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NBA Free Agency: Tracy McGrady, Detroit Pistons Try To Reclaim Spotlight

August 12th, 2010

When it was announced that Tracy McGrady would be joining the Detroit Pistons on a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum salary, it brought to a close a long and winding odyssey that saw McGrady, a two-time NBA scoring champion and seven-time All-Star, holding private workouts for teams around the league, most notably the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls.

It also confirmed what seems to be another trend of this most remarkable summer in NBA history.

No, not bona fide All-Stars switching jerseys and shifting the balance of power in the NBA, though that in itself is enough of a storyline to carry basketball through until the season tips off.

Rather, T-Mac's arrival in Detroit is yet another example of an NBA superstar, a stalwart of the first Post-Jordan generation, struggling to find a willing suitor now that he is undoubtedly past his prime. 

This rather exclusive club includes, among others, Shaquille O'Neal, who just this week made official his stewardship of the elderly Boston Celtics; and Allen Iverson, who has become something of an anathema to NBA franchises over the past year or so.

Though great players changing uniforms late in their careers is nothing new (Gary Payton and Karl Malone in 2003, Michael Jordan at the end of his playing days, etc.), rarely have former league MVPs and first-team All-NBA performers struggled so mightily to find even the smallest niches to fill, both in terms of salary and playing style.

Shaq was fortunate to find one on a championship contender.  Considering the difficulties AI has faced in his search for a new home, perhaps T-Mac should consider himself among the lucky ones, even though his fortune is limited to a minimum contract on a team with its status as a perennial Eastern Conference powerhouse a distant sight in the proverbial rearview mirror.

And while the Big Shamrock's new digs may net him some more jewelry, McGrady's latest circumstances are, arguably, far more intriguing, as they smack of desperation as much as poetic justice.

As much for T-Mac as for the Detroit Pistons.

The irony of this move, which has received relatively little media attention when considering the parties involved, runs so deep that it could take the duration of McGrady's stay in Motown to unfold all of the layers.

To start, let's rewind the clock back 10 years, to August of 2000, when, as a budding young star, McGrady left the Toronto Raptors—a team he'd led to its first-ever playoff appearance alongside his cousin Vince Carter—for Orlando, in a sign-and-trade deal following a period of free agent courtship that saw the Chicago Bulls, among others, make unsuccessful bids for the native Floridian's services. 

With the Magic, McGrady was expected to play sidekick to Grant Hill, who had come over via free agency from (you guessed it!) the Detroit Pistons.  The Magic anticipated that their new duo would lead the franchise back to the place of prominence it once held before Shaquille O'Neal bolted for Los Angeles.

As the story goes, things didn't turn out quite as Orlando had hoped.  The ankle injury that Hill sustained in his last playoff series with the Pistons never seemed to heal properly while he was with the Magic, as he played in a mere 47 games during his first four seasons in Florida, including a 2002-2003 campaign that he was forced to sit out entirely.

Meanwhile, following that very season, McGrady led his eighth-seeded Magic squad in a thrilling first round playoff series, which saw Orlando take a 3-1 series lead against (here we go again) Detroit, only to watch it slip away as the Pistons shut down T-Mac and claimed victory in seven games.

The next year, McGrady and the Pistons each enjoyed their finest years, respectively.  While T-Mac once again laid claim to the NBA scoring title, a statistical achievement bolstered by his career-best 62-point performance against the Washington Wizards, the Pistons won the 2004 league title by defeating their old Western Conference rival, the Lakers, in what was deemed a "five-game sweep" in the NBA Finals.

Following these noteworthy campaigns, each endured some turmoil as they approached the downward slope of the mountain of success that had been scaled. T-Mac struggled to fit in with the Yao Ming-led Houston Rockets after being traded, along with Juwan Howard, in a deal that sent Steve Francis and Cuttino Mobley to Orlando. 

The Pistons finished the season with 54 victories and made it back to the Finals, where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs in seven games, though not before taking part in one of the ugliest moments in NBA history, an end-of-game brawl between players and fans often referred to as the "Malice at the Palace."

