In a perfect, lockout-free NBA world, our first glimpse of the Mike Brown-led Los Angeles Lakers will come early this season.
The Lakers and Golden State Warriors kick off the 114-game preseason schedule on Oct. 9 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, Calif. The complete preseason schedule was released this afternoon. The exhibition season concludes Oct. 28; the NBA’s 66th regular season tips off — or it’s supposed to, anyway — Nov. 1.
Brown’s Lakers promise to be one of the most interesting teams to watch early on, as do the new-look Warriors with their new head coach, Mark Jackson, running the show.
TNT’s preseason games include the Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat visiting the Memphis (Hang Time) Grizzlies on Oct. 20 (8 p.m. ET), and the Lakers hosting their intra-city rivals, the Los Angeles Clippers, Oct. 27 (10 p.m. ET) in a game scheduled to be played in Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, Calif. ESPN will air a doubleheader the following night, with the Heat hosting the Washington Wizards (7 p.m. ET) followed by the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks visiting the New Orleans Hornets (9:30 p.m. ET).
Israel’s Maccabi Haifa is slated to play a friendly against the Magic in Orlando on Oct. 23. Maccabi Haifa secured a Top 16 finish in the 2010-11 FIBA EuroChallenge. It would be a return trip for Maccabi Haifa, which visited the the states for the first time during the 2010 NBA preseason, dropping a contest to the New Jersey Nets, 108-73.
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