NBA TV schedule 2012-13

NBA TV schedule 2012-13 begins Oct. 30 on TNT as the Boston Celtics visit the Miami Heat. Full NBA national TV schedule for ESPN, ABC, TNT and NBA TV.

The NBA regular season tips off Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8pm ET on TNT as the Miami Heat’s title defense begins against the Boston Celtics, who lost to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals back in June. TNT has coverage of the Heat’s championship ring presentation ceremony prior to the game. The second game of the doubleheader has the Dallas Mavericks at the L.A. Lakers, who added Steve Nash and Dwight Howard over the summer.

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Then on Thursday, Nov. 1, the Nets make their regular-season debut in Brooklyn as they take on the New York Knicks at the brand new Barclays Center at 7pm ET on TNT. [Update: game postponed] The Nets have a new look — literally, with a new logo and uniforms — and Deron Williams and Joe Johnson hope for a return to the postseason. The second game of the TNT doubleheader is a rematch of the 2012 Western Conference Finals as the Oklahoma City Thunder visit the San Antonio Spurs.

ESPN‘s NBA schedule starts Friday, Nov. 2, at 8pm ET as Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis take their talents to South Beach to join LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in the hope of building a Heat dynasty. They’ll head to hostile territory  to take on Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Then it’s the battle of Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center tenants as Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the Clippers “visit” Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and the reloaded Lakers.

NBA TV schedule 2012-13

All times Eastern. Schedule subject to change. Not all games may be available in all areas. Games on ESPN and ABC are subject to flexible scheduling. Additional NBA TV Fan Night Tuesday games to be announced.

OCTOBER

Tuesday, Oct. 30
Boston at Miami, 8pm (TNT)
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, Oct. 31
San Antonio at New Orleans, 8pm (NBA TV)
L.A. Lakers at Portland, 10:30pm (NBA TV)

NOVEMBER

Thursday, Nov. 1
New York at Brooklyn, 7pm (TNT) (Postponed)
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 9:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Nov. 2
Miami at New York, 8pm (ESPN)
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Nov. 3
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Nov. 4
Minnesota at Toronto, 6pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Nov. 5
Minnesota at Brooklyn, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8pm (ESPN)
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Nov. 8
Oklahoma City at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Nov. 9
Utah at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Nov. 10
Dallas at Charlotte, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Nov. 12
Utah at Toronto, 7pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8pm (ESPN)
Miami at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Nov. 15
Boston at Brooklyn, 8pm (TNT)
Miami at Denver, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Nov. 16
Utah at Philadelphia, 7pm (ESPN)
New York at Memphis, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Sunday, Nov. 18
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Nov. 19
Orlando at Atlanta, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Nov. 21
L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7:30pm (ESPN)
Friday, Nov. 23
Oklahoma City at Boston, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Saturday, Nov. 24
Utah at Sacramento, 10pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Nov. 26
Cleveland at Memphis, 8pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Nov. 28
Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Thursday, Nov. 29
San Antonio at Miami, 8pm (TNT)
Denver at Golden State, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Nov. 30
Washington at New York, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Denver at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)

DECEMBER

Saturday, Dec. 1
Brooklyn at Miami, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Dec. 2
Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 9:30pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Dec. 3
Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Dec. 5
Chicago at Cleveland, 8pm (ESPN)
Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 6
New York at Miami, 8pm (TNT)
Dallas at Phoenix, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Dec. 7
Boston at Philadelphia, 7pm (ESPN)
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 8
New Orleans at Miami, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Sacramento at Portland, 10pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Dec. 9
Denver at New York, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Dec. 10
Detroit at Philadelphia, 7pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, Dec. 11
New York at Brooklyn, 7pm (ESPN)
L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 12
Dallas at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
San Antonio at Utah, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 13
L.A. Lakers at New York, 8pm (TNT)
San Antonio at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Dec. 14
Golden State at Orlando, 8pm (ESPN)
Memphis at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 15
Memphis at Utah, 9pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Dec. 17
Houston at New York, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Dec. 19
Brooklyn at New York, 7pm (ESPN)
Milwaukee at Memphis, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 20
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 7pm (TNT)
Miami at Dallas, 9:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Dec. 21
Chicago at New York, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, Dec. 25
Boston at Brooklyn, 12pm (ESPN)
New York at L.A. Lakers, 3pm (ABC)
Oklahoma City at Miami, 5:30pm (ABC)
Houston at Chicago, 8pm (ESPN)
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 26
New York at Phoenix, 9pm (NBA TV)
Thursday, Dec. 27
Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8pm (TNT)
Boston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Dec. 28
Denver at Dallas, 8:30pm (NBA TV)
Saturday, Dec. 29
New Orleans at Charlotte, 7pm (NBA TV)
Boston at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)

JANUARY

Wednesday, Jan. 2
Dallas at Miami, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Friday, Jan. 4
Indiana at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 9
L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 8pm (ESPN)
Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 10
New York at Indiana, 8pm (TNT)
Miami at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Jan. 11
Chicago at New York, 8pm (ESPN)
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 13
Oklahoma City at Portland, 9pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Jan. 14
Atlanta at Chicago, 8pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Jan. 16
New Orleans at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
Miami at Golden State, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 17
New York at Detroit, TBA (NBA TV)
L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8pm (TNT)
Miami at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Jan. 18
Chicago at Boston, 7pm (ESPN)
Oklahoma City at Dallas, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 19
Memphis at Chicago, 8pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Jan. 21
Indiana at Memphis, 1pm (ESPN)
Brooklyn at New York, 3:30pm (NBA TV)
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7pm (TNT)
L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 9:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, Jan. 23
Denver at Houston, 8pm (NBA TV)
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Thursday, Jan. 24
New York at Boston, 8pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Jan. 25
San Antonio at Dallas, 8pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 26
Chicago at Washington, 7pm (NBA TV)
Indiana at Utah, 9:30pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Jan. 27
Miami at Boston, 1pm (ABC)
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 3:30pm (ABC)
Atlanta at New York, 6:30pm (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 28
Orlando at Brooklyn, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Jan. 30
Miami at Brooklyn, 8pm (ESPN)
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 31
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8pm (TNT)
Dallas at Golden State, 10:30pm (TNT)

