We just received another game on ESPN

P2 · Post #1 » by P2 » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:22 pm

April 9, @ Washington.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... _chan.html

The NBA announced that the Celtics' April 9th game at Washington will be broadcast on ESPN. It replaces the New Jersey at Cleveland matchup.

cisco · Post #2 » by **cisco** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:24 pm

I know the C's are the best team in the league, but I'm still surprised they bumped Lebron to show the Celtics. I love it! :lol:

BillessuR6 · Post #3 » by **BillessuR6** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:26 pm

I HATE nationally televised games. The internet streams are terrible. I love league pass! :wink:

Albanian Damien · Post #4 » by **Albanian Damien** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:05 pm

Dumb decision. I highly doubt the C's will take that game seriously. I fully expect the Celtics to coast the rest of the way.

TheCelticTruth · Post #5 » by **TheCelticTruth** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:28 pm

if arenas is back theyll be serious

Post #6 » by **UGA Hayes** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:56 pm

I wonder what the national ratings have been. Thats a pretty interesting thing to bump two teams playing for playoff implications and one happens to have LeBron, for us and a team thats probably not playing for much.

GuyClinch · Post #7 » by **GuyClinch** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:01 pm

I HATE nationally televised games. The internet streams are terrible. I love league pass!

heh. You would be singing a different tune if you had a HDTV setup. HDTV games are so much better SD league pass is nearly unwatchable.. This is great news.

Pete

GuyClinch · Post #8 » by **GuyClinch** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:03 pm

LeBron, for us and a team thats probably not playing for much.

Not playing for much? The Wizards are a serious playoff threat.. They are what 2 games behind the Cavs? I think the Wiz have a much tougher schedule but the Cavs (predictably) have been very mediocre since the much ballyhooed trade.

Pete

meatball sub · Post #9 » by **meatball sub** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:07 pm

Outside of Lebron the Cavs have always been mediocre.

P2 · Post #10 » by P2 » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:17 pm

Albanian Damien wrote:Dumb decision. I highly doubt the C's will take that game seriously. I fully expect the Celtics to coast the rest of the way.

I don't think we would want to lose to a team three times in a season and then face them in the East Semis.

BillessuR6 · Post #11 » by **BillessuR6** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:21 pm

GuyClinch wrote:
heh. You would be singing a different tune if you had a HDTV setup. HDTV games are so much better SD league pass is nearly unwatchable.. This is great news.

Pete

You are just spoiled! :wink:

League pass is my HDTV. And low bitrate Chinese streams are my equivalent to you league pass... :lol:

P2 · Post #12 » by P2 » Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:24 pm

thebirdman wrote:League pass is my HDTV. And low bitrate Chinese streams are my equivalent to you league pass...

greenbeans · Post #13 » by **greenbeans** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:13 pm

how many more national games are there left??

P2 · Post #14 » by P2 » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:05 pm

greenbeans wrote:how many more national games are there left??

Two. The other one is April 2 vs. Indiana.

greenbeans · Post #15 » by **greenbeans** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:05 pm

P2 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Two. The other one is April 2 vs. Indiana.

at home??

MyInsatiableOne · Post #16 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:02 pm

I still don't understand why the NBA doesn't have the flex schedule like the NFL. How many **** times have the Heat been on national TV this year compared to the C's? It seems like the damn Heat are on EVERY week!

For a recently transplanted New Englander who lives in the south now, the national games are the only way I can watch the C's, so it sucks!

GuyClinch · Post #17 » by **GuyClinch** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:02 pm

You could get league pass to watch games in the South. Also their are less legal ways to get "feeds" but those are pretty darn low quality.

Pete

GuyClinch · Post #18 » by **GuyClinch** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:05 pm

You are just spoiled!

Heh. I am glad someone has figured that out. People always write that I am "bitter" or "unhappy" and so on. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Anyway I'd love more national games. I actually don't mind the national commentary. Tommy is fine but I don't mind a different viewpoint..

Pete

Post #19 » by **UGA Hayes** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:49 pm

MyInsatiableOne wrote:I still don't understand why the NBA doesn't have the flex schedule like the NFL. How many **** times have the Heat been on national TV this year compared to the C's? It seems like the damn Heat are on EVERY week!

For a recently transplanted New Englander who lives in the south now, the national games are the only way I can watch the C's, so it sucks!

The problem is that Tnt really doesn't have an avenue to switch games leading to a lot of late season heat games. It seems to me like the NBA has switched many more games this year than they have in the past.
They should probably consider having 4 games on every thursday instead of 2-3 that they normally have to get more flexibility.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #20 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:06 pm

GuyClinch wrote:You could get league pass to watch games in the South. Also their are less legal ways to get "feeds" but those are pretty darn low quality.

Pete

I could, but I don't want to pay for it. I"m getting screwed as it is for "Basic" cable, so to pay more for league pass, when I don't watch that much TV to begin with, ain't worth it.