The total schedule for the 2023-24 NBA common season was launched on Thursday afternoon. Or, nearly the complete schedule. As a result of in-season event, solely 80 of 82 video games have been set for every workforce. The remaining two video games will likely be decided by how they fare within the new occasion and introduced in December.
Every thing else, although, is locked in. We’ve the schedule for opening night time, Christmas Day and the in-season event, in addition to key dates all through the season. The motion will start on Oct. 24 and conclude on April 14, with the All-Star break set for Feb. 16-18. As for the in-season event, it can run from Nov. 3-Dec. 9.
Extra early notes on the schedule:
Opening night time
- The champs will get their rings earlier than a rematch of the 2023 Western Convention finals, through which Denver swept the Lakers and left James and Anthony Davis agreeing that the Nuggets have been probably the best team they had played in opposition to of their 4 years collectively.
- In addition to being Chris Paul’s first assembly with Phoenix because it traded him to Golden State, the Suns-Warriors sport will likely be Durant’s first at Chase Heart with followers in attendance. The sector opened after Durant left Golden State, and he has been injured for all of his visits since, apart from a sport on Feb. 13, 2021, through which no tickets have been bought due to pandemic restrictions.
Christmas Day
- This would be the first time since 2008 that the Lakers and Celtics face off on Christmas. This can even be the Warriors’ eleventh consecutive 12 months taking part in on Christmas and James’ seventeenth consecutive 12 months taking part in on Christmas. Final 12 months, James grew to become the primary participant in NBA historical past to look in 17 complete Christmas video games.
- Milwaukee at New York, 12 p.m. ET — ESPN
- Golden State at Denver, 2:30 p.m. ET — ABC
- Boston at Los Angeles, 5 p.m. ET — ABC
- Philadelphia at Miami, 8 p.m. ET — ESPN
- Dallas at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET — ESPN
In-season event
- The first in-season event will start on Nov. 3 with the primary of seven event nights. The group stage will proceed on Nov. 10, Nov. 14, Nov. 17, Nov. 21, Nov. 24, and Nov. 28 (i.e. each Tuesday and Friday that month, excluding Nov. 7, which is Election Day.)
- The schedule consists of Mavs-Nuggets, Lakers-Suns, Warmth-Knicks, Bucks-Warmth, Warriors-Kings and extra.
- Six group winners and two wild playing cards will advance to the knockout stage — the quarterfinals will likely be performed on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5, with the upper seed having home-court benefit, and the 4 winners will advance to Las Vegas, the place the semifinals will likely be performed on Dec. 7 and the championship sport will likely be performed on Dec. 9.
