ESPN3 to Broadcast Live Coverage of Two FIBA Championships

August 30, 2011

stuff helvetica, pills sans-serif;”>ESPN3.com will have exclusive live coverage of two FIBA Championships culminating in 130 games in all.

cough helvetica, sans-serif;”>They will air games from the FIBA Americas Championship from Aug. 30-Sept. 11 in Argentina and the FIBA European Basketball (EuroBasket) Championship from Aug. 31-Sept. 19 in Lithuania.  Additionally, ESPN2 will air the semifinals (Sunday, Sept. 11, at 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. ET) and third place game (Sept. 11 at midnight; 9 p.m. PT) of the FIBA Americas and both gold medal games from the EuroBasket (Sunday, Sept. 19, at 12:30 a.m. ET) and Americas (Sept. 11, live at 8 p.m. ET).

ESPN.com will have full coverage on the NBA Index page complete with tournament previews, team capsules, scoreboard and box scores, post-game coverage and daily live chats.