each team plays 82 nba games.
each team plays 82 nba games.
how many nba games does each team play?
82
nba entered the cable territory in 1979 when usa network signed a three-year $1.5 million deal and extended for two years until the 1983-84 season, espn also had a brief affair with nba from 1982 to 1984. turner sports obtained rights to air nba games beginning with the 1984-85 season (replacing espn and usa network as national cable partners) under a four-year deal, in which tbs shared the nba television package along with cbs. in the summer of 1987, turner broadcasting system signed a new joint broadcast contract between tbs and tnt to split broadcast nba games starting from the 1988-89 season. tnt held rights to broadcast the nba draft, most nba regular season and playoff games, while tbs only aired single games or doubleheaders once a week. the 2001-02 season would mark the final year of regular nba coverage on tbs, turner sports signed a new nba television contract in which tnt would assume rights to the company's nba package while tbs would discontinue game coverage altogether. in recent years however, tbs has served as an overflow feed during the playoffs while also simulcasting the 2015, 2016, and 2017 nba all-star game. subsequently espn regained the nba in 2002-03 season and took over tbs's half of cable television rights.
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the nba on espn refers to the presentation of national basketball association (nba) games on the espn family of networks. the espn cable network first televised nba games from 1983 to 1984, and has been airing games currently since the 2002–03 nba season. espn2 began airing a limited schedule of nba games in 2002. espn on abc began televising nba games in 2006 (abc sports aired nba games under the title of the "nba on abc" from 2002 to 2006). on october 6, 2014, espn and the nba renewed their agreement through 2025.









































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