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The NBA on Wednesday released its match schedule and broadcast schedules for TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN Radio for the second half of the 2020-21 regular season, which begins Wednesday, March 10 and ends Sunday. , May 16th.
The second half of the regular season will be followed by the 2021 NBA Playoffs (May 18-21) and 2021 NBA Playoffs, which end on Saturday, May 22. The Play-In Tournament will confirm the teams that fill the seventh and eighth playoff seeds in each conference. The teams with the seventh highest rank through the highest tenth percentages winning in each conference will be eligible for the Play-In Championship.
The match records across TNT and ESPN for the final week of the regular season (May 10-16) will be confirmed at a later date to bring the most powerful matchups to national audiences. leading into the NBA Play-In Championship and the NBA Playoffs. In the final week of the regular season, TNT will show double-heads on Tuesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 13, while ESPN will broadcast double-head television on Wednesday, May 12 and Friday, May 14. ESPN will also broadcast the game on Sunday, May 16 on the last day of the regular season.

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TNT will cancel its cover in the second half of the season on Thursday, March 11 with a double head as the Brooklyn Nets host the Boston Celtics (7:30 pm ET) and the Golden State Warriors visit on the LA Clippers (10pm ET). ESPN will begin broadcasting in its second half on Sunday, March 14 when the New Orleans Pelicans host the Clippers (9pm ET). On Monday, March 15, ESPN’s first double in the second half will feature the New York Knicks visiting the Nets (8pm ET) and the Lakers taking on the Warriors in San Francisco (10 : 30f ET).
ABC Sunday show and NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC both will continue in the second half of the season. In the first two telecasts of ABC of the Second Half, the Lakers will face the Clippers in Sunday show on April 4 (3:30 pm ET) and then visit the inbound Nets NBA Saturday Primetime on April 10 (8:30 pm ET).
On Wednesday, March 10, the first day of game action in the second half of the season, NBA TV will showcase the San Antonio Spurs visiting the Dallas Mavericks (8:30 pm ET). NBA TV coverage will continue on Friday, March 12 with a double head as the Memphis Grizzlies host Denver Nuggets (8pm ET) and the Indiana Pacers meet the Lakers in Los Angeles (10:30 pm ET).

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ESPN Radio will have its first game of the second half on Sunday, March 14 when the Pelicans host the Clippers at 9pm ET.
Other key events in the schedule for the second half of the 2020-21 season:
- TNT’s double-opener will open Thursday, April 8 with a repeat of the NBA Finals 2020 showcased by YouTube TV as the Miami Heat host the Lakers (7:30 pm ET), followed by the Phoenix Suns the Clippers (10pm ET).
- The Utah Jazz, who have a 25-6 lead in the league, will hit the Lakers NBA champion twice in a three – day race on ESPN: Saturday, April 17 (3:30 pm ET) and Monday, April 19 (10 pm ET) ). Utah will also host Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 24 on ESPN (10pm ET).
- The Philadelphia 76ers, who lead the Eastern Conference at 21-11, will meet the Bucks three times in the second half of the season: Wednesday, March 17 on ESPN (7pm ET); Thursday, April 22 on TNT (7pm ET); and Saturday, April 24 on ESPN (3:30 pm ET).
- ABC’s regular-season game broadcast ends Sunday, May 2 with a Sunday show matchup between the Nets and Bucks in Milwaukee (3:30 pm ET).
- NBA TV kicks off the final week of the regular season with a doubleheader Monday, May 10: Washington Wizards at Atlanta Hawks (7:30 pm ET) and Jazz at Warriors (10pm ET).
- Half will reach fans in 215 countries and regions in more than 50 languages.
The Play-In Tournament begins on Tuesday, May 18 and ends on Friday, May 21. The teams with the highest seventh percentile and the eighth highest percentile in each conference will have two chances to win one game to earn a playoff place. Teams with the ninth highest percentage and tenth highest level in each conference must win two consecutive games to earn a playoff spot.
At the end of the regular season, the team with the seventh highest winning percentage in each conference will host the team with the eighth highest winning percentage in their conference in Game Play. (the “Game of Seven Eight”). The winner of the Game of Seven Eight in each conference will be the seventh seed in the playoffs for his conference.
The team with the ninth highest winning percentage in each conference will host the team with the tenth highest winning percentage in their conference in the Play In Game (the “Nine- Ten ”). The loser of the Game of Seven Eight will host the winner of the Game of Nine-Ten in an In-Game Game, and the winner of that game will be the eighth seed in the playoffs for his conference.