The has been , as we still await how the league will schedule the week around the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. Aside from those two games, every team knows when and where they’ll be playing this season, and as fans we can start circling our calendars for the biggest games on the schedule. Here, I wanted to take a look from a national perspective at the biggest games in each month, picking five games each from October to April on the NBA schedule that stood out upon first glance.
Some will be battles between top teams, others will be chasing playoff and Play-In berths, and some are simply star battles that always bring intrigue. October First game of the regular season. Ring night for Boston.
First chance to see the Knicks with Mikal Bridges. This one’s an easy one. The next night we get a chance to look at the other two hopeful top contenders in the East, as Paul George makes his debut in Philly, while Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and company will look to spoil the party and remind everyone they belong in the conversation in the East as well.
The Thunder were last year’s No. 1 seed in the West and look like they’re better this year. Denver, it seems, got worse, but they still have Nikola Jokic and this might be a good litmus test for exactly what level the Nuggets can still operate at.
Our first rematch of last year’s Western Conference Finals will come in the second week of the season in Minnesota, as the Wolves get a chance to exact a touch of r.