The first, full, official Modern Warfare 3 trailer is set to air this Monday during the NBA finals.

Call of Duty fans, set your DVRs. Whether you are a fan of the Dallas Mavericks or the Oklahoma City Thunder or neither you will want to be tuned into ESPN Monday night. The premiere of the first full-fledged Modern Warfare 3 trailer with gameplay footage will be broadcast during Game 4 of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals.

An alert to the broadcast hit Facebook earlier this week on the Call of Duty MW3 page and earlier today, Infinity Ward’s creative strategist Robert Bowling http://twitter.com/#!/fourzerotwo) posted that “The 1st ever Modern Warfare 3 gameplay trailer hits this Monday, May 23rd. I’ll blast out a link to the HD version as soon as it airs. #MW3″

Video game news site Kotaku last week released a detailed and unofficial report on what is expected in the game. Its report that the game takes players to New York, Paris and London seems bolstered by Activision’s subsequent release of four teaser trailers based in America (with what looks like a New York skyline), France, England and Germany.

The Nov. 8 expected release date is also supported by GameStop’s Modern Warfare 3 pre-order page listing that date.