The years that followed saw T-Mac and the Pistons each attempting to reclaim their former glory with mixed results, though McGrady saw his fortunes take a turn for the worst far sooner than did Detroit's.

While Chauncey Billups and Co. extended their streak of consecutive Conference Finals appearances to six, by 2008 McGrady had earned a new nickname thanks to his recurring back problems and myriad other injuries that plagued him as a result–Half-Man, Half-A-Season.

It wasn't until the last two years that McGrady and Detroit synchronized their simultaneous swan-dive into insignificance.

As T-Mac's knees began to crumble, Pistons GM Joe Dumars, in his infinite wisdom (see Darko Milicic, 2003 NBA Draft), shipped Chauncey Billups, the engine behind the Motor City's six years of postseason success, to Denver in exchange for a–shell-of-his-former-self Allen Iverson in a move that Dumars claimed was done in the spirit of rebuilding.

This was shortly after his decision to replace the venerable Flip Saunders with the untested Michael Curry in one of the more puzzling coaching changes in recent memory.

Of course, it didn't take long for Dumars to try to rectify his own mistakes, choosing first to replace Curry, after one year, with former Cavaliers assistant John Kuester.

He then stumbled over himself to offer bloated deals to Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva—signings that precluded the Pistons from participating wholeheartedly in this summer's Free Agent Olympics and and left the franchise instead with two of the NBA's most notable contractual albatrosses.

That's not to say that T-Mac did any better for himself.  After electing to prematurely end his 2008-2009 season by having his knees operated on without notifying the Rockets, McGrady became embroiled in a much-publicized dispute with coach Rick Adelman and the Houston front office, which resulted in T-Mac landing with the Knicks in a three-team deal this past February. 

Though McGrady displayed flashes of his former self early on in New York, his efforts did not garner much national attention over the final two months of the regular season.

And so, after a month that saw the Pistons lay more-or-less dormant while T-Mac zigzagged the country in search of suitors, their paths have finally converged.  The circle of irony is closed at last.

The oft-injured, past-his-prime, former superstar has finally arrived in Detroit, with muted applause, to play for a team in the midst of a rebuilding period that has proved to be perhaps as painful as that which McGrady's body has undergone over the same span. 

A team that was certainly not McGrady's first choice—that, in fact, is the historic and geographic rival of the team he so desperately wanted to play for, the up-and-coming Chicago Bulls.

That's not to say that the two parties won't prosper together.  Who knows?  Maybe T-Mac will return with a vengeance, leading the Pistons back to the postseason now that his body is sound and his competitive fire has been stoked by his many doubters around the league.

While the likelihood of such a renaissance is difficult to predict, it's certainly a story of unusual, if currently unappreciated, intrigue, if not for its own sake—as the revival of an iconic franchise led by one of the most prolific scorers of the 2000s—then for the sake of the bigger picture of the 2010-2011 NBA season, of which it will be a part.

Strange to think, 10 years after T-Mac's first foray into free agency, that Shaq would be playing for the Celtics, Grant Hill would be healthy and playing in all of his team's games, Vince Carter would be part of a championship-caliber duo in Orlando, that Allen Iverson would effectively be shunned by the league he once towered over.

That Tracy McGrady would be attempting to, at once, lift himself and the Detroit Pistons out of the quagmire of basketball irrelevance.

The NBA—Where WTF?! Happens.

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Los Angeles Still Best In West: 2010 Western Conference Power Rankings

August 12th, 2010

NBA Primetime’s Brandon Ribak breaks down the 2010 NBA Power Rankings into two parts. This article focuses on the top eight teams that will make the playoffs out of the Western Conference.

For a look at the top eight teams that will make the playoffs out of the Eastern Conference, please click here.

Western Conference Power Rankings

1. Los Angeles Lakers - Regular Season Record 57-25, .695 PCT

The back-to-back champions signed defender Matt Barnes this offseason, in addition to their new starting point-guard Steve Blake. Blake is a solid overall player that will fill in well at the one-spot for LA. With the East emerging as the new West, expect the Lakers to win well over 50 games and fulfill the one seed yet again.

