The National Basketball Association and Sirius satellite radio announced this week that Sirius would 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 of 100 music and entertainment streams. A complete schedule of NBA games is available at www.nba.com and www.sirius.com.