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2013-2014 Official NBA Thread
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/ey...4-nba-schedule
With the Schedule released today, I figured it would be a good time to start the thread. The NBA released its 2013-2014 schedule on Tuesday in a televised special on NBATV alongside a release on NBA.com and its team websites. The season kicks off Tuesday, October 29th as Miami hosts the Chicago Bulls in Derrick Rose's expected return to the court. Then it's the Battle of LA as the Lakers host the Clippers. It could be the return of Kobe Bryant from his Achilles injury he suffered last spring, and will be the regular season debut of Doc Rivers as the Clippers' newest head coach. It's a massive gamble by the NBA, considering Rose's struggles returning from his ACL injury suffered in the 2012 playoffs and Bryant's more recent Achilles surgery. If those players were to miss the opening night, it's going to make for a very underwhelming opening night of basketball, regardless of the markets involved for ratings. Opening week continues on Thursday with the Bulls hosting the Knicks in what is likely to be Rose's return to the United Center in the regular season. The Knicks will be on a back to back, opening the season on Wednesday vs. the Bucks. Thursday night the revamped Warriors visit the Clippers, who are clearly the hot team, with two national appearances in the first three days. Opening week concludes Friday with the Nets' home opener vs. the Heat, followed by another Lakers home game, this time vs. the defending Western Conference Champion San Antonio Spurs. On the NBA's biggest regular season day, Christmas Day, starts with the Nets hosting Chicago, followed by the scoring-champ rematch of Carmelo Anthony vs. Kevin Durant as the Thunder visit Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks. Then in the main event, the Heat play the Lakers at Staples Center. Dwight Howard joins the Christmas fun as the Rockets travel to San Antonio to face the Spurs. And in the night cap, the Clippers visit Oracle Arena to take on Steph Curry and the Warriors. Monday, January 20th continues the NBA's tradition of making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a huge basketball event, with four games on the schedule. Brooklyn travels across the bridge to take on the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, followed by the Grizzlies hosting the Pelicans, the Lakers taking on the Bulls at the United Center, and the Pacers facing the Warriors in the bay to cap off the night. The Lakers first meet Dwight Howard on November 13th in Houston, and again on January 14th. They first host Howard at Staples Center on February 19th, and again on April 8th. The NBA Finals rematches occur on January 26th in Miami and March 6th in San Antonio. Will Gregg Popovich rest his starters? It's not a back to back, as the Spurs face Atlanta on the 24th, but it is in the middle of a three-game road trip. Despite the departure of Dwight Howard, the Lakers keep the max number of nationally televised (non-NBA TV) games in the league at 25, tied with the Knicks and Heat. The Clippers have 21 nationally televised games, while the defending Western Champs, the Spurs, only have 15. The Bulls jump to 24 national games, with the league banking on Rose's return to carry audiences. The Thunder also feature on national TV 24 times. Houston, with newly-signed Dwight Howard and James Harden, feature 20 games on national television, a pretty low number given the star power. The Mavericks won the NBA title in 2011, and now have just eight national TV appearances. The Warriors meanwhile jump to 17 games, while Eastern Conference finalist Indiana only appears 10 time next season. To put that in perspective, the Denver Nuggets appear 13 times. The rest of the schedule is at the link. |
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HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYY ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
THE SPURS BEAT THE WARRIORS TONIGHT AGAIN. I WAS AT A BASEBALL GAME. WAS IT THE REFS FAULT? Last edited by KC native; 04-05-2014 at 08:43 PM.. |
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04-02-2014, 11:19 PM | #1622 |
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Pacific Division Champs again!
Yeah, I know that doesn't mean much, but as a long-suffering fan of the Clippers, I'm not taking any modicum of success for granted, even division titles.
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04-03-2014, 05:30 AM | #1623 |
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04-03-2014, 05:35 AM | #1624 |
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The 2 biggest things that have come out of this season, at least for Warriors fan. Harrison Barnes is a 100% bust, and Mark Jackson is one the bottom 5 coaches in the league.
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you have no idea what its like to cheer for a real shitty team like the Wizards, where they have a head coach with one of the worst losing percentages in history and the shittiest GM in all of pro sports, I'd rather have Fat Scott GM the Wizards. And they have to sign guys like Drew Gooden to 10 day contracts and give him playing time.
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04-03-2014, 03:44 PM | #1626 |
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I hope the Raptors play the Wizards in the playoffs. Can't see them beating the Nets.
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04-03-2014, 03:46 PM | #1627 |
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I didn't realize how hot the Nets got until I looked at the playoff matchups recently haha
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On the other hand, Bulls/Nets would be a major defensive battle that I think Noah would come out on top of. |
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04-03-2014, 03:53 PM | #1629 |
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I wish my favorite team had a Noah guy on it. That dude makes chicken salad out of a chicken shit team. It's pretty cool to watch.
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04-03-2014, 07:05 PM | #1630 |
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The Spurs are playing at a phenominal level. I think any basketball fan has to appreciate this type of play. The Thunder are missing Thabo in this matchup.
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04-03-2014, 08:50 PM | #1631 |
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Best defensive effort in a long time. I'm sure the back to back effected the Spurs, but OKC matches up well. I still think OKC, SA and LAC all have a chance to win the West. The Spurs are still the team to beat however.
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04-03-2014, 08:56 PM | #1632 |
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Interesting how the Thunder are a bad matchup for the Spurs, the Spurs are a bad matchup for us, and we're possibly a bad matchup for the Thunder.
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04-03-2014, 09:00 PM | #1633 |
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I agree. Though we have missed some players in some of those matchups the Clippers concern me. Home court would help a lot there. The Thunder have a tough 4 game road trip against 3 playoff teams in including the Clips. Very important to at least split. I was really hoping Houston would get the 3 but they screwed to.pooch last week
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04-03-2014, 11:37 PM | #1634 |
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Is it true that Duncan got a techinical for this? |
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04-03-2014, 11:52 PM | #1635 |
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Is it true that Duncan got a techinical for this?[/QUOTE] I see officials but expected to see Joey Crawford. |
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