2. Oklahoma City Thunder - Regular Season Record 51-31, .622 PCT

The Thunder have surely come a long way from their inaugural 23-win season back in 2008-09. With Kevin Durant rising as the league's most dominant scorer, Oklahoma City has become one of the biggest threats in the NBA. And with teammates such as Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, and James Harden surrounding KD, you can expect big things from this young and upcoming squad this season.

3. Dallas Mavericks - Regular Season Record 50-32, .610 PCT

The Mavs head into the upcoming season looking indestructible, that is, on paper. The Mavs acquired Tyson Chandler from the Bobcats, amping their roster to a league best four seven-footers. The Mavericks definitely have the talent to bring home a title; the only question is whether or not they have the championship mentality to actually win one. 

4. Denver Nuggets - Regular Season Record 48-34, .585 PCT

With head coach George Karl back in action, the Nuggets core still intact, and the signing of Al Harrington this offseason, Denver will have an opportunity to once again pull off an upset during the postseason. If the team's big men can remain healthy for the playoffs, this is one team not to be reckoned with.

5. Portland Trail Blazers - Regular Season Record 48-34, .585 PCT

Portland fired General Manager Kevin Pritchard and signed Wesley Matthews this offseason. With Greg Oden reportedly on track to return for the start of the 2010-11 season and the rest of the roster healthy, the Blazers certainly have the ability to make a strong push for a top seed in the West. After a disappointing season last year, Portland can really start to turn things around during the upcoming season.

6. Utah Jazz - Regular Season Record 47-35, .573 PCT

While Utah lost one of their core pieces in Carlos Boozer, they definitely made up for it when they acquired Al Jefferson from the Minnesota Timberwolves this offseason. With Paul Millsap and Al Jefferson teaming up in the frontcourt and Mehmet Okur coming off the bench, the Jazz, led by point-guard Deron Williams, have a great chance to dominate in the West (especially with Raja Bell defending every team's best player).

7. San Antonio Spurs - Regular Season Record 45-37, .550 PCT

The Spurs re-signed Richard Jefferson and signed Tiago Splitter this offseason. Splitter is a superb talent who has great potential to excel in the NBA, but the Spurs' biggest focus is on Mr. Duncan. How much gas is left in this guy's tank? Last season, Duncan posted career lows in MPG, PPG, and RPG. It hurts to say that, at the age of 34, Mr. Nice Guy could be on the verge of a major decline, putting the Spurs in big trouble.

8. Houston Rockets - Regular Season Record 43-39, .525. PCT

The Rockets have a good chance to make the playoffs this season as long as Yao is on the court. With last season's Most Improved Player Aaron Brooks leading the way for Houston and the support of Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, and Brad Miller, the squad should be back on track to contending for a playoff seed this year.

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2010-2011 NBA Schedule: The Complete List of Regular Season Games

August 11th, 2010

The NBA released its 2010-2011 schedule on Tuesday. Below is the day-by-day schedule of every regular-season game.

Tuesday, October 26
Miami at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET (TNT)    
Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Houston at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET (TNT)    

Wednesday, October 27
Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Chicago at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Atlanta at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Portland at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Thursday, October 28
Washington at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)    
Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET (TNT)    

