The NBA released the revised 2011-12 regular season schedule on Tuesday.
The abbreviated season is scheduled to begin on December 25, pending ratification of the tentative collective bargaining agreement by the owners and the National Basketball Players Association.
The ESPN family of networks will televise 90 games during the regular season (75 on ESPN/ESPN2 and 15 on ABC), the same number as in the original schedule released in July. TNT will air 45 games, down from the 52 originally scheduled.
Thirty-seven new telecast windows have been added to the schedule, including a Christmas night doubleheader on ESPN, TNT doubleheaders on December 27 and January 5, and several Saturday, Sunday and Monday games on ESPN.
The Lakers and Heat will have the most national TV appearances (25), followed by the Celtics (24), Bulls (22) and Knicks (22).
The NBA and its 29 owners locked out the players in July, leading to the second-longest work stoppage in NBA history. The owners’ lockout resulted in the formal cancellation of the first six weeks of the season, which was originally scheduled to begin on November 1.
Revised 2011-12 NBA National TV Schedule
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Revised Schedule
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Original Schedule
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Time
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Game
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Net
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Time
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Game
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Net
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| Sun., 12/25/11 | 12 PM | BOS (1) at NY (1) | TNT | 12 PM | BOS (7) at NY (7) | ESPN |
| 2:30 PM | MIA (1) at DAL (1) | ABC | 2:30 PM | MIA (8) at DAL (5) | ABC | |
| 5 PM | CHI (1) at LAL (1) | ABC | 5 PM | CHI (6) at LAL (9) | ABC | |
| 8 PM | ORL (1) at OKC (1) | ESPN |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | LAC (1) at GS (1) | ESPN |
no game
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| Tue., 12/27/11 | 8 PM | BOS (2) at MIA (2) | TNT |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | UTA (1) at LAL (2) | TNT |
no game
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| Thu., 12/29/11 | 8 PM | DAL (2) at OKC (2) | TNT | 7 PM | SA (5) at ORL (5) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | NY (2) at LAL (3) | TNT | 9:30 PM | DAL (6) at OKC (8) | TNT | |
| Thu., 1/5/12 | 8 PM | MIA (3) at ATL (1) | TNT |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | LAL (4) at POR (1) | TNT |
no game
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| Fri., 1/6/12 | 8 PM | CHI (2) at ORL (2) | ESPN | 8 PM | CHI (7) at ORL (6) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | POR (2) at PHX (1) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | MEM (2) at POR (7) | ESPN | |
| Wed., 1/11/12 | 8 PM | DAL (3) at BOS (3) | ESPN | 8 PM | DAL (7) at BOS (8) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | MIA (4) at LAC (2) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | MIA (9) at LAC (5) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 1/12/12 | 8 PM | NY (3) at MEM (1) | TNT | 8 PM | NY (8) at MEM (3) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | ORL (3) at GS (2) | TNT | 10:30 PM | ORL (7) at GS (3) | TNT | |
| Fri., 1/13/12 | 8 PM | CHI (3) at BOS (4) | ESPN | 8 PM | POR (8) at SA (6) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | MIA (5) at DEN (1) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | MIA (10) at DEN (7) | ESPN | |
| Mon, 1/16/12 | 1 PM | CHI (4) at MEM (2) | ESPN | 1 PM | CHI (8) at MEM (4) | ESPN |
| 8 PM | OKC (3) at BOS (5) | TNT | 8 PM | OKC (9) at BOS (9) | TNT | |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (4) at LAL (5) | TNT | 10:30 PM | DAL (8) at LAL (10) | TNT | |
