STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Lenny Kravitz will give “Sunday Night Basketball” the kind of opening that Carrie Underwood delivers to “Sunday Night Football.”

The four-time Grammy Award winner will star in the opening segment for NBC's Sunday night coverage of the NBA, the network announced Monday.

The show opening will debut on Feb. 1 before a doubleheader that begins with the Lakers visiting the New York Knicks. Defending champion Oklahoma City visits Denver in the late game.

Kravitz shot his opening in Philadelphia with Tripp Dixon, the NBC sports creative director who has worked with Underwood on the NFL opening that's been used for the last 13 seasons.

“The song is cool, the sound is great and the whole plan is going to come together brilliantly thanks to Tripp and his team and Lenny for

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