Friday, October 29
Sacramento at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Detroit, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Miami, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Milwaukee at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Saturday, October 30
Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Indiana, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, October 31
Miami at New Jersey, 1 p.m. ET
Dallas at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, November 1
Portland at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, November 2
Atlanta at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, November 3
Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Toronto at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
Memphis at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, November 4
New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, November 5
Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, November 6
Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Dallas, 9 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Toronto at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, November 7
Philadelphia at New York, 12 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Atlanta, 5 p.m. ET
Golden State at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Houston, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, November 8
Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, November 9
Denver at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Minnesota at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, November 10
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Thursday, November 11
Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Boston at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, November 12
Utah at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Portland at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, November 13
Orlando at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Boston at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, November 14
Minnesota at Atlanta, 2 p.m. ET
Detroit at Sacramento, 6 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, November 15
Memphis at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Detroit at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, November 16
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Chicago at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
New York at Denver, 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, November 17
Phoenix at Miami, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. ET
New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Thursday, November 18
LA Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, November 19
Oklahoma City at Boston, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
New York at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, November 20
Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Atlanta, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
New York at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, November 21
Boston at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
Washington at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Sacramento, 6 p.m. ET
Golden State at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, November 22
Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, November 23
Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, November 24
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Miami at Orlando, 7:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Thursday, November 25
Washington at Atlanta, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, November 26
Cleveland at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Golden State at Memphis, 9:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Saturday, November 27
Atlanta at New York, 1 p.m. ET
Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, November 28
Atlanta at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
New York at Detroit, 1:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at New Orleans, 3 p.m. ET
Utah at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Houston, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Denver, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, November 29
Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, November 30
Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 1
Memphis at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Indiana at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
San Antonio at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 2
Miami at Cleveland, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, December 3
Portland at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
New York at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Indiana at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Sacramento at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, December 4
Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ET
Houston at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, December 5
Boston at New Jersey, 1 p.m. ET
New York at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
New Orleans at San Antonio, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Denver, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Phoenix, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Portland, 9 p.m. ET

Monday, December 6
Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Sacramento at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 7
New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Washington at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 8
Denver at Boston, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Miami at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Washington at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 9
Boston at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, December 10
Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Miami at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, December 11
Memphis at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, December 12
Denver at New York, 12 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Philadelphia, 12 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at New Jersey, 1 p.m. ET
Portland at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at LA Clippers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, December 13
New Orleans at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 14
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 15
LA Lakers at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at New York, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Portland at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 16
Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, December 17
Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at New York, 7 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Saturday, December 18
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, December 19
Indiana at Boston, 1 p.m. ET
Atlanta at New Jersey, 1 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
Houston at Sacramento, 6 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET

Monday, December 20
Orlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Houston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 21
Dallas at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 22
Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Houston at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 23
San Antonio at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Miami at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, December 24
No Games Scheduled

Saturday, December 25
Chicago at New York, 12 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Boston at Orlando, 2:30 p.m. ET (ABC)    
Miami at LA Lakers, 5 p.m. ET (ABC)    
Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Sunday, December 26
Phoenix at LA Clippers, 3 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Cleveland, 6 p.m. ET
Chicago at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
Atlanta at New Orleans, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at San Antonio, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m. ET

Monday, December 27
Orlando at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, December 28
Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Denver, 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, December 29
Golden State at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Memphis at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Utah at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, December 30
New York at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Friday, December 31
New Orleans at Boston, 3 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Chicago, 3 p.m. ET
Washington at Indiana, 3 p.m. ET
Golden State at Charlotte, 3 p.m. ET
Toronto at Houston, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 1
Cleveland at Chicago, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Dallas at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. ET
Memphis at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 2
Indiana at New York, 1 p.m. ET
Atlanta at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m. ET
Dallas at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Portland, 9 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. ET
Memphis at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, January 3
Golden State at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Detroit at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, January 4
Milwaukee at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Detroit at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, January 5
Toronto at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Denver at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 6
Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, January 7
San Antonio at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET
New York at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 8
Indiana at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 9
Sacramento at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
Golden State at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at San Antonio, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Phoenix, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Miami at Portland, 9 p.m. ET
New York at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, January 10
Memphis at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET

Tuesday, January 11
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
New York at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Cleveland at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, January 12
Dallas at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
New York at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Miami at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 13
Washington at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, January 14
Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at San Antonio, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 15
Houston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 16
LA Lakers at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Denver at San Antonio, 9 p.m. ET

Monday, January 17
Phoenix at New York, 1 p.m. ET
Utah at Washington, 1 p.m. ET
Chicago at Memphis, 1 p.m. ET (ESPN)
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 2 p.m. ET
Toronto at New Orleans, 3 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Houston, 3 p.m. ET
Dallas at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Atlanta, 4 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Golden State, 4 p.m. ET
Orlando at Boston, 8 p.m. ET (TNT)    
Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET (TNT)    

Tuesday, January 18
Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET

Wednesday, January 19
Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
New York at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Dallas, 9 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Indiana at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 20
Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, January 21
Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Washington, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
New York at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 22
Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
New York at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Golden State at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 23
Indiana at Denver, 8 p.m. ET