| Wed., 1/18/12 | 8 PM | POR (3) at ATL (2) | ESPN | 8 PM | SA (7) at ATL (5) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (5) at LAC (3) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | DAL (9) at LAC (6) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 1/19/12 | 8 PM | LAL (6) at MIA (6) | TNT | 8 PM | CHI (9) at MIA (11) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (6) at UTA (2) | TNT | 10:30 PM | DAL (10) at UTA (2) | TNT | |
| Fri., 1/20/12 | 8 PM | LAL (7) at ORL (4) | ESPN | 8 PM | PHX (4) at BOS (10) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | MIN (1) at LAC (4) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | LAL (11) at LAC (7) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 1/26/12 | 8 PM | BOS (6) at ORL (5) | TNT | 8 PM | MIA (12) at ORL (8) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | MEM (3) at LAC (5) | TNT | 10:30 PM | LAL (12) at LAC (8) | TNT | |
| Fri., 1/27/12 | 8 PM | NY (4) at MIA (7) | ESPN | 8 PM | NY (9) at MIA (13) | ESPN |
| Sun., 1/29/12 | 3:30 PM | CHI (5) at MIA (8) | ABC | 3:30 PM | CHI (10) at MIA (14) | ABC |
| 6:30 PM | SA (1) at DAL (7) | ESPN |
no game
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| Wed., 2/1/12 | 8 PM | OKC (4) at DAL (8) | ESPN | 7 PM | OKC (10) at DAL (11) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | LAC (6) at UTA (3) | ESPN | 9:30 PM | MIA (15) at SA (8) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 2/2/12 | 8 PM | CHI (6) at NY (5) | TNT | 8 PM | CHI (11) at NY (10) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | DEN (2) at LAC (7) | TNT | 10:30 PM | PHX (5) at GS (4) | TNT | |
| Fri., 2/3/12 | 8 PM | NY (6) at BOS (7) | ESPN | 8 PM | LAL (13) at ORL (9) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | LAL (8) at DEN (3) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | UTA (3) at DEN (8) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 2/9/12 | 8 PM | LAL (9) at BOS (8) | TNT | 8 PM | LAL (14) at BOS (11) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | OKC (5) at SAC (1) | TNT | 10:30 PM | OKC (11) at SAC (1) | TNT | |
| Fri., 2/10/12 | 8 PM | LAL (10) at NY (7) | ESPN | 8 PM | LAL (15) at NY (11) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | OKC (6) at UTA (4) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | OKC (12) at UTA (4) | ESPN | |
| Sun., 2/12/12 | 3:30 PM | CHI (7) at BOS (9) | ABC | 3:30 PM | CHI (12) at BOS (12) | ABC |
| 7 PM | MIA (9) at ATL (3) | ESPN |
no game
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| 9:30 PM | UTA (5) at MEM (4) | ESPN |
no game
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| Wed., 2/15/12 | 9 PM | POR (4) at GS (3) | ESPN | 9 PM | DEN (9) at DAL (12) | ESPN |
| Thu., 2/16/12 | 8 PM | BOS (10) at CHI (8) | TNT | 8 PM | BOS (13) at CHI (13) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | LAC (8) at POR (5) | TNT | 10:30 PM | LAC (9) at POR (9) | TNT | |
| Fri., 2/17/12 | 8 PM | NO (1) at NY (8) | ESPN | 8 PM | NO (2) at NY (12) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | PHX (2) at LAL (11) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | PHX (6) at LAL (16) | ESPN | |
| Sun., 2/19/12 | 1 PM | DAL (9) at NY (9) | ABC | 1 PM | DAL (13) at NY (13) | ABC |
| 3:30 PM | ORL (6) at MIA (10) | ABC | 3:30 PM | ORL (10) at MIA (16) | ABC | |
| 8 PM | DEN (4) at OKC (7) | ESPN | 8 PM | DEN (10) at OKC (13) | ESPN | |
| Mon., 2/20/12 | 4 PM | ATL (4) at CHI (9) | ESPN |
no game
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| 8 PM | BOS (11) at DAL (10) | TNT | 8 PM | BOS (14) at DAL (14) | TNT | |
| 10:30 PM | POR (6) at LAL (12) | TNT | 10:30 PM | LAC (10) at GS (5) | TNT | |
| Wed., 2/22/12 | 7 PM | BOS (12) at OKC (8) | ESPN | 8 PM | BOS (15) at OKC (14) | ESPN |
