RAPTORS LOOK TO CROWN THE KINGS IN THEIR SPORTSNET ONE DEBUT

Rogers Sportsnet will broadcast 35 regular-season Raptors games this season

TORONTO (October 28, 2010) - Toronto Raptors will make their Rogers Sportsnet ONE debut when they visit the Sacramento Kings in NBA action on Monday, November 1 at 10 p.m. (ET)/7 p.m. (PT).

Sportsnet ONE, a new 24-hour national sports channel, will broadcast 23 Raptor games while Rogers Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific channels will televise another 12 for a total of 35. All games will be broadcast in high definition.

NBA analyst Paul Jones will preview the match-up during the primetime edition of Sportsnet Connected at 9:30 p.m. (ET)/6:30 p.m. (PT).

Matt Devlin has the play-by-play call while former NBA player Leo Rautins handles the analysis.

Sportsnet’s Raptors schedule in November will feature the Toronto team eight times, with four games on ONE and four on the four regional channels. To see November Raptors schedule, please go to sportsnet.ca

For all the scores, highlights, breaking news and inside stories from the NBA tune in to Sportsnet Connected and log on to sportsnet.ca. “Your home team. First.”

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