The return of the Sydney Kings to the iiNet National Basketball League Championship will be shown live in Australia on free-to-air TV next Friday night by the NBL’s new broadcast partner ONE HD.
The Kings make their highly-anticipated return to the NBL on Friday 15 October when they play the Melbourne Tigers at the State Netball Hockey Centre (AKA ‘The Cage’) and the game will be shown live on ONE HD from 8:00PM AEDST.
The clash is just one of 15 games to be telecast by ONE HD in the first six weeks of the 2010/11 iiNet NBL Championship, with the opening round clash between traditional rivals the Adelaide 36ers and the Perth Wildcats also set to be telecast on Sunday 17 October.
All nine NBL teams will be covered at least once in the opening six rounds, with reigning NBL Champions and winners of the 2010 Top End Challenge pre-season tournament, the Perth Wildcats, set to be seen five times.
Last season’s runners-up, the Wollongong Hawks, will also feature strongly early in the schedule with four games on Australian TV.
The complete ONE HD broadcast schedule for the first six rounds is below.
NBL Broadcast Schedule on ONE HD – Rounds 1 - 6
Date Home Team Away Team Telecast AEDST
Fri 15 Oct 2010 Melbourne V Sydney LIVE 2000
Sun 17 Oct 2010 Adelaide V Perth LIVE 1700
Wed 20 Oct 2010 New Zealand V Perth LIVE 1730
Fri 22 Oct 2010 Wollongong V Townsville LIVE 2000
Sun 24 Oct 2010 Melbourne V Perth 1905
Thurs 28 Oct 2010 New Zealand V Melbourne LIVE 1730
Fri 29 Oct 2010 Gold Coast V Cairns LIVE 2000
Sun 31 Oct 2010 Adelaide V Wollongong 1700 LIVE
Fri 05 Nov 2010 Townsville V Perth LIVE 2000
Sun 07 Nov 2010 Melbourne V Wollongong LIVE 1800
Fri 12 Nov 2010 Adelaide V New Zealand LIVE 2000
Sun 14 Nov 2010 Wollongong V Melbourne 1900
Fri 19 Nov 2010 New Zealand V Wollongong LIVE 1730
Fri 19 Nov 2010 Melbourne V Perth LIVE 2000
Sun 21 Nov 2010 Gold Coast V Melbourne LIVE 1800
