15 |
Blazers |
7:00 |
ESPN |
Fri, March 2 |
@ 76ers |
5:00 |
ESPN |
Wed, March 7 |
Grizzlies |
7:30 |
ESPN |
Sat, March 10 |
Dallas |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
Sat, March 24 |
7:30 |
NBA TV |
|
Sat, April 7 |
7:30 |
ESPN |
|
Wed, April 11 |
@ Blazers |
7:30 |
ESPN |
Thur, April 12 |
7:30 |
TNT |
|
Wed, April 18 |
7:30 |
ESPN |
|
Tues, April 24 |
7:30 |
TNT |
|
Thur, April 26 |
7:30 |
TNT |
Hopefully the nation will be pleasantly surprised to see a reinvigorated Warriors squad under the spotlight.
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