| 9:30 PM | LAL (13) at DAL (11) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | GS (6) at PHX (7) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 2/23/12 | 7 PM | NY (10) at MIA (11) | TNT | 8 PM | NY (14) at MIA (17) | TNT |
| 9:30 PM | LAL (14) at OKC (9) | TNT | 10:30 PM | SA (9) at DEN (11) | TNT | |
| Wed., 2/29/12 | 9 PM | CHI (10) at SA (2) | ESPN | 9 PM | POR (10) at DEN (12) | ESPN |
| Thu., 3/1/12 | 8 PM | OKC (10) at ORL (7) | TNT | 8 PM | OKC (15) at ORL (11) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | MIA (12) at POR (7) | TNT | 10:30 PM | MIA (18) at POR (11) | TNT | |
| Fri., 3/2/12 | 8 PM | GS (4) at PHI (1) | ESPN | 8 PM | OKC (16) at ATL (6) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | LAC (9) at PHX (3) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | LAC (11) at PHX (8) | ESPN | |
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Sun., 3/4/12
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1 PM | NY (11) at BOS (13) | ABC | 1 PM | NY (15) at BOS (16) | ABC |
| 3:30 PM | MIA (13) at LAL (15) | ABC | 3:30 PM | MIA (19) at LAL (17) | ABC | |
| 7 PM | CHI (11) at PHI (2) | ESPN | 8 PM | DEN (13) at SA (10) | ESPN | |
| 9:30 PM | DEN (5) at SA (3) | ESPN |
no game
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| Thu., 3/8/12 | 8 PM | ORL (8) at CHI (12) | TNT | 8 PM | LAL (18) at CHI (14) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (12) at PHX (4) | TNT | 10:30 PM | DAL (15) at PHX (9) | TNT | |
| Sun., 3/11/12 | 3:30 PM | BOS (14) at LAL (16) | ABC | 3:30 PM | BOS (17) at LAL (19) | ABC |
| Mon, 3/12/12 | 8 PM | NY (12) at CHI (13) | ESPN | 8 PM | NY (16) at CHI (15) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | BOS (15) at LAC (10) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | BOS (18) at PHX (10) | ESPN | |
| Wed., 3/14/12 | 8 PM | MIA (14) at CHI (14) | ESPN | 8 PM | MIA (20) at CHI (16) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | UTA (6) at PHX (5) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | BOS (19) at GS (7) | ESPN | |
| Fri., 3/16/12 | 7 PM | MIA (15) at PHI (3) | ESPN |
no game
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| 9:30 PM | SA (4) at OKC (11) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sun., 3/18/12 | 7 PM | ORL (9) at MIA (16) | ESPN |
no game
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| 9:30 PM | POR (8) at OKC (12) | ESPN |
no game
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| Mon., 3/19/12 | 8 PM | CHI (15) at ORL (10) | TNT | 8 PM | CHI (17) at ORL (12) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (13) at DEN (6) | TNT | 10:30 PM | DAL (16) at DEN (14) | TNT | |
| Wed., 3/21/12 | 7 PM | NY (13) at PHI (4) | ESPN | 7 PM | NY (17) at PHI (5) | ESPN |
| 9:30 PM | LAL (17) at DAL (14) | ESPN | 9:30 PM | LAL (20) at DAL (17) | ESPN | |
| Fri., 3/23/12 | 8 PM | BOS (16) at PHI (5) | ESPN |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | DEN (7) at UTA (7) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sun., 3/25/12 | 8 PM | MIA (17) at OKC (13) | ESPN | 8 PM | BOS (20) at SA (11) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | MEM (5) at LAL (18) | ESPN |
no game
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| Wed., 3/28/12 | 7 PM | ORL (11) at NY (14) | ESPN | 7 PM | CHI (18) at ATL (7) | ESPN |
| Thu., 3/29/12 | 8 PM | DAL (15) at MIA (18) | TNT | 8 PM | DAL (18) at MIA (21) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | OKC (14) at LAL (19) | TNT | 10:30 PM | OKC (17) at LAL (21) | TNT | |
| Fri., 3/30/12 | 8 PM | DAL (16) at ORL (12) | ESPN | 8 PM | DAL (19) at ORL (13) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | POR (9) at LAC (11) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | POR (12) at LAC (12) | ESPN | |
| Sun., 4/1/12 | 1 PM | CHI (16) at OKC (15) | ABC | 1 PM | CHI (19) at OKC (18) | ABC |
| 3:30 PM | MIA (19) at BOS (17) | ABC | 3:30 PM | MIA (22) at BOS (21) | ABC | |
