BEIJING - As many as 87 basketball games of the upcoming NBA season will be made available to the Chinese public via the Internet, state media said.

NBA is co-operating with Chinese Internet companies nusport.cn and sohu.com to bring the games to China's millions of basketball fans, Xinhua news agency said, citing NBA (China) Vice President Mark Fischer.

"With the development of the Internet technology and the co-operation with the Chinese Internet media, NBA hopes to get more basketball programs closer to the fans," Fischer was quoted as saying.

The program includes one live show on each Monday and Friday and a replay on Wednesdays, Fischer said according to Xinhua.