Sunday’s Orlando Magic-Miami Heat game, the final one of the regular season for both teams, wasn’t necessarily that highly-anticipated. Heading into that game (an eventual 123-110 win for the Heat), Orlando was 34-47, 13th in the Eastern Conference, and well out of even the play-in picture. Meanwhile, Miami was 43-38 and in seventh, in a play-in spot, but unable to move up or down. But even with that said, many still wanted to watch. And many who tried to do so on Bally Sports Florida reported being unable to do that on TV, with that channel in their MVPD setup instead showing the 2015 French Open’s women’s tennis tournament, forcing them to log in to the Bally Sports website or app instead. Here are a few of the many tweets on that:
looks like we've got the 2015 French Open ? https://t.co/PivXa1vSbv
— Evan Dunlap (@BQRMagic) April 9, 2023
(all you've missed if you haven't found the game anywhere is Udonis Haslem putting up three threes, making one. The game has the intensity of a Summer League consolation game.)
— Evan Dunlap (@BQRMagic) April 9, 2023
32707 [Bally Sports Florida North (CFL)]@Roku Stick & Spectrum DVR@GetSpectrum
Not a Bally Sports+ subscriber
The game can be viewed with the Bally Sports app. It is not showing on regular Spectrum cable. It’s the 2015 French Open Final pic.twitter.com/Dgv5j9gsGA— Seth G. (@BlackLightning5) April 9, 2023
Can’t wait for Bally sports to never have the rights to show a NBA game ever again. Can’t even watch the game because of a OLD TENNIS MATCH BACK IN 2015! ?? https://t.co/Vg6dImnBO6
— Gabriel ? (@Gabriel16108) April 9, 2023
Why is it showing a 2015 tennis match on Bally sports for me?
— Nathan (@Fnj8_) April 9, 2023
@BallyMagic You’re showing a tennis match instead of the magic game….
— leeter (@leeter12799232) April 9, 2023
uhhh a tennis match from 2015 is playing on bally sports florida…
— erin ?? (@octobergloom) April 9, 2023
@BallyMagic this isn’t the magic???? Tf pic.twitter.com/nAPCjwrxT0
— scotti (@magicscotti) April 9, 2023
The Bally Sports Help account did its usual range of replies asking people to take the conversation to direct message rather than mentioning a specific channel-wide problem. So this may have only been an issue on particular cable or satellite providers, and maybe only for some people with those providers. But it’s certainly an odd thing to have happen, and an unfortunate one for those who were hoping to watch this game on the linear Bally Sports Florida channel.
[Photo from @BlackLightning5 on Twitter]
