ESPN Caribbean Presents the 2017-2018 NBA Season Beginning Wednesday, October 18, at 7 p.m. ET
- By Idea Ventures
- Published 13-Oct-17
- Sports
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ESPN Caribbean presents the 2017-2018 NBA telecast schedule including full coverage of more than 120 regular-season games, the Playoffs and NBA Finals. Games will take place every Wednesday and Friday, including doubleheaders when available, as well as a weekly Saturday game and occasional Sunday games throughout the season. Games will air on ESPN Caribbean, ESPN2 Caribbean and ESPN Play. ESPN Caribbean will also air 36 episodes of NBA Action weekly from October to June. Each half-hour show features unique content, league highlights of the prior week’s action and top-ranked teams, games and players.
SportsCenter will provide the most comprehensive news and information to Caribbean viewers throughout the 2017-2018 season. Fans can also follow all the action on www.espncaribbean.com, and ESPN Caribbean social platforms and via #NBAxESPN.
Key storylines:
. New Oklahoma City Thunder players Paul George and Carmelo Anthony
. Dwayne Wade reuniting with LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers
· Boston Celtics blockbuster acquisition of Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, the unknown Brooklyn Nets 2018 first-round pick and Miami Heat’s unknown 2020 second-round pick
Coverage begins with two doubleheaders: one on Wednesday, October 18 and the other on Friday, October 20. On October 18, the Washington Wizards host the Philadelphia 76ers and the number-one 2017 draft pick, Markelle Fultz, at 7 p.m. ET and at 9:30 p.m., the San Antonio Spurs host the Minnesota Timberwolves. On October 20, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks host LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers and at 9:30, the defending NBA Champions Golden State Warriors will travel to New Orleans to face the Pelicans and Anthony Davis.
This season’s NBA Four-Game Christmas Day Special, exclusively on ESPN, includes the hotly anticipated matches between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors at 3 p.m. ET and the Oklahoma City Thunder hosting James Harden and the Houston Rockets at 8 p.m. ET.
ESPN Caribbean will also air all four games slated for the NBA All–Star 2018 Weekend from the Staples Center in Los Angeles between February 16 and 18. The line-up includes the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, the NBA Rising Stars Challenge, the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night and the 67th NBA All-Star Game.
2017-18 NBA Regular Season on ESPN Caribbean, ESPN2 Caribbean and ESPN Play