U.S. Basketball Team Exhibition Games to Air on Facebook

 NBA TV’s coverage of the USA Basketball National Team exhibition games will air live on Facebook, the league said Thursday.

Nine NBA TV telecasts of USA men’s and women’s games will be simulcast on USA Basketball and NBA Facebook pages beginning July 22 with the USA Men’s National Team/Argentina game.

The deal marks the second big social media announcement for the league following its Twitter deal earlier this week that will deliver a free live stream of new weekly NBA pregame show.

Facebook Simulcast Schedule of NBA TV’s USA Basketball Exhibition Game Telecasts

Fri., July 22, at 9 p.m. ET                USA Men’s National Team vs. Argentina

Sun., July 24, at 8 p.m. ET               USA Men’s National Team vs. China

Mon., July 25, at 10 p.m. ET             USA Women’s National Team vs. USA Basketball Select Team

Tue., July 26, at 10 p.m. ET              USA Men’s National Team vs. China

Wed., July 27, at 7:30 p.m. ET           USA Women’s National Team vs. France

Fri., July 29, at 7 p.m. ET                  USA Women’s National Team vs. Canada

Fri., July 29, at 9 p.m. ET                  USA Men’s National Team vs. Venezuela

Sun., July 31, at 4 p.m. ET                USA Women’s National Team vs. Australia

Mon., Aug. 1, at 8 p.m. ET                 USA Men’s National Team vs. Nigeria

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