The 2011-
2012 NBA season will tip-off on ABC & ESPN with a Christmas Day quadrupleheader on Sunday, December 25. The action will begin with two games on ABC — Miami vs. Dallas at 2:30 p.m. ET and Chicago vs. L.A. Lakers at 5 p.m. The ESPN schedule will include Orlando vs. Oklahoma City at 8 p.m. and L.A. Clippers vs. Golden State at 10:30 p.m.
Christmas Day Conference Call | ESPN & ABC NBA Pregame Show Moving to L.A.
ESPN’s lead NBA commentator team of play-by-play announcer Mike Breen and analyst Jeff Van Gundy plan to call two games on Christmas. After working the Miami at Dallas game, the duo will fly to the Bay Area to call former colleague Mark Jackson’s coaching debut with Golden State.
| Time (ET) | Game/Commentators | Networks |
| 12 p.m. | Boston at New York Marc Kestecher, Jim Spanarkel |
ESPN Radio |
| 2 p.m. | Kia NBA Countdown | ABC |
| 2:30 p.m. | Miami at Dallas Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, Lisa Salters |
ABC |
| Jim Durham, Will Purdue | ESPN Radio | |
| 5 p.m. | Chicago at L.A. Lakers Mike Tirico, Hubie Brown, Heather Cox |
ABC |
| 8 p.m. | Orlando at Oklahoma City Dave Pasch, Doris Burke |
ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV |
| 10:30 p.m. | L.A. Clippers at Golden State Breen, Van Gundy, Chris Mullin, Terry Gannon |
ESPN, ESPN3, ESPN Mobile TV |
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