Ovie Soko joins Sky Sports as part of best-ever NBA offering
Team GB baller and Love Island star to appear as regular guest on new weekly NBA show
Tuesday 22 October 2019 12:09, UK
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Watch 134 live NBA games on Sky Sports in 2019-20
Ovie Soko has joined Sky Sports as part of the broadcaster's best-ever NBA offering, which will include 134 live games and a record 48 games in weekend primetime slots.
Image:Ovie Soko in action for Great Britain
Sky Sports will feature all 30 teams over 134 games. A record 48 of those will tip-off between 3pm and 11pm UK time on Saturdays and Sundays, giving British NBA fans even greater access to their teams than ever before.
Every key moment of the 2019-20 season will be shown on Sky Sports, starting with opening night, where the NBA Champion Toronto Raptors, featuring London-born OG Anunoby, begin the defense of their title against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Live NBA: New Orleans @ Toronto
Sky Sports will broadcast five back-to-back games on Christmas Day and three on Martin Luther King Jr Day (January 20), as well as The NBA Paris Game 2020 between the Charlotte Hornets and the Milwaukee Bucks in Paris on January 24 and all the action from All-Star 2020 in Chicago, the NBA playoffs and the Finals.
Sky Sports also announced a brand new weekly NBA show for the 2019-20 season. Sky Sports Heatcheck will be hosted by Jaydee Dyer, with British pro-player and TV personality Ovie Soko appearing as a regular guest alongside Mo Mooncey. The new 30-minute show will look at the biggest stories, names and talking points - on and off the court.
Sky Sports Heatcheck will be broadcast on Tuesday evenings, airing first on Sky Sports' YouTube channel before being shown later in the evening on Sky Sports' TV channels.
Ovie Soko said: "I'm delighted to be joining Sky Sports. I've lived and breathed basketball since I was a kid, and to be offered the opportunity to be part of the team delivering this sport to millions of fans was an opportunity I couldn't turn down. I can't wait for the NBA season to get underway and offering my thoughts across Sky Sports platforms. This NBA season will be one of the best yet!"
Sky Sports subscribers will also have access to a host of official NBA TV content, including 'The Warmup', a new show previewing the night's games each weekday, while GameTime and NBA Action continue to be available this season.
Sky Sports will also air new one-off specials - season previews, documentaries and more classic games from past seasons.
Sky Sports will broadcast fully-produced feeds from NBA TV for the primetime games, while Thursday's late fixtures will feature TNT pre-game and half-time analysis, meaning consumers will miss none of the action and in-depth breakdown.
What's more, viewers will also have access to TNT's 'Inside the NBA' post-game show with Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal.
Selected Wednesday and Friday fixtures will be broadcast by one of NBC's seven regional sports networks, including games featuring the Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers.
NBA 2019-20 on Sky Sports: Season highlights
134 live games, including 48 Primetime games
Multiple live games on Christmas Day and MLK Day
NBA Paris Game 2020
NBA All-Star 2020
NBA Playoffs including the NBA Finals
Free live stream game on SS.com and Youtube every Saturday
Inside the NBA post game show
NBA Action highlight show
NBA ‘The Warm Up’ preview show
NBA GameTime show
30 team previews and three special season prediction shows
2019-20 NBA schedule - games broadcast live on Sky Sports
October 2019
October 23 | New Orleans @ Toronto | 1am
October 23 | LA Lakers @ LA Clippers | 3:30am
October 24 | Boston @ Philadelphia | 12:30 am
Friday 25 | LA Clippers @ Golden State | 3:30am
Saturday October 26 | Utah @ LA Lakers | 3:30am
Saturday 26 | Miami @ Milwaukee | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, October 27 | Golden State @ Oklahoma City | 7:30pm NBA Sunday
Wednesday, October 30 | Milwaukee @ Boston | 11:30pm
Image:Kawhi Leonard in preseason action for the Clippers against the Nuggets
November 2019
Friday, November 1 | San Antonio @ LA Clippers | 2:30am
