The 17 time and defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics and Comcast SportsNet New England released their television schedule for the 2008-09 season. For all CSN/New England games it starts half hour prior to tip-off with the pre-game show, followed by the game action and a half hour post-game wrap up.
For the 28th season CSN/New England will once again have Mike Gorman calling the play-by-play and he will be joined for all Celtics home games by the legendary Tommy Heinsohn. For the Celtics road games former UConn standout and NBA player Donny Marshall will be along side Gorman providing the analysis. Greg Dickerson will provide sideline reports for all Celtics games, home and away. In all CSN/New England will carry 78 Celtics games, 38 at the TD BankNorth Garden and 40 on the road. All games will be available in HD.
Gary Tanguay will once again be the studio host for the pre and post game shows and he will be joined by Marshall for home games and Heinsohn for road games.
Heinsohn who is entering his 28th season broadcasting Celtics basketball after a successful career as a Celtics player and coach has decided because of family health issues to not travel for the away games.
