Chicago Bulls: October 19 in Miami
Cleveland Cavaliers: October 19, in Toronto
Dallas Mavericks: October 19 at Phoenix
Denver Nuggets: Oct. 19, at Utah
Detroit Pistons: October 19, Orlando
Golden State Warriors: October 18, Los Angeles Lakers (NBA Opening Night)
Houston Rockets: October 19 at Atlanta
Indiana Pacers: October 19, Washington
Los Angeles Clippers: October 20, at the Los Angeles Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers: October 18, at Golden State
Memphis Grizzlies: October 19, New York
Miami Heat: October 19, Chicago
Milwaukee Bucks: October 20 in Philadelphia
Minnesota Timberwolves: Oct. 19, Oklahoma City
New Orleans Pelicans: October 19 in Brooklyn
New York Knicks: October 19, at Memphis
Oklahoma City Thunder: October 19 at Minnesota
Orlando Magic: October 19 in Detroit
Philadelphia 76ers: October 18, at Boston
Phoenix Suns: October 19, Dallas
Portland Trail Blazers: October 19 in Sacramento
Sacramento Kings: October 19, Portland
San Antonio Spurs: October 19, Charlotte
Toronto Raptors: Oct. 19, Cleveland
Utah Jazz: October 19, Denver
Washington Wizards: Oct. 19 at Indiana
The NBA will have all 30 teams playing Nov. 7, before no teams play Nov. 8 due to Election Day. And the 15 games on November 7 all have a different start time, staggered to start 15 minutes apart.
The list (all Eastern times):
Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Houston at Orlando, 7:15 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Indiana, 7:45 p.m.
Phoenix at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 8:15 p.m.
Portland at Miami, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 8:45 p.m.
Boston at Memphis, 9 p.m.
New York at Minnesota, 9:15 p.m.
Denver at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Dallas, 9:45 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 10 p.m.
LA Lakers at Utah, 10:15 p.m.
Cleveland at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
For the 15th consecutive year, the league will play five games on Christmas Day.
The list (all Eastern times):
Philadelphia to New York, noon
LA Lakers at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Golden State, 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAYTIME
As tradition dictates, there’s a full slate of games during the holiday celebrating the life of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with the Jan. 16 schedule highlighted by home games in Atlanta. (the city where he was born) and Memphis (the city where he died).
The list (all Eastern times):
Boston at Charlotte, 1 p.m.
Indiana at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Cleveland, 3 p.m.
Toronto at New York, 3 p.m.
Golden State at Washington, 3 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
Utah at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Houston at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Golden State outscored Boston in six games in the NBA Finals last season. The schedule for their one-on-one meetings this season (all times Eastern):
Boston at Golden State, Dec. 10, 8:30 p.m.
Golden State at Boston, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Also new this season: NBA Rivals Week.
The league presents them as “classic and budding rivalries” to be played between January 24 and 28. There are playoff rematches, long-standing rivalries renewed, a showdown of two of the game’s best centers in Denver Nikola Jokic and Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid, and even a brother-vs.-brother brand match – Lonzo Ball and LaMelo Ball clash.
January 24: Boston at Miami, LA Clippers at LA Lakers.
January 25: Brooklyn to Philadelphia, Memphis to Golden State.
January 26: Chicago at Charlotte, Dallas at Phoenix.
January 27: Memphis at Minnesota, Toronto at Golden State.
January 28: Denver at Philadelphia, New York at Brooklyn, LA Lakers at Boston.
The NBA will play five games outside of typical league arenas this season. The list (all Eastern times):
December 17: Miami vs. San Antonio at Mexico City, 4 p.m.
Jan. 13: Golden State vs. San Antonio, at Alamodome in San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
January 19: Chicago vs Detroit, in Paris, 9 p.m.
April 6: Portland vs. San Antonio at Austin, Texas, 8 p.m.
April 8: Minnesota vs. San Antonio at Austin, Texas, 4 p.m.
In addition to November 8 for Election Day, the NBA has no games scheduled for the following dates:
Feb. 17-22: All-Star Break (All-Star Weekend runs Feb. 17-19 in Salt Lake City)
April 3: NCAA Division I Men’s National Championship Game
All 30 teams will play on April 9, the last day of the regular season, with game times at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. EST.
The play-in tournament begins on April 11 and the playoffs begin on April 15.
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