NBA TV to Televise Expansive WNBA Live Game Coverage Beginning July 28

Network's Season-Long Live Game Coverage from Florida to Feature No. 1 Draft Selection Sabrina Ionescu & Other Top Draft Picks in Action

NBA TV will provide expansive WNBA regular season coverage with live game action tipping off with a marquee doubleheader featuring two-time WNBA MVP Candace Parker and the Los Angeles Sparks vs. three-time WNBA All-Star Allie Quigley and the Chicago Sky, Tuesday, July 28, at 9 p.m. ET from Bradenton, Fla. 



That night's first game will showcase 2019 WNBA Finals MVP Emma Meesseman and the defending WNBA champion Washington Mystics as they visit two-time All-Star Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun at 7 p.m. NBA TV will continue its live WNBA game coverage Wednesday, July 29, with six-time All-Star Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury taking on 2019 All-Rookie Team member Teaira McCowan and the Indiana Fever at 7 p.m. 

  

Additional schedule highlights include:

- Appearances by several of the league's highest-drafted rookies:

 

No. 1 Sabrina Ionescu and the New York Liberty vs. No. 4 Chennedy Carter and the Atlanta Dream, Friday, July 31, at 7 p.m.

 

Nos. 2 & 5 Satou Sabally & Bella Alarie when the Dallas Wings host the Sun, Thursday, Aug. 6, at 8 p.m.



- McCowan and the Fever taking on Griner, Diana Taurasi, Skylar Diggins-Smith and the Mercury, Wednesday, July 29, at 7 p.m.

 

 - A high-profile doubleheader on Saturday, Aug. 1, highlighted by the Mystics vs. Sky at 6 p.m., along with the four-time WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx vs. Sun at 4 p.m. 

 

NBA TV will televise additional WNBA games throughout this year's modified regular season, with other matchups to be announced in the coming weeks.

 

WNBA on NBA TV Initial Schedule

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