Dec
15

NBA Returns to theScore® with over 126 Hours of Exciting Basketball Coverage


Packed line-up includes full slate of NBA games including 24 episodes of Court Surfing™ with new hosts, The Basketball Jones

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TORONTO, December 15th, 2011 – Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today welcomes the return of the NBA. Beginning Tuesday, January 3rd at 8 p.m. ET, theScore will be the home for the NBA with a special inaugural edition of Court Surfing, as new hosts The Basketball Jones take viewers through the most exciting NBA games of the night and set them up for the main event at 10:30 p.m. ET as the Houston Rockets squad take on the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center.

“The condensed season gives our hardcore fans a packed NBA line-up over the next four months,” says Greg Sansone, Vice President, Broadcast Operations, Score Media Inc.  “With over 126 hours of NBA programming – including an all-new edition of Court Surfing featuring The Basketball Jones – we’re gearing up for what promises to be a stellar season on theScore.”

theScore’s NBA broadcast schedule includes:

DATE

LIVE EVENT

TIME (ET)

     

January

   

Tuesday, January 3rd

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, January 3rd

Houston @ L.A. Lakers

10:30PM

Wednesday, January 4th

Houston @ L.A. Clippers

10:30PM

Thursday, January 5th

Dallas @ San Antonio

8:30PM

Sunday, January 8th

Memphis @ L.A. Lakers

9:30PM

Tuesday, January 10th

Phoenix @ L.A. Lakers

10:30PM

Wednesday, January 11th

Court Surfing

9PM

Thursday, January 12th

Cleveland @ Phoenix

9PM

Tuesday, January 17th

Court Surfing

9PM

Saturday, January 21st

Court Surfing

8PM

Sunday, January 22nd

Indiana @ L.A. Lakers

9:30PM

Tuesday, January 24th

Cleveland @ Miami

7:30PM

Wednesday, January 25th

Court Surfing

7PM

Saturday, January 28th

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, January 31st

Charlotte @ L.A. Lakers

11PM

     

February

   

Saturday, February 4th

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, February 7th

Court Surfing

7:30PM

Saturday, February 11th

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, February 14th

Court Surfing

9PM

Wednesday, February 15th

Court Surfing

8:30PM

Sunday, February 19th

L.A. Lakers @ Phoenix

8PM

Tuesday, February 21st

Court Surfing

9PM

Tuesday, February 28th

Minnesota @ L.A. Clippers

10:30PM

     

March

   

Saturday, March 3rd

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, March 6th

Court Surfing

8PM

Wednesday, March 7th

New York @ San Antonio

8:30PM

Tuesday, March 13th

Court Surfing

8PM

Wednesday, March 14th

Court Surfing

9PM

Thursday, March 15th

Phoenix @ L.A. Clippers

10:30PM

Sunday, March 18th

Utah @ L.A. Lakers

9:30PM

Wednesday, March 21st

Court Surfing

9PM

Thursday March 22nd

Boston @ Milwaukee

8PM

Tuesday, March 27th

Court Surfing

7:30PM

Tuesday, March 27th

L.A. Lakers @ Golden State

10:30PM

Saturday, March 31st

Court Surfing

8PM

     

April

Sunday, April 1st

New Orleans @ Phoenix

9PM

Tuesday, April 3rd

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, April 3rd

New Jersey @ L.A. Lakers

10:30PM

Thursday, April 5th

New York @ Orlando

7PM

Saturday, April 7th

L.A. Lakers @ Phoenix

10PM

Tuesday, April 10th

Sacramento @ Dallas

8:30PM

Wednesday, April 11th

Court Surfing

8:30PM

Thursday, April 12th

Miami @ Chicago

8PM

Thursday, April 12th

Dallas @ Golden State

10:30PM

Saturday, April 14th

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, April 17th

Court Surfing

8PM

Tuesday, April 17th

San Antonio @ L.A. Lakers

10:30PM

Thursday, April 19th

Chicago @ Miami

8PM

Thursday, April 19th

L.A. Clippers @ Phoenix

10:30PM

Tuesday, April 24th

Miami @ Boston

8PM

Wednesday, April 25th

Court Surfing

8PM

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For more information, visit http://tv.thescore.com/programs/nba-basketball-live or contact:

Sharon Lassman

Director, Communications

Score Media Inc.

416-977-6787 x2217

slassman@scoremedia.com

About Score Media Inc.

Score Media is a media company committed to delivering interactive and authentic sports entertainment. Score Media’s primary asset, theScore Television Network (“theScore”), is a national specialty television service providing sports news, information, highlights and live event programming in more than 6.8 million homes across Canada. The Company’s digital media assets include theScore.com and the industry leading mobile sports applications ScoreMobile, ScoreMobile FC and SportsTap which reach over three million unique users per month. Growing from a team of 60 in 1997 to over 280 employees in 2011, Score Media is a revolutionizing interactive media company.

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