April 28, 2016 – The NBA has announced that Game 6 of the Charlotte Hornets-Miami Heat first-round playoff series on Friday, April 29, at Time Warner Cable Arena will tip off at 8 p.m. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN and locally on FOX Sports Southeast, and the radio broadcast will air on WFNZ-AM (610) and the Hornets Mobile App. The start time and broadcast information for Game 7, if necessary, will be announced at a later date.
Tickets for Game 6 are on sale now online at hornets.com or ticketmaster.com, on the Hornets Mobile App, via phone at 1-800-4NBA-TIX, or at the Time Warner Cable Arena Box Office.
All fans in attendance at Game 6 will have purple or teal “Enter the Swarm” T-shirts on their seats. In addition, 10,000 rally towels and “Enter the Swarm” headbands will be distributed. The national anthem will be sung by Keryl Silas and the Beale Street Flippers will perform at halftime.
FOX Sports Southeast’s coverage with play-by-play announcer Eric Collins, analyst Stephanie Ready and sideline reporter Michelle McMahon will begin with Hornets LIVE! at 7:30 p.m. Hornets LIVE! will deliver the latest team news both before and after the game telecast, anchored by Collins and Ready.
The game broadcast, along with Hornets LIVE!, will also be available on FOX Sports GO (FOXSportsGo.com), a free app that provides live streaming video of Hornets games through select programming distributors, as well as other FOX Sports programming.