Monday, January 24
Cleveland at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, January 25
Denver at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Utah at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, January 26
Orlando at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Utah, 9:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, January 27
Miami at New York, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, January 28
New Jersey at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 29
Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Houston at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Charlotte at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, January 30
Miami at Oklahoma City, 1 p.m. ET
Boston at LA Lakers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Orlando, 6 p.m. ET
Denver at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. ET
Detroit at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Phoenix, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Golden State, 10 p.m. ET

Monday, January 31
Toronto at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET                 

Tuesday, February 1
Washington at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Boston at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Houston at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, February 2
Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Houston at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 3
Miami at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, February 4
Portland at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Utah at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, February 5
Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 6
LA Clippers at Miami, 12 p.m. ET
Indiana at New Jersey, 12 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at New York, 12 p.m. ET
Orlando at Boston, 2:30 p.m. ET

Monday, February 7
Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Chicago at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, February 8
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, February 9
Detroit at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 10
LA Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
Dallas at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, February 11
Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at New York, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, February 12
Charlotte at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
New York at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Washington, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 13
Miami at Boston, 1 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Orlando, 3:30 p.m. ET
Washington at Cleveland, 6 p.m. ET
Portland at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Toronto, 6 p.m. ET
Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Golden State, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m. ET

Monday, February 14
San Antonio at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, February 15
Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, February 16
Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. ET
Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 17
San Antonio at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, February 18
No Games Scheduled

Saturday, February 19
No Games Scheduled

Sunday, February 20
NBA All-Star Game, STAPLES Center

Monday, February 21
No Games Scheduled

Tuesday, February 22
Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, February 23
Houston at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, February 24
Miami at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Boston at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, February 25
Utah at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Washington at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, February 26
Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Boston at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, February 27
Phoenix at Indiana, 12 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Oklahoma City, 2:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 5 p.m. ET
Golden State at Minnesota, 5 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Orlando, 6 p.m. ET
Dallas at Toronto, 6 p.m. ET
Houston at New Orleans, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at San Antonio, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Portland, 10:30 p.m. ET

Monday, February 28
Phoenix at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Boston at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 1
Golden State at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 2
Chicago at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Portland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Houston at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 3
Orlando at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, March 4
Toronto at New Jersey, 3 p.m. ET
Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Miami at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 5
Toronto at New Jersey, 3 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Denver at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 6
Chicago at Miami, 1 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m. ET
New York at Atlanta, 6 p.m. ET
Washington at Detroit, 6 p.m. ET
Golden State at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Milwaukee, 9 p.m. ET

Monday, March 7
Portland at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 8
LA Lakers at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Houston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 9
Golden State at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Utah at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
New York at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 10
LA Lakers at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
New York at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, March 11
LA Clippers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Orlando at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 12
Memphis at Miami, 3:30 p.m. ET
Portland at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Sacramento at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Denver, 9 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 13
Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 1 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Toronto, 1 p.m. ET
Orlando at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Boston, 6 p.m. ET
Indiana at New York, 6 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET

Monday, March 14
Boston at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Golden State at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Orlando at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 15
New York at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 16
Denver at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Miami, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 17
Chicago at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Friday, March 18
Chicago at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Denver at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ET
New York at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
Minnesota at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 19
Cleveland at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Charlotte at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 20
New Jersey at Washington, 1 p.m. ET
Detroit at Atlanta, 2 p.m. ET
New York at Milwaukee, 3 p.m. ET
Phoenix at LA Clippers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m. ET
Utah at Houston, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, March 21
Orlando at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Denver, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 22
Chicago at Atlanta, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Phoenix at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 23
New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Memphis at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Miami at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Orlando at New York, 8 p.m. ET
Utah at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Denver, 10:30 p.m. ET
Washington at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 24
Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Friday, March 25
Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Toronto at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, March 26
New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Indiana at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Utah, 9 p.m. ET
Toronto at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, March 27
Sacramento at Philadelphia, 12 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Cleveland, 6 p.m. ET
Houston at Miami, 6 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Memphis, 6 p.m. ET
Boston at Minnesota, 7 p.m. ET
Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET
New Orleans at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET

