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A doubleheader on the card the first night of
the season opens with Boston-New York followed by the Los
Angeles Lakers hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Lakers are a main dish for Christmas Day for the 26th
consecutive season -- visiting the Golden State Warriors -- and
a star attraction in primetime again this season, appearing on
national television 39 times with 11 games on TNT, 10 games on
ESPN, six games on ABC and 12 games on NBA TV.
The Philadelphia 76ers will debut their new Big Three -- with
Paul George in the mix alongside Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey --
on Oct. 23 against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks.
That same night, the Los Angeles Clippers will christen their
new home arena against the Phoenix Suns. George will visit the
Clippers, his old team, just two weeks later when the Sixers
play at Los Angeles on Nov. 6.
The Dallas Mavericks also have a new Big Three to show off after
they landed Klay Thompson to hoop with Luka Doncic and Kyrie
Irving. Their season debut comes Oct. 24 at home against the San
Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama.
As revealed earlier this week, Thompson will meet his old team,
the Warriors, on Nov. 12 in San Francisco to kick off the group
stage of the NBA Cup.
In addition to Lakers at Warriors, the NBA stacked its usual
five-game, nationally televised slate with these matchups: Spurs
at Knicks, Timberwolves at Mavericks, 76ers at Celtics and
Denver Nuggets at Suns, which follows the Steph Curry-LeBron
James duel.
All-Star Weekend is slated for Feb. 14-16 in San Francisco,
shortly after the Feb. 6 trade deadline. The regular season will
wrap up April 13.
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