Friday, November 1 | Houston @ Brooklyn | 11pm
Saturday, November 2 | New Orleans @ Oklahoma City | 9pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, November 3 | Chicago @ Indiana | 9pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, November 7 | Golden State @ Houston | 12:30am
Friday November 8 | Portland @ LA Clippers | 3:30am
Saturday November 9 | Philadelphia @ Denver | 2am
Saturday, November 9 | Boston @ San Antonio | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday November 10 | Denver @ Minnesota | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, November 14 | Golden State @ LA Lakers | 3am
Friday, November 15 | Dallas @ New York | 1am
Saturday November 16 | Boston @ Golden State | 3:30am
Saturday, November 16 | Brooklyn @ Chicago | 11pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, November 17 | Boston @ Sacramento | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, November 21 | Golden State @ Dallas | 12:30am
Friday, November 22 | Portland @ Milwaukee | 1am
Saturday, November 23 | Houston @ LA Clippers | 3:30am
Saturday November 23 | Phoenix @ Minnesota | 10pm | NBA Saturday
Sunday November 24 | Dallas @ Houston | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday (free live stream)
Thursday, November 28 | LA Lakers @ New Orleans | 2:30am
Friday, November 29 | Boston @ Brooklyn | 5pm
Saturday, November 30 | Denver @ Sacramento | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Image:LeBron James dribbles upcourt against Golden State
December 2019
Sunday, December 1 | Dallas @ LA Lakers | 9pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, December 5 | LA Lakers @ Utah | 2am
Friday, December 6 | Houston @ Toronto | 12:30am
Saturday December 7 | Denver @ Boston | 1am
Saturday, December 7 | New Orleans @ Dallas | 7pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, December 8 | Denver @ Brooklyn | 8pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, December 12 | LA Clippers @ Toronto | 12am
Friday, December 13 | Philadelphia @ Boston | 1am
Saturday, December 14 | LA Lakers @ Miami | 1am
Saturday, December 14 | San Antonio @ Phoenix | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, December 15 | Orlando @ New Orleans | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, December 19 | Miami @ Philadelphia | 12:30am
Friday, December 20 | LA Lakers @ Milwaukee | 1am
Saturday, December 20 | Dallas @ Philadelphia | 1am
Saturday, December 21 | Utah @ Charlotte | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, December 22 | Dallas @ Toronto | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Wednesday, December 25 | Boston @ Toronto | 5pm
Wednesday, December 25 | Milwaukee @ Philadelphia | 7:30pm
Wednesday, December 25 | Houston @ Golden State | 10pm
Thursday, December 26 | LA Clippers @ LA Lakers | 1am
Thursday, December 26 | New Orleans @ Denver | 3:30am
Friday, December 27 | New York @ Brooklyn | 1am
Saturday, December 28 | Milwaukee @ Atlanta | 12:30am
Saturday, December 28 | Memphis @ Denver 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, December 29 | Oklahoma City @ Toronto | 11pm | NBA Sunday
Image:Stephen Curry watches one of his six three-pointers connect against the Timberwolves
January 2020
Wednesday, January 1 | Orlando @ Washington | 11pm
Friday, January 3 | Brooklyn @ Dallas | 1:30am
Saturday, January 4 | Philadelphia @ Houston | 1am
Saturday, January 4 | Memphis @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, January 5 | New York @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, January 9 | Denver @ Dallas | 12:30am
Friday, January 10 | Houston @ Oklahoma City | 2:30am
Saturday, January 11 | Golden State @ LA Clippers | 3:30am
Saturday, January 11 | Minnesota @ Houston | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, January 12 | Utah @ Washington | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, January 16 | Portland @ Houston | 2:30am
Friday, January 17 | Boston @ Milwaukee | 1am
Saturday, January 18 | Portland @ Dallas | 2:30am
Saturday, January 18 | LA Clippers @ New Orleans | 8:30pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, January 19 | Miami @ San Antonio | 8pm | NBA Sunday
Monday, January 20 | Philadelphia @ Brooklyn | 8pm | MLK Day
