Calendario NBA, svelato il programma della prima settimana: opening night il 16 ottobre
La NBA ha reso nota una parte del calendario della regular season 2018/2019. Si parte il 16 ottobre con Thunder@Warriors e Sixers@Celtics. LeBron James farà il suo esordio in maglia Lakers il 19 ottobre sul parquet dei Portland Trail Blazers. Nel “Christmas Day” sarà invece Lakers@Warriors e Thunder@Rockets. Sfida, quella tra LeBron e i campioni in carica, che si ripeterà nel “Martin Luther King Day”, stavolta allo Staples Center di Los Angeles. Ecco date e orari di tutte le partite finora annunciate:
2018-19 Opening Week
Tuesday, Oct. 16
Sixers vs. Celtics | 8 p.m. ET | TNT
Thunder vs. Warriors | 10:30 p.m. ET | TNT
Wednesday, Oct. 17
Pelicans vs. Rockets | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN
Mavericks vs. Suns | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Thursday, Oct. 18
Bulls vs. Sixers | 8 p.m. ET | TNT
Lakers vs. Trail Blazers | 10:30 p.m. ET | TNT
Friday, Oct. 19
Celtics vs. Raptors | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN
Warriors vs. Jazz | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Saturday, Oct. 20
Raptors vs. Wizards | 7 p.m. ET | NBA TV
Rockets vs. Lakers | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Sunday, Oct. 21
Rockets vs. Clippers | 9 p.m. ET | NBA TV
Christmas Day 2018 (Dec. 25)
Bucks vs. Knicks | Noon ET | ESPN
Thunder vs. Rockets | 3 p.m. ET | ABC
Sixers vs. Celtics | 5:30 p.m. ET | ABC
Lakers vs. Warriors | 8 p.m. ET | ABC/ESPN
Trail Blazers vs. Jazz | 10:30 p.m. ET | ESPN
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21, 2019)
Pelicans vs. Grizzlies | 5:30 p.m. ET | TNT
Rockets vs. Sixers | 8 p.m. ET | TNT
Warriors vs. Lakers | 10:30 p.m. ET | TNT
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— NBA (@NBA) 8 agosto 2018