HERE WE GO

With just a day left in the NBA regular season calendar, some playoff-bound teams are just going through the motions in their remaining games to avoid unnecessary injuries which may jeopardize their chances of going deep into the post-season play which starts on Sunday, April 18 (Manila Time). While those in the lower bracket are still pushing it hard to gain a better spot in the so-called “NBA second season”.

This year’s NBA playoffs are expected to garner the biggest TV coverage in league history. Here in the Philippines, there will be four TV carriers of NBA playoff games this year. Basketball TV (BTV) will air daily live games every morning with encore telecast in primetime. Solar TV will bring live games every Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. ESPN-Philippines will have NBA playoff games live on Wednesdays and Saturdays, while Starsports will have its regular Friday schedule. ESPN and Starsports will cover the NBA playoffs up to the conference finals and during the finals, BTV and Solar TV will have the exclusive coverage for Philippine TV.

Over in the United States, Turner Sports, now on its 26th year of NBA playoffs coverage, has announced its multi-platform plans for the 2010 NBA Playoffs across television, online, and mobile. Cable TV giant TNT and NBA TV will combine to air approximately 50 live playoff games, including TNT's exclusive coverage of the entire Western Conference Finals. 305 hours of original programming during the network’s 62 days of playoff coverage will be provided by NBA TV.

Set to stream one billion videos worldwide since the end of last season (a record for video views for the site), NBA.com will include companion coverage with mosaic live video streaming of three games in the first round, eight games in the second round, and the Western Conference Finals on TNT OverTime on NBA.com. NBA Mobile will offer NBA Game Time Playoff Edition featuring a playoff bracket and live play-by-play text.

So start piling up those ice cold beers and popcorns, then sit back and relax as the world’s greatest pro basketball competition comes to your living room live beginning this Sunday.