vThe NBA is back and comes back loaded with the best matchups so no one wants to miss them. After the announcement of official calendar for the 2022-2023 season, we already know which games will be at Christmas, the opening night and the one with a surprise. The competition will feature an “NBA Rivals Week”, which will include battles between New York and Los Angeles.
The regular season will begin on Tuesday, October 18. The Lakers will travel to San Francisco, to face the current champions, nothing more and nothing less than the Golden State Warriors. Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymiond Green and the entire team that competed in the last championship will receive their championship rings that night.
And if that wasn’t enoughThe runner-up Boston Celtics will also have action on the same night, hosting the 76ers at TD Garden.. In less than 24 hours after these meetings, the The New York Knicks will travel to Memphis, where the Grizzlies team, directed by superstar, Ja Morant, will be responsible for warmly welcoming the new season. Tonight’s ESPN doubleheader will feature a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Semifinals, when Luka and the Mavericks visit the Pheonix Suns, in one of the most entertaining rivalries to emerge last season. . Devin Booker vs Luka Doncic.
The first two selections of the 2021 and 2022 draft will also have the opportunity to show off. The Orlando Magic and Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, didn’t want to miss the party and will make their NBA debut in Detroit against the Pistons and the No. Cade Cunningham.
The first chance to see Rudy Gobert in Wolves colors, joined by Karl Anthony Towns, will be at home against this year’s second draft pick, Chet Holmgren, and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The great unknown of the market, still unresolved, but it does not stop thereThe Nets, with or without Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. They will make their debut against the New Orleans Pelicans, who also do not know if they will have their star but for another reason, the injury which kept Zion Williamson away from the courts all last season. But not only him This could be the first time we see Ben Simmons play againwho did not play a game last season.
76ers-Knicks, Lakers-Mavericks, Bucks-Celtics, Grizzlies-Warriors and Suns-Nuggets will be the televised games on Christmas Eve. ESPN/ABC will also have its annual exhibition games on Saturday and Sunday this season, all airing on ABC and in Spanish on ESPN3.
The NBA announced earlier this week that there would be no games on Election Day, tuesday november 8. All 30 teams will play the night before, in an attempt by the NBA to educate fans and players to come and vote.
Thanksgiving Eve will feature an ESPN doubleheader, with the Mavericks visiting the Celtics and the Clippers visiting Chase Center against the Warriors. MLK Day, meanwhile, will feature a pair of TNT games: the Miami Heat in Atlanta, followed by the Suns in Memphis.
‘NBA Rivals Week’ kicks off Jan. 23, with 11 nationally televised games featuring various league-wide rivalries, including battles for New York and Los Angeles and a Finals rematch of the 2019 NBA between the Warriors and the Toronto Raptors.