Parts of the NBA schedule have trickled out for a few days. The much-hyped Christmas Day schedule was released Monday.
On Wednesday, NBA fans finally got the entire slate of games.
Opening night is Oct. 18. The defending champion Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry open their season at home against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Dubs also will receive their championship rings. The Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics will face the Philadelphia 76ers. Earlier this week, the league also announced that it will not play any games on Nov. 7 for Election Day.
The Memphis Grizzlies and the Warriors, who had a memorable series in last season’s Western Conference semifinals, will meet in one of the Christmas Day games, granting a Christmas wish for Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant.
Last summer, he lamented that the Grizzlies did not get a Christmas game.
That’s not the case in 2022, and Morant is hyped to face Draymond Green during the holiday slate.
fasho 🤝🏽 pops already said it 😂💪🏽
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) August 14, 2022
Team social media accounts were ready with graphics, music videos and more to show off their games.
Elite music videos
Shout-out to New Orleans Pelicans VP of basketball operations David Griffin on the piano.
Smile, the schedule is here 😁
Delivered by @PapaJohns pic.twitter.com/bHGGp9T0ua
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) August 17, 2022
The #Pelicans schedule is out!
Take it away, Griff 🎹
#WBD | @SeatGeek pic.twitter.com/i66FgXQSWO— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) August 17, 2022
See you soon, Brooklyn.
🗓 2022-23 Schedule pres. by @SeatGeek
🎶 https://t.co/Mf2kymWToW pic.twitter.com/gHCAe7bbGg
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) August 17, 2022
’22-23 Cavs Coming Soon.#LetEmKnow | @SeatGeek pic.twitter.com/uvPAk6PENM
— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) August 17, 2022
Yo @SpursCoyote, spin that 2022-23 schedule! 💽🎧🏀
📍 @SouthtownVinyl
🤝 @HEB pic.twitter.com/HA23ix0E6r— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) August 17, 2022
Going to the dogs
They don’t exactly showcase the whos, whens and wheres of the schedule, but puppies!
Paw-fectly pleasing for schedule release day 🐾🗓 pic.twitter.com/JwNHyJPJ8H
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) August 17, 2022
World Famous Director, Theophilus Pinson, takes puppy calendars very seriously.
The 22-23 schedule is here 🗓️ Get your paws on it! @chime | https://t.co/T7mIMIvn8W pic.twitter.com/3Stqj738Nr
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) August 17, 2022
Spam calls
Don’t play on the Miami Heat‘s phone.
SPAM calls especially out of control today 😑
full schedule – https://t.co/aP1AbjlHT6@MiamiHEAT // @FTX_Official pic.twitter.com/loTgh8IKrh
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) August 17, 2022
The travel blog
The Minnesota Timberwolves are traveling the NBA world and getting all the IG-worthy pics.
familiar faces. new places. pic.twitter.com/IB18u0Z11l
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
ice > fire pic.twitter.com/FFWMV0GeHg
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
tell us the time. we’ll bring the show. pic.twitter.com/MxY9TXWYtT
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
still not ducking the smoke. pic.twitter.com/m5iJbMWMxD
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
Wolves Nation. pic.twitter.com/02xscHtqCq
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
how tall is our lineup? a mile high. pic.twitter.com/13VgPRaH39
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
we’ll take ours wit wins. pic.twitter.com/yuzkD0KinV
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
we’re still celebrating. pic.twitter.com/Ab17qwpLmh
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) August 17, 2022
Old-school vibes
The Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers are bringing the hard-core 1990s flashbacks.
BOOM (shakalaka) BABY❕
our 2022-23 schedule has arrived.https://t.co/5bYkTYm0ah pic.twitter.com/nLAGVjB2bw
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) August 17, 2022
Grab your bags we hittin’ the Nuggets Trail 💼 pic.twitter.com/smqs5LXEk8
— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) August 17, 2022
Connection to the schedule…successful.@TvEvoca | #RipCity pic.twitter.com/l08PDcpCkQ
— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 17, 2022
Getting the kids involved
Both the Warriors and Phoenix Suns have turned to toddler analysis to break down their seasons.
Schedule just dropped, so we brought in some of our favorite analysts to break it down.@kpthrive || 2022-23 Schedule Release pic.twitter.com/ULSXxpQaTp
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) August 17, 2022
Welcome to Inside the NBA Jr. with the @NBAonTNT crew! 👶
Crawl out your crib, the Phoenix Suns 2022-23 schedule is here: https://t.co/COZgoto2Cj pic.twitter.com/xLXiL50IAN
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) August 17, 2022
Source: www.espn.com