2013 NBA preseason tips off Saturday, Oct. 5 in Istanbul
NEW YORK – The NBA today released its 2013 preseason schedule, a 116-game slate, which tips off Saturday, Oct. 5, in Istanbul when the Oklahoma City Thunder take on Turkish basketball club Fenerbahce Ulker at Ulker Sports Arena, and concludes Friday, Oct. 25.
The 2013-14 NBA Global Games preseason slate includes eight NBA teams playing eight preseason games in eight cities. In addition to Oklahoma City’s game in Istanbul, there will be contests in Beijing and Shanghai; Bilbao, Spain; Manchester, England; Manila, Philippines; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Taipei. NBA TV will televise all eight international contests, and more than 25 games overall. The full NBA TV schedule for preseason coverage will be released at a later date.
Kevin Durant and the Thunder will head from Turkey to England to face Evan Turner and the Philadelphia 76ers at Phones 4u Arena in Manchester on Oct. 8. Philadelphia will open its overseas play on Oct. 6, in Spain against Bilbao Basket at Bizkaia Arena.
James Harden and new addition Dwight Howard will lead the Houston Rockets against Paul George and the Indiana Pacers in a pair of games: Oct. 10, in Manila at Mall of Asia Arena and Oct. 13, in Taipei at Taipei Arena. The Chicago Bulls, who expect to welcome back Derrick Rose, will face John Wall and the Washington Wizards at HSBC Arena in Brazil on Oct. 12.
The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors will play a pair of games in China to round out the league’s international preseason slate – Oct. 15, at MasterCard Center in Beijing and Oct. 18, at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.
TNT and ESPN will each televise two games during October. TNT begins its NBA coverage on Thursday, Oct. 17, when LeBron James and the two-time defending champion Miami Heat visits Deron Williams and the new-look Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center at 8 p.m. ET. The network will also feature a contest between the defending Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs and the Rockets on Thursday Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. ET from AT&T Center.
ESPN will televise a doubleheader on Wednesday, Oct. 23, beginning with the Boston Celtics and new head coach Brad Stevens hosting the Nets at 7 p.m. ET at TD Garden. The nightcap will feature the Bulls and Thunder at 9:30 p.m. ET from INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kan. The games will also be available on WatchESPN.
The league’s 68th season begins Tuesday, Oct. 29, as part of Kia NBA Tip-Off ’13, with a TNT doubleheader, marking the 18th straight season the network has tipped off with two games on opening night. In the first game (8 p.m. ET), the Heat begins its quest for a third straight title hosting a Bulls team that welcomes back 2011 Kia NBA MVP Derrick Rose, who missed the entire 2012-13 season recovering from a knee injury. Before the game, TNT will televise the championship ring ceremony. The second game is an all-Los Angeles affair, with the Doc Rivers-led Clippers taking on the Lakers at STAPLES Center (10:30 p.m. ET).