FEBRUARY

Friday, Feb. 1
Miami at Indiana, 7pm (ESPN)
L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Feb. 2
New Orleans at Minnesota, 8pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Feb. 3
L.A. Clippers at Boston, 1pm (NBA TV)
Monday, Feb. 4
Sacramento at Utah, 9pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Feb. 6
San Antonio at Minnesota, 9pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Feb. 7
L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8pm (TNT)
Chicago at Denver, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Feb. 8
L.A. Clippers at Miami, 8pm (ESPN)
Chicago at Utah, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Feb. 9
Denver at Cleveland, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Feb. 10
L.A. Clippers at New York, 1pm (ABC)
L.A. Lakers at Miami, 3:30pm (ABC)
San Antonio at Brooklyn, 8pm (ESPN)
Monday, Feb. 11
San Antonio at Chicago, 8pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Feb. 13
Chicago at Boston, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Houston at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Thursday, Feb. 14
Miami at Oklahoma City, 8pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Sunday, Feb. 17
2013 NBA All-Star Game from Houston (TNT)
Wednesday, Feb. 20
Miami at Atlanta, 8pm (ESPN)
Boston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Feb. 21
Miami at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, Feb. 22
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8pm (ESPN)
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, Feb. 23
Cleveland at Orlando, 7pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, Feb. 24
L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 1pm (ABC)
Philadelphia at New York, 7pm (ESPN)
Chicago at Oklahoma City, 9:30pm (ESPN)
Monday, Feb. 25
Boston at Utah, 9pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, Feb. 27
Detroit at Washington, 8pm (ESPN)
Denver at Portland, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, Feb. 28
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)

MARCH

Friday, March 1
Dallas at Brooklyn, 8pm (ESPN)
Oklahoma City at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, March 2
Golden State at Philadelphia, 7pm (NBA TV)
Minnesota at Portland, 10pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, March 3
Miami at New York, 1pm (ABC)
Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 3:30pm (ABC)
Chicago at Indiana, 8pm (ESPN)
Monday, March 4
Miami at Minnesota, 8pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, March 5
Boston at Philadelphia, 7pm (TNT)
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, March 6
Chicago at San Antonio, 9pm (ESPN)
Thursday, March 7
Oklahoma City at New York, 8pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, March 8
Philadelphia at Miami, 8pm (ESPN)
Houston at Golden State, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, March 9
Milwaukee at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, March 10
Boston at Oklahoma City, 1pm (ABC)
Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 3:30pm (ABC)
Dallas at Minnesota, 7pm (NBA TV)
Monday, March 11
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, March 13
Utah at Oklahoma City, 8pm (ESPN)
New York at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, March 14
Dallas at San Antonio, 8pm (TNT)
New York at Portland, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, March 15
Minnesota at Houston, 8pm (NBA TV)
Chicago at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Saturday, March 16
Indiana at Philadelphia, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Memphis at Utah, 10pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, March 17
New York at L.A. Clippers, 3:30pm (ABC)
Monday, March 18
Miami at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
New York at Utah, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Wednesday, March 20
Brooklyn at Dallas, 8pm (ESPN)
Monday, March 25
Atlanta at Indiana, 7pm (NBA TV)
L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, March 26
New York at Boston, 7pm (TNT)
L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 9:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, March 27
Miami at Chicago, 8pm (ESPN)
Brooklyn at Portland, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Saturday, March 30
Indiana at Phoenix, 10pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, March 31
Miami at San Antonio, 7pm (NBA TV)

APRIL

Monday, April 1
San Antonio at Memphis, 8pm (NBA TV)
Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, April 2
New York at Miami, 8pm (TNT)
Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, April 3
New York at Atlanta, 7pm (ESPN)
Memphis at Portland, 10pm (NBA TV)
Thursday, April 4
Chicago at Brooklyn, 7pm (TNT)
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 9:30pm (TNT)
Friday, April 5
Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8pm (ESPN)
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Sunday, April 7
New York at Oklahoma City, 1pm (ABC)
L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 3:30pm (ABC)
Dallas at Portland, 9pm (NBA TV)
Wednesday, April 10
Brooklyn at Boston, 8pm (ESPN)
San Antonio at Denver, 10:30pm (ESPN)
Thursday, April 11
New York at Chicago, 8pm (TNT)
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 10:30pm (TNT)
Friday, April 12
Boston at Miami, 7:30pm (NBA TV)
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10pm (NBA TV)
Saturday, April 13
L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8pm (NBA TV)
Sunday, April 14
Chicago at Miami, 1pm (ABC)
Dallas at New Orleans, 6pm (NBA TV)
San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 9:30pm (NBA TV)
Monday, April 15
Memphis at Dallas, 8pm (NBA TV)
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30pm (NBA TV)
Tuesday, April 16
Indiana at Boston, 8pm (TNT)
Portland at L.A. Clippers, 10:30pm (TNT)
Wednesday, April 17
Utah at Memphis, 8pm (ESPN)
Golden State at Portland, 10:30pm (ESPN)

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