Monday, March 28
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Washington at Utah, 9 p.m. ET

Tuesday, March 29
Miami at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Golden State at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Wednesday, March 30
Orlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Houston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Golden State at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
Dallas at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, March 31
Boston at San Antonio, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, April 1
Milwaukee at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Boston at Atlanta, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, April 2
Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Dallas at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Sunday, April 3
Phoenix at San Antonio, 1 p.m. ET
Denver at LA Lakers, 3:30 p.m. ET
Detroit at Boston, 6 p.m. ET
Miami at New Jersey, 6 p.m. ET
Cleveland at New York, 6 p.m. ET
Utah at Sacramento, 6 p.m. ET
Orlando at Toronto, 6 p.m. ET
Washington at Charlotte, 6 p.m. ET
Indiana at New Orleans, 7 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Houston, 7 p.m. ET
Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m. ET

Monday, April 4
No Games Scheduled

Tuesday, April 5
San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Cleveland, 7 p.m. ET
Minnesota at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Orlando, 7 p.m. ET
Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Philadelphia at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Golden State at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
Utah at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, April 6
Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Miami, 7 p.m. ET
New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Toronto, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at Charlotte, 7 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Denver at Dallas, 9:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET

Thursday, April 7
Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Utah, 10:30 p.m. ET

Friday, April 8
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
New York at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m. ET
Phoenix at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Portland, 10 p.m. ET

Saturday, April 9
Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
LA Clippers at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. ET
Utah at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Denver, 9 p.m. ET

Sunday, April 10
Chicago at Orlando, 1 p.m. ET
Boston at Miami, 3:30 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Toronto, 6 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Memphis, 6 p.m. ET
Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m. ET
New York at Indiana, 7 p.m. ET
Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sacramento at Golden State, 9 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at LA Lakers, 9:30 p.m. ET

Monday, April 11
Miami at Atlanta, 7 p.m. ET
Charlotte at New Jersey, 7 p.m. ET
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. ET
Boston at Washington, 7 p.m. ET
Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. ET
Utah at New Orleans, 8 p.m. ET
Toronto at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. ET
Dallas at Houston, 8:30 p.m. ET
Golden State at Denver, 9 p.m. ET
Minnesota at Phoenix, 10 p.m. ET
Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 10 p.m. ET

Tuesday, April 12
Chicago at New York, 8 p.m. ET
Memphis at Portland, 10 p.m. ET
San Antonio at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. ET

Wednesday, April 13
New York at Boston, 8 p.m. ET
New Jersey at Chicago, 8 p.m. ET
Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m. ET
New Orleans at Dallas, 8 p.m. ET
Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. ET
Indiana at Orlando, 8 p.m. ET
Detroit at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. ET
Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. ET
Denver at Utah, 8 p.m. ET
Miami at Toronto, 8 p.m. ET
Atlanta at Charlotte, 8 p.m. ET
Portland at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. ET
Memphis at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. ET
San Antonio at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. ET
LA Lakers at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. ET

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Breaking It Down: A Full Analysis of The Miami Heat’s 2010-’11 Schedule.

August 11th, 2010

With the free agency period nearly over and every player signed, the void between this star struck offseason and the beginning of NBA preseason has been filled with the full release of the NBA schedule. The Miami Heat's might be the most anticipated of them all due to all the talk of the team possibly breaking the single-season record for wins in a season.

While it is a considerable stretch that Miami Thrice could break 72 wins in their first season together, it is an interesting debate to see if they could actually eclipse the mark set by some of the greatest players of all time. After a look at the schedule though, there is a possibility that they might not lose a game until late November when they travel three hours to Orlando.

The first three games of the schedule are a bit rough with the season opener in Boston, followed by a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on the road, and then ended with the home opener against the Orlando Magic. Then the Heat get to rest up for about two weeks before they get real competition again.

