This spring TSN will broadcast the most NBA playoff games in its history. Coverage will include up to 30 games, following action in the first round, conference semis, conference finals, and capping the season with the NBA finals. The post season started April 23 with first round games. Conference semi-finals will start Wednesday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. Conference finals are scheduled to start Tuesday, May 24 at 9 p.m. The first game of the NBA final is set to begin on Thursday, June 9 at 9 p.m. Leading up to each game of the NBA finals beginning June 9, TSN will present an hour-long pre-game show at 8 p.m. The net will televise the playoffs in HD on TSNHD.
Meanwhile, hockey is imminent. With the IIHF World Hockey Championship in Austria TSN will air 17 games (the most ever for the network), from Vienna and Innsbruck starting Saturday, April 30 when Canada opens the tourney against Latvia. Semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday, May 14 starting at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The bronze medal game will go Sunday, May 15 at 10 p.m., and the gold medal game will be played Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.
