ESPN and TNT are paying a ton for broadcasting rights for the NBA yet they permit home cities to broadcast the game with local announcers competing directly with the national broadcast. I prefer the national broadcast for the 76ers games. Our local broadcasters turn it into a yuck fest and complain about every foul call committed by the 76ers or not called against the opposition. The local broadcast is overproduced with too much talk. I'm trying to watch the game and it detracts from what's on the court. What I'm curious about is why don't ESPN and TNT have exclusive rights in the first two rounds. It has to cost them a ton of money in big markets like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Houston, ect. The viewers get siphoned off by those who want watch the local telecast. If a playoff game is on NBA TV it is blacked out locally. I believe any ABC televised playoff game does have exclusive broadcast rights. The regular season NBA broadcasting rules have changed too. ESPN games used to be blacked out locally in the home market. Now they are simulcast too. Not that I have looked but there has to be three separate camera crews at each game. Or maybe there is one and they all share the same feed. The one thing the national broadcasts do is feeds from inside the huddle. The local broadcasters do not. Another thing I'm not sure of is coaches interviews between quarters. Israel Gutierrez did the interviews for the Heat/Sixers. Because I always watch the national telecast I have no idea if Sixers sideline reporter gets to asks questions too. Same goes for Heat sideline reporter. Maybe they get different quarters.