Two days after the Magic game is a road game against the New Jersey Nets, which is followed by easier competition in a home against against the Timberwolves, and then an away game in New Orleans. Following that, the Heat get a six-game homestand against less than stellar competition besides the Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz. The Suns, Nets, Raptors, and Bobcats all take a stop at the American Airlines Arena before the Heat ship off to Memphis.

To be honest, the Heat got it a little easy with the first 20 games of the season with no test in the schedule aside from the first two games. Not until December do the Heat get a road trip which even then isn't that impressive with the Bucks, Jazz, Kings, and Warriors in five nights. It gets considerably difficult in January when they face a five game onslaught on the road against Milwaukee, Portland, the L.A. Clippers, Denver, and Chicago.

There remains two four-game road trips left on the schedule with each of them against less than quality opponents. If you assumed that based on the first week of the schedule that the Heat would get a difficult year, you'd be completely wrong. The Heat only have one difficult road trip and it's not until mid-January. With only four somewhat challenging opponents in November, Miami has the chance to enter the month of December with less than five losses if this Heat team forms their chemistry early.

Miami gets another six-game homestand in March against quality opponents in Chicago, Portland, the L.A. Lakers, Memphis, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City. Even at home these games are a test. The Heat play six of their final nine games on the road with the last two on the road against Atlanta and Toronto to end the season.

Marquee Match-up's

Since the opening week and holiday schedule's have already been announced prior to the full release of the season, we will only discuss the marquee match-up's aside from what we already know.

November 24-at Orlando

This is the Miami Heat's first road test in November and it comes at the end of the month. Following a few easy games, it'll be a test to see how the Heat react when they have to face a quality opponent again in a hostile environment even if it is three hours away. Games against the Orlando Magic throughout the season will also be interesting to watch to see how well the Heat play Dwight Howard.

Joel Anthony can play Howard well on the defensive end, but it'll only be so long before he gets into foul trouble. Erik Spoelstra will most likely have to send the majority of his centers to defend Howard and give up some fouls in the process. Considering this could be a preview of the Eastern Conference championship, early preparation will be needed.

December 17-at New York

This is the first match-up of the season between the Heat and Knicks and it could result in a rivalry renewed. The 1990's featured constant battles between the two teams, but with the Heat moving in one direction and the Knicks moving in another, the rivalry died due to the Knicks suffering inside and out as a franchise.

After some quality pick-up's in Amare Stoudemire and Raymond Felton however, the Knicks could give the Heat a run for their money if they impress early in the season. If the Knicks assume that their strategy of trying to outscore the other team is going to win them the game, they'll have another thing coming. It'll take more than offense to beat a team like the Heat this time around.

January 7-15, at Milwaukee, at Portland, at L.A. Clippers, at Denver, and at Chicago.

The second road trip of the season for the Heat, but probably the hardest week of the season for Miami as well. Four of these teams are coming off of playoff berths with all five of them significantly improving over the offseason. Jeff Van Gundy reported a few days ago that the Heat might not lose two games in a row this season, but if it was to happen, it would happen here.

Not only are the teams difficult, but the road alone is unbelievable. They start out in Wisconsin before heading out to Oregon two days later. They get a three-day rest before heading out to California and then Colorado for a back-to-back before the trip finally ends in Illinois two days later.

A week away from home will be a sight to behold to see how much endurance and ambition this Heat team has against quality opponents on the road and in a short amount of time.

January 30-at Oklahoma City

Unfortunately for NBA fans, the schedulers decided that the Heat's first match-up against the Oklahoma City Thunder will occur in the year 2011. The Thunder have established themselves as the newest threat in the West and the Heat would be the perfect team to play against.

The Thunder and Heat, even before LeBron and their new roster, are arguably the most exciting teams in the NBA and no fan should miss out on a game like this with the score probably reaching into the 110's and onslaught of Top 10 worthy plays for ESPN.

March 10-vs Los Angeles Lakers

The second of a two game series between the powerhouse's of the East and West coast with the last game being in Miami. Even before the new roster, Dwyane Wade and the Heat have always given the Los Angeles Lakers a ride. Every Heat fan remembers Kobe Bryant's "luckiest shot of his career" and every Laker fan remembers the overtime loss in the second game of the series last year.

