Release: NBA First half of the 2020-2021 season schedule is out.
Here are the most important games for the NBA’s First Half, which will run from Dec. 22 to March 4, including star-studded matchups, reunions and rivalry showdowns.
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The NBA schedule has been released for the first half of the 2020-21 season. The regular season tips off on Dec. 22, 72 days after the Los Angeles Lakers hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy inside the NBA’s Orlando bubble. Since then, we’ve had the NBA draft, a flurry of coaching changes and a condensed free-agency season.
Here are the most important games for the NBA’s First Half, which will run from Dec. 22 to March 4, including star-studded matchups, reunions and rivalry showdowns.
Note: The NBA’s Second Half, which is scheduled to run from March 11 to May 16, will be announced at a later date. Our list of games to watch does not include the five Christmas Day games, which were revealed on Wednesday.
First-week fireworks
Golden State Warriors at Brooklyn Nets
Dec. 22, 7 p.m. ET | TNT
Kevin Durant, fully recovered from the ruptured Achilles he suffered in the 2019 Finals, faces former teammates Stephen Curry and Draymond Green for the first time since leaving the Warriors. The matchup also features the NBA debut of No. 2 overall pick James Wiseman for Golden State and the head-coaching debut of Steve Nash for Brooklyn.
The Nets also travel to San Francisco on Feb. 13 for Durant’s first game inside the Chase Center (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC). — Nick Friedell
LA Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers
Dec. 22, 10 p.m. ET | TNT
We never got the Battle of L.A. in the postseason, as the Clippers fell woefully short with their 3-1 collapse to the Nuggets, but the Staples Center rivalry got hotter in the offseason with Montrezl Harrell switching sides and joining the defending champs. The Lakers bolstered their title defense by adding the Sixth Man of the Year, as well as Sixth Man runner-up Dennis Schroder. Read more from ESPN.
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