ESPN has added the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Milwaukee Bucks game on January 31st, 2024 to its national broadcast schedule. The game will mark the first return of All-Star guard Damian Lillard to Portland after being traded to the Bucks this off-season. The game replaces the Denver Nuggets versus Oklahoma City Thunder game originally slotted for that evening on the four-letter network.
Sports Media Watch tweeted the news on X:
Also in the NBA's announcement today, ESPN has (as expected) flexed Bucks-Blazers onto its schedule January 31, replacing Nuggets-Thunder.