NBA finals 2016

ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio offer exclusive, live Spanish-language coverage of the 2016 NBA Finals

The highly anticipated NBA finals – the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James – will tip off live, on ESPN Deportes television and radio, this Thursday, June 2 at 9 p.m. ET. Weeknight NBA Finalsbroadcasts will begin at 9 p.m. ET, while Sunday broadcasts start at 8 p.m. ET.

Program Highlights:

• The entire series will be live in Spanish-language, on ESPN Deportes TV and WatchESPN. Alvaro Martin and Carlos Morales will call the action while Claudia Trejos and Sebastian Martinez-Christensen report from the sidelines.

• All games will be preceded by a 30 minute NBA Previa pre-game show led by ESPN Deportes’ experts Ernesto Jerez and Fabricio Oberto, former Argentine center and 2007 NBA Champion.

• ESPN Deportes Radio will provide complete coverage of The Finals on weeknights starting at 8:30 p.m. ET. and on Sundays starting at 7:30 p.m. ET.

• ESPNDeportes.com will offer extensive news and information, including post-game analysis, highlights, podcasts, columns, features on each team, galleries, blog posts and social media content. The site will also feature a series of webisodes of ESPiaNdo la NBA, La Decisión del Coach and Players to Watch – a preview by Martinez-Christensen. There will also be a player by player analysis by Morales. Both Martinez-Christensen and Gonzalo Aguirregomezcorta will be on location for the site.

• Social media sports fans can follow Facebook and Twitter conversations and access short video clips using the hashtag #NBAxESPN. There will also be features on player/coaches, host cities, color notes, polls and photo galleries throughout the series.

2016 NBA Finals schedule (Eastern time):

Date	Time (ET)	Telecast	Platform(s)
Thurs, June 2	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	Game #1 Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Sun, June 5	7:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	8 p.m.	Game #2 Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Wed, June 8	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	Game #3 Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Fri, June 10	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	Game #4 Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Mon, June 13	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	Game 5* Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Thurs, June 16	8:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	9 p.m.	Game 6* Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio
Sun, June 19	7:30 p.m.	NBA Countdown
	8 p.m.	Game 7* Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors (LIVE)	ESPN Deportes TV, ESPN Deportes Radio

*if necessary

All Games will also be available on WatchESPN

For detailed, daily schedules across platforms visit ESPNDeportes.com.

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