The National Basketball Association and SIRIUS announced that SIRIUS will carry live audio broadcasts of NBA regular season games, playoffs and NBA Finals, as part of its standard programming package.

Beginning in mid-February, basketball fans can hear up to 40 NBA games each week as part of SIRIUS' standard programming package consisting of 100 music and entertainment streams. A complete schedule of NBA games is available on NBA.com and www.SIRIUS.com. These games will be included in SIRIUS $12.95 a month subscription fee.

In addition to the play-by-play coverage, SIRIUS will implement media and marketing initiatives with various NBA properties.