Attached is the 2013 NBA schedule:
2013 NBA PRESEASON SCHEDULE
(All Times Local)
Date Game Location Time
^October 5 Oklahoma City @ Fenerbahce Ulker Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul, Turkey 4:00PM
October 5 Chicago @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 5 New Orleans @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 5 Golden State @ LA Lakers Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
^October 6 Philadelphia @ Bilbao Basket Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao, Spain 6:00PM
October 6 Denver @ LA Lakers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 6:30PM
October 7 Memphis @ Chicago Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO 7:00PM
October 7 CSKA Moscow @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 7 Maccabi Haifa @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 7 LA Clippers @ Portland Moda Center, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 7 Toronto @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:30PM
October 7 Atlanta @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 7 New Orleans @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 7 Sacramento @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 8 Brooklyn @ Washington Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 8 Milwaukee @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 8 Golden State @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 8 Denver @ LA Lakers Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
October 8 Atlanta @ Charlotte U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC 7:30PM
October 8 Maccabi Haifa @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
^October 8 Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England 8:00PM
October 9 Minnesota @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 9 New Orleans @ Orlando Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL 7:00PM
October 9 Dallas @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 9 Phoenix @ Portland Moda Center, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 9 New York @ Boston Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI 7:30PM
October 9 CSKA Moscow @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 10 Milwaukee @ Minnesota The Pentagon, Sioux Falls, SD 7:00PM
October 10 Sacramento @ LA Lakers MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV 7:00PM
October 10 Miami @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
^October 10 Houston @ Indiana Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines 7:30PM
October 11 New York @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 11 Boston @ Philadelphia Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE 7:00PM
October 11 Cleveland @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 11 Utah @ Portland CenturyLink Arena, Boise, ID 7:00PM
October 11 Charlotte @ Miami Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO 7:30PM
^October 12 Chicago @ Washington HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 6:00PM
October 12 Toronto @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 12 LA Clippers @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 12 New York @ Boston Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH 7:30PM
October 12 Detroit @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
October 12 Charlotte @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 13 Atlanta @ New Orleans Mississippi Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, MS 1:00PM
^October 13 Indiana @ Houston Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan 1:30PM
October 13 Phoenix @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 1:30PM
October 13 Maccabi Haifa @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 5:00PM
October 14 Brooklyn @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 14 San Antonio @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 14 LA Clippers @ Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 14 Orlando @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 15 Miami @ Washington Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 15 Charlotte @ Cleveland Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, OH 7:00PM
October 15 Milwaukee @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 15 Denver @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 7:00PM
October 15 LA Clippers @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 15 Boston @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
^October 15 Golden State @ LA Lakers MasterCard Center, Beijing, China 7:30PM
October 16 Boston @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 16 Dallas @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 16 Detroit @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 16 Orlando @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 16 Portland @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 17 Philadelphia @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 11:00AM
October 17 New York @ Washington Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD 7:00PM
October 17 Detroit @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 17 New Orleans @ Oklahoma City BOK Center, Tulsa, OK 7:00PM
October 17 Phoenix @ Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 17 San Antonio @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:30PM
#October 17 Miami @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 8:00PM
October 18 Memphis @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 18 Indiana @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
^October 18 LA Lakers @ Golden State Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China 7:30PM
October 18 Portland @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 19 Washington @ New Orleans Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky 7:00PM
October 19 Dallas @ Charlotte Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC 7:30PM
October 19 San Antonio @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 19 Indiana @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:30PM
October 19 Denver @ LA Clippers Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV 7:30PM
October 20 Memphis @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 3:00PM
October 20 Detroit @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 6:00PM
October 20 Boston @ Minnesota Bell Centre, Montreal, QC 6:00PM
October 20 Utah @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 6:00PM
October 20 Sacramento @ Portland Moda Center, Portland, OR 6:00PM
October 21 New York @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 21 Philadelphia @ Cleveland Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH 7:00PM
October 21 Milwaukee @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 21 Dallas @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 22 Oklahoma City @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 22 Indiana @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:30PM
October 22 Washington @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 22 Orlando @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 22 Utah @ LA Lakers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 23 Memphis @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
$October 23 Brooklyn @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:00PM
October 23 Minnesota @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 23 Washington @ Cleveland U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH 7:00PM
October 23 New York @ Milwaukee Resch Center, Green Bay, WI 7:00PM
October 23 Miami @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA 7:00PM
October 23 Phoenix @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 23 Golden State @ Sacramento Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 23 Atlanta @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 23 Utah @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
$October 23 Chicago @ Oklahoma City INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS 8:30PM
October 24 Cleveland @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 7:00PM
#October 24 Houston @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:00PM
October 24 Minnesota @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 24 Portland @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 25 New Orleans @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 25 Denver @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 25 Houston @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 25 Utah @ LA Lakers Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7:00PM
October 25 Charlotte @ New York Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7:30PM
October 25 Brooklyn @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 25 Toronto @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 25 Indiana @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 25 Sacramento @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
^ – indicates televised on NBA TV
# – indicates televised on TNT
$ – indicates televised on ESPN