Tuesday, January 21 | LA Lakers @ Boston | 12:30am | MLK Day
Tuesday, January 21 | Golden State @ Portland | 3am | MLK Day
Thursday, January 23 | LA Lakers @ New York | 12:30am
Friday, January 24 | LA Lakers @ Brooklyn | 1am
Friday, January 24 | Milwaukee @ Charlotte | 8pm | Paris Game 2020
Saturday, January 25 | Dallas @ Utah | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, January 26 | Houston @ Denver | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, January 30 | Houston @ Portland | 3am
Friday, January 31 | Golden State @ Boston | 1am
Image:James Harden passes off in the lane against the Toronto Raptors
February 2020
Saturday February 1 | Denver @ Milwaukee | 2am
Saturday February 1 | Minnesota @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday February 2 | New Orleans @ Houston | 7pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday February 6 | Golden State @ Brooklyn | 12:30am
Friday February 7 | Philadelphia @ Milwaukee | 1am
Saturday February 8 | Toronto @ Indiana | 1am
Saturday February 8 | Milwaukee @ Orlando | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday February 9 | Boston @ Oklahoma City | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday February 13 | LA Lakers @ Denver | 3am
Friday February 14 | LA Clippers @ Boston | 1am
Friday February 21 | Brooklyn @ Philadelphia | 1am
Saturday February 22 | New Orleans @ Portland | 3:30am
Saturday February 22 | Sacramento @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday February 23 | Boston @ LA Lakers | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday February 27 | Boston @ Utah | 3am
Friday February 28 | LA Lakers @ Golden State | 3:30am
Saturday February 29 | Denver @ LA Clippers | 3:30am
Saturday February 29 | Chicago @ New York | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Image:Giannis Antetokounmpo powers to the rim to score against the Timberwolves
March 2020
Sunday, March 1 | Milwaukee @ Charlotte | Sunday 6pm
Sunday, March 1 | Philadelphia @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, March 5 | Indiana @ Milwaukee | 2:30am
Friday, March 5 | LA Clippers @ Houston | 1am
Saturday, March 6 | Milwaukee @ LA Lakers | 3:30am
Saturday, March 7 | Houston @ Charlotte | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, March 8 | LA Lakers @ LA Clippers | 7:30pm | NBA Sunday
Sunday, March 8 | Oklahoma City @ Boston | 11pm
Wednesday, March 11 | Detroit @ Philadelphia | 11:30pm
Friday, March 13 | Boston @ Milwaukee | 12am
Saturday, March 14 | Brooklyn @ LA Clippers | 2:30am
Saturday, March 14 | Phoenix @ Dallas | 7pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, March 15 | Houston @ Portland | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Sunday, March 15 | Oklahoma City @ Washington | 11pm
Wednesday, March 18 | Toronto @ Philadelphia | 11pm
Friday, March 20 | Sacramento @ Houston | 12am
Friday, March 20 | Golden State @ Detroit | 11pm
Saturday, March 21 | Boston @ Brooklyn | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, March 22 | LA Lakers @ Detroit | 10pm | NBA Sunday
Wednesday, March 25 | LA Clippers @ Brooklyn | 11pm
Thursday, March 26 | LA Lakers @ Cleveland | 11pm
Friday, March 27 | LA Clippers @ Detroit | 11pm
Saturday, March 28 | Cleveland @ Brooklyn | 10pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, March 29 | Milwaukee @ Dallas | 8pm | NBA Sunday
Image:Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons celebrate a scoring play in preseason
April 2020
Thursday, April 2 | Toronto @ Milwaukee | 2am
Friday, April 3 | Golden State @ Houston | 1am
Saturday, April 4 | Golden State @ San Antonio | 1:30am
Saturday, April 4 | Oklahoma City @ LA Clippers | 8:30pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, April 5 | Orlando @ Philadelphia | 6pm
Sunday, April 5 | Milwaukee @ Boston | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, April 9 | San Antonio @ Houston | 2:30am
Friday, April 10 | Golden State @ LA Lakers | 3:30am
Saturday, April 11 | Atlanta @ Toronto | 12:30am
Saturday, April 11 | Detroit @ Dallas | 8pm | NBA Saturday (free live stream)
Sunday, April 12 | Houston @ San Antonio | 8:30pm | NBA Sunday
Thursday, April 16 | New Orleans @ San Antonio | 12:30am
