After a NBA-imposed lockout that wiped out nearly the first two months of the 2011-12 NBA season, with the lockout over and the NBA season tipping off Christmas Day, ABC & ESPN will team up for a quadruple header.
According to a Press Release from ESPN, ABC will begin the day with a rematch from the 2011 NBA Finals with Miami traveling to Dallas, that game will begin at 1:30pm (CT), followed by the Bulls traveling to Los Angeles to face the Lakers.
The prime time doubleheader on ESPN will have Orlando traveling to Oklahoma City at 7pm (CT) followed by the Golden State Warriors hosting the LA Clippers at 9:30pm (CT).
The 2010-11 NBA season saw their national TV partners enjoy some of their highest NBA television ratings ever, will basketball fans be able to forget about the lockout and carry over the ratings momentum for the 2011-12 season? With the NFL putting up big TV ratings this year, sports fans were quick to forget about the NFL lockout, will the NBA enjoy the same success? Time will tell.
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