Magic Playoff Sked: No TV Love For Dwight Howard and Crew by

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Linkage - April 17
Published 4/17/2008 by sdp04 at The AltRaps Blog
... The Magic-Raptors playoff schedule was released late Wednesday night, way past Sentinel deadlines. What might strike you is how unsexy the TV execs view the Magic and Dwight Howard, putting them on NBA TV twice in the first four games and then at least once if Game 5 is necessary. Games 1 and 4 are on TNT, a nationally recognized network, and the middle two are on NBA TV, the league’s version of the NFL’s NFL Network.   - Orlando Sentinel Toronto comes to town and what happens in the following days will determine if the past seven months were a success. Here’s the simplest of ...

Orlando Magic/Toronto Raptors Playoff Schedule
Published 4/17/2008 by Ben Q Rock <info@thirdquartercollapse.com> at Third Quarter Collapse: Front Page Posts
... Yeah, I know, it sucks that games 2 and 3 are on NBA TV, which not everyone has. After a season of Magic fans having to put up with FSN's crap, the last thing we should have to deal with is not being able to see our team IN THE PLAYOFFS. But as Brian Schmitz notes, Sun Sports may choose to televise those games locally. ...