2003/2004 Schedule is out!!

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The San Antonio Spurs begin defense of their 2003 NBA title on Tuesday, Oct. 28 when they host the Phoenix Suns at the SBC Center on opening night of the league's 58th season.

The Spurs-Suns contest, which will feature the ring ceremony for the 2003 NBA champions, is the first of 11 nationally televised games over six consecutive nights and tips off NBA "Premiere Week" at 7 p.m. ET on TNT.

The second game on the schedule for TNT on opening night features the Dallas Mavericks, 2003 Western Conference finalists, traveling to STAPLES Center to face the Los Angeles Lakers at 10:30 p.m. ET. Turner Sports celebrates its 20th season carrying NBA basketball.

NBA action kicks into high gear on Wednesday, Oct. 29 with 11 games scheduled, highlighted by ESPN's season debut with a doubleheader featuring 2003 NBA Draft No. 1 pick LeBron James. The Orlando Magic and New York Knicks open ESPN's coverage from Madison Square Garden beginning at 8 p.m. ET, followed by James and the Cleveland Cavaliers facing the Sacramento Kings at ARCO Arena at 10:30 p.m. ET.

On Thursday, Oct. 30, TNT presents a doubleheader featuring the opening of Toyota Center, Houston's new downtown arena, when the Rockets host the Denver Nuggets at 8 p.m. ET, followed at 10:30 p.m. ET by the Cavaliers at the Phoenix Suns.

NBA "Premiere Week" continues Friday, Oct. 31 on ESPN with East meeting West in a pair of games. In the opener, the Minnesota Timberwolves meet the two-time defending Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets at the Continental Airlines Arena beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Friday's nightcap features the Kings hosting the Philadelphia 76ers at 10:30 p.m. ET.

NBA TV concludes "Premiere Week" with a doubleheader on Saturday, Nov. 1, featuring the Detroit Pistons at Orlando beginning at 7 p.m. ET followed by the Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers from the Rose Garden at 10 p.m. ET, and a single game on Sunday, Nov. 2 when the Golden State Warriors travel to face the Lakers at 9:30 p.m. ET.

ABC increases its regular-season schedule to 18 games beginning with a pair of Western Conference showdowns on Christmas Day when the Mavericks face the Kings in Sacramento at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the Lakers hosting the Rockets at 8:30 p.m. ET.

Fans don't have to wait long for a rematch of last year's six-game NBA Finals as the Nets will face the Spurs on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at the Continental Airlines Arena at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN. Game 2 of the home-and-home series will be played on Wednesday, Jan. 21 in San Antonio.

TNT will televise 52 regular-season games, 38 as part of Thursday night doubleheaders, six games on Tuesday nights and eight on Mondays. TNT also will carry the 2004 NBA All-Star Game from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 15.

ESPN networks will televise 72 regular-season games, 64 on ESPN and eight on ESPN2, with 64 aired on Wednesdays and Fridays, seven on Sundays, and for the second straight year ESPN will carry a Christmas Day matinee from Orlando when the Magic hosts the Cavaliers beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.

NBA TV will televise 96 regular-season games during its four-nights-a-week schedule, and projects at least 50 of those games will be televised in High Definition.

The NBA on ESPN Radio's 24-game regular-season schedule debuts with two games during "Premiere Week," opening night with the Mavericks and Lakers from Los Angeles and the Cavaliers and Kings on Wednesday, Oct. 29. The NBA on ESPN Radio will carry all the events from the NBA All-Star Weekend Feb. 13-15.

NBA.com offers day-by-day and team-by-team schedules as well as regular-season telecast schedules of the league's North American broadcast partners; ABC, ESPN, TNT, NBA TV, Telemundo, Rogers Sportsnet, TSN, The Score and the NBA on ESPN Radio.

NBA programming currently is seen in more than 210 countries around the world in 42 languages reaching a global audience of more than 750 million households.
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looks like the magic will start the season 1-0 :mrgreen:

 

raps play NJ first game... i can smell it... 0-1

 

i cant wait to see lakers play

 

dangit my mavs might start this season with a loss blah!

 

magic should win game 1, game 3 though we got detroit, so that should show us where we stand as a team. we got detroit on my b-day, so hopefully that will be a good b-day present and cleveland on christmas, looks like the league wanted to give us a christmas present for not giving us the grant hill exception. good luck to all teams.

 

Suns need to finally win on opening night they have lost like 3 straight and i think we will beat the spurs on opening night

 

i saw the suns schedule and we play lebron in our homeopener and then the lakers. I want to go to the lebron game or the lakers game

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting B-Ball215:</div><div class="quote_post">raps play NJ first game... i can smell it... 0-1</div>

gee, nice positive attitude you raps fan

i have faith in my bwoyz... 1-0!!

 

Twolves look like the they will start of 1-0. We get to meet Joe Shmoe in the first game of the season, it's going to be fun.

Howl Wolves!

 

I think the suns will beat the spurs. When does the lakers play the cavs

 

lebron vs magic on christmas day, i gotta go to that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

We got Pacers on opening day..nothing like playing your rivals on opening night....should be good....we got to play lakers twice in the first month