With the Celtics deteriorating, the Heat and Lakers could form the next big rivalry in the NBA over the next few years until Kobe Bryant's retirement. Not only that, but this could be the last time these two teams play until a potential match-up in late May for the NBA Finals.

March 29-at Cleveland

The teams first play on December 2nd, but you could argue that this game could feature more bad blood than the first match-up between the two. Because the Cavs have significantly deteriorated as a team, this could be the game that features a potential sweep by the Heat in the fourth game of the series.

There is no doubt that it will be a sellout once again, but the crowd at the Quicken Loans Arena could be more riled up than ever if LeBron and Co. think they can go to Cleveland and sweep his former team. They might need more security than the game in early December and this time, they may need to use it.

I was quite surprised with the Heat's schedule due to how easy they made it aside from the week-long road trip. The month of November features three difficult games with a six-game homestand to allow the Heat to get the ball rolling and form the right chemistry against inferior opponents. This might open the door for the Heat to truly persue the 72-win record that analysts have been saying could be broken next season.

Two months still remain between now and the first preseason game, but there will be plenty of breaking down of every team's schedule. The Heat's schedule is one worth noting though because of just how realistic 72 wins can be for the Triofive.

 

 

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2010-11 NBA Schedule: Cleveland Cavaliers Announce Full Slate

August 11th, 2010

After an ever-so-small portion of opening week highlights and Christmas/MLK Jr. Day games were announced last Tuesday, the NBA released the full 82-game schedule for each team earlier this afternoon.

As announced last week, the Cavs will open the season at home on Wednesday, Oct. 27 against the Boston Celtics for the third consecutive season. Also as expected, the Cavs will face Toronto, Sacramento, and Atlanta in their first four games.

Fans will get their first looks at the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in this year's draft early—Cleveland travels to face Evan Turner and Philadelphia on Nov. 5 and then takes on John Wall and the Wizards in Washington on Nov. 6.

Games against Miami will be played on Dec. 2 (home), Dec. 15 (away), Jan. 31 (away), and Mar. 29 (home). The Cavs will get their cracks against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Jan. 11 (away) and Feb. 16 (home).

The Cavs will have eight road trips of three games or more while having just four homestands of three-plus games. The longest road trip, as usual, is in January, with a five-game Western conference journey to Golden State, Phoenix, L.A. (Lakers), Utah, and Denver. They also have a four-game trip in December that will take them to Houston, Oklahoma City, Miami, and Indiana.

The most pivotal stretch of the season might come in February, as the Cavs will have eight straight games in the Q and not have to leave Cleveland for over four weeks. They host Detroit, L.A. (Clippers), Washington, L.A. (Lakers), Houston, New York, Philadelphia, and San Antonio.

Several of those games are winnable, and if the Cavs are fighting for a playoff spot they'll have to defend home court.

The Cavs also have a five-game stretch at the Q from March 21-29, hosting Orlando, New Jersey, Detroit, Atlanta, and Miami. Nineteen of the team's final 30 games will be at home.

Only two of the Cavs' final nine opponents (Chicago and Milwaukee) made the playoffs in 2009-10. Last year, Miami used a weak schedule down the stretch to catapult into the fifth seed. Similarly, the Cavs could use a competitive stretch in April to make one final playoff push should they be in the running for one of the final spots.

There will be 22 back-to-back nights this year—six will be of the home-road variety, eight are road-home affairs, and eight more are road-road contests. The toughest back-to-back is undoubtedly at the end of January, when the Cavs play at Orlando on the 30th and at Miami on the 31st.

As of now, the Cavs are only scheduled to play on national TV three times: the first game against Miami on Dec. 2 (TNT), at Phoenix on Jan. 9 (NBATV), and vs. New Orleans on Mar. 6 (ESPN).

Other highlights include: a road-home back-to-back with New Jersey on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, a New Year's Day game against Derrick Rose and the Bulls in Chicago (7:00 ET), visits from Dwight Howard and the Magic on Dec. 28 (7:00 ET) and Mar. 21 (7:00 ET), and the lone visit from Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City on Sunday, Mar. 13 at 1:00.

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