ABC will get to air NBA games again starting Aug. 2, but the network is getting an early jump on the league’s eagerly-awaited return with a live prime-time special airing a week earlier.
The two-hour event, called NBA Countdown Presented by Mountain Dew: NBA Restart, will air Saturday, July 25 on ABC at 8 p.m. ET, the network announced today.
Produced by ESPN, the special will be hosted by Maria Taylor and feature analysts Paul Pierce, Jalen Rose and Jay Williams, as well as ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski.
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