I hear you. My primary mantra is that vigilance = safety. Avoiding doing dumb things (i.e. going to the ATM at 02h00) significantly increases your chances of being safe.
I live in Cape Town and have an office in Johannesburg. I've been all around Latin America and have never felt as unsafe as I do in Johannesburg. Of course, I lived in NYC for 13 years and never felt "unsafe" there, so my radar my be a little high...
I haven't been able to figure it out. Was checking on NBA.com and it says that Canal 7 is showing the game, but the Canal 7 website seems to have that information missing. Would really like to find a spot to watch both the dunk contest and the game.
I am actually living in South Africa and BA pretty much at the same time. PM is kind of isolated and boring, but it is insanely safe and easy to deal with. I spned most of my time in Palermo