2016 NBA Finals to Tip Off Exclusively on ABC Today

The 2016 NBA FINALS - the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James - tip off today, June 2, at 9 p.m. ET exclusively on ABC. Weeknight NBA FINALS broadcasts will begin at 9 p.m. ET, while Sunday broadcasts will start at 8 p.m. Every game will be preceded by a 30-minute, on-site edition of the NBA COUNTDOWN pre-game show on ABC. The NBA FINALS will be available on ABC, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and via WatchESPN. (The full game and telecast schedule is in the table below). This is the 14th NBA FINALS on ABC, dating back to 2003.

NBA Finals broadcast team makes history

The team of Mike Breen, analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson and reporter Doris Burke will call their record seventh NBA FINALS as a full broadcast team - the most for an NBA FINALS quartet on TV. Additionally, Jeff Van Gundy will call his record 10th NBA Finals, the most ever for a Finals TV game analyst. Breen, who set the NBA FINALS record for a play-by-play voice in 2015, will call his 11th Finals this year. Former NBA official Steve Javie will also provide analysis from the NBA replay center in Secaucus, N.J. Tim Corrigan, ESPN senior coordinating producer, will produce the NBA FINALS on ABC.

2016 NBA Finals on ABC schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Telecast
Thu, June 2	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 1
Sun, June 5	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	7:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	8 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 2
Wed, June 8	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 3
Fri, June 10	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 4
Mon, June 13	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 5*
Thu, June 16	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 6*
Sun, June 19	6 p.m.	SportsCenter
	7:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	8 p.m.	NBA Finals Game 7*

*if necessary

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