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The Playoff Schedule Shows How Little NBA and Its Broadcast Partners Care About the Fans
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The Playoff Schedule Shows How Little NBA and Its Broadcast Partners Care About the Fans

SI·Jimmy Traina·27 days ago
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1. It’s bad enough that NBA fans never know which network or platform a playoff game is airing on, but now they have to deal with crazy overlaps, prohibiting them from watching full games. On Monday, NBC decided to air the Sixers-Knicks game at 8 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. That ended up working out: Because the game was such a blowout, it wasn’t a problem for fans to tune into the start of the Timberwolves-Spurs game, which started at 9:30 p.m. and aired exclusively on Peacock. Tonight, is the real middle finger from NBC. Cavs-Pistons will begin at 7 p.m. on Peacock with the Lakers and Thunder tipping off at 8:30 p.m. on NBC. I fully understand that NBC couldn’t care less about the Cavs-Pistons series, especially compared to Lakers-Thunder. The network wants as much as it can get of the Lakers in prime time. But this is just a slap in the fan to the die-hard NBA fan who wants to watch playoff basketball.…

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