| Wed., 4/4/12 | 8 PM | OKC (16) at MIA (20) | ESPN | 7 PM | SA (12) at BOS (22) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | LAL (20) at LAC (12) | ESPN | 9:30 PM | MEM (5) at DAL (20) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 4/5/12 | 7 PM | NY (15) at ORL (13) | TNT | 7 PM | NY (18) at ORL (14) | TNT |
| 9:30 PM | BOS (18) at CHI (17) | TNT | 9:30 PM | BOS (23) at CHI (20) | TNT | |
| Sat., 4/7/12 | 8 PM | ORL (14) at PHI (6) | ESPN |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | DEN (8) at GS (5) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sun., 4/8/12 | 1 PM | CHI (18) at NY (16) | ABC | 1 PM | CHI (21) at NY (19) | ABC |
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no game
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3:30 PM | LAL (22) at OKC (19) | ABC | |||
| Mon., 4/9/12 | 9 PM | PHX (6) at MIN (2) | ESPN2 |
no game
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| Tue., 4/10/12 | 7 PM | BOS (19) at MIA (21) | ESPN | 7 PM | ATL (8) at MIA (23) | ESPN |
| 9:30 PM | NY (17) at CHI (19) | ESPN | 9:30 PM | NY (20) at CHI (22) | ESPN | |
| Wed., 4/11/12 | 8 PM | ATL (5) at BOS (20) | ESPN | 8 PM | LAL (23) at SA (13) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | GS (6) at POR (10) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | GS (8) at POR (13) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 4/12/12 | 8 PM | MIA (22) at CHI (20) | TNT | 8 PM | MIA (24) at CHI (23) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (17) at GS (7) | TNT | 10:30 PM | DAL (21) at GS (9) | TNT | |
| Fri., 4/13/12 | 8 PM | MIL (1) at DET (1) | ESPN | 8 PM | MIL (1) at DET (1) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | DAL (18) at POR (11) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | DAL (22) at POR (14) | ESPN | |
| Sat., 4/14/12 | 9 PM | PHX (7) at SA (5) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sun., 4/15/12 | 1 PM | MIA (23) at NY (18) | ABC | 1 PM | MIA (25) at NY (21) | ABC |
| 3:30 PM | DAL (19) at LAL (21) | ABC | 3:30 PM | DAL (23) at LAL (24) | ABC | |
| Tue., 4/17/12 | 8 PM | BOS (21) at NY (19) | TNT | 8 PM | BOS (24) at NY (22) | TNT |
| 10:30 PM | SA (6) at LAL (22) | TNT | 10:30 PM | SA (14) at LAL (25) | TNT | |
| Wed., 4/18/12 | 8 PM | ORL (15) at BOS (22) | ESPN | 8 PM | TOR (1) at WAS (1) | ESPN |
| 10:30 PM | LAL (23) at GS (8) | ESPN | 10:30 PM | LAC (13) at GS (10) | ESPN | |
| Thu., 4/19/12 | 8 PM | CHI (21) at MIA (24) | TNT |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | LAC (13) at PHX (8) | TNT |
no game
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| Fri., 4/20/12 | 7 PM | BOS (23) at ATL (6) | ESPN |
no game
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| 9:30 PM | LAL (24) at SA (7) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sat., 4/21/12 | 5:30 PM | DEN (9) at PHX (9) | ESPN |
no game
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| 8 PM | DAL (20) at CHI (22) | ESPN |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | ORL (16) at UTA (8) | ESPN |
no game
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| Sun., 4/22/12 | 1 PM | NY (20) at ATL (7) | ESPN |
no game
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| 3:30 PM | OKC (17) at LAL (25) | ABC |
no game
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| Tue., 4/24/12 | 8 PM | MIA (25) at BOS (24) | TNT |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | NO (2) at GS (9) | TNT |
no game
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| Wed., 4/25/12 | 8 PM | LAC (14) at NY (21) | ESPN |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | SA (8) at PHX (10) | ESPN |
no game
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| Thu., 4/26/12 | 8 PM | NY (22) at CHA (1) | TNT |
no game
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| 10:30 PM | SA (9) at GS (10) | TNT |
no game
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