NEW YORK — The NBA today released its 2012 preseason schedule, which tips off Friday, Oct. 5, in Istanbul when the Boston Celtics take on Turkish basketball powerhouse Fenerbahce Ulker at Ulker Sports Arena.
The preseason schedule features nine games played internationally, with single games in Barcelona, Berlin, Istanbul, and Milan.
Following the game in Istanbul, the Celtics move on to Milan to play EA7 Emporio Armani Milano at Mediolanum Forum on Oct. 7.
Dirk Nowitzki leads the Dallas Mavericks to Berlin where they will play Alba Berlin at O2 World on Oct. 6 (it will be Mark Cuban’ first time attending a basketball game overseas).
Dallas wraps up NBA Europe Live 2012 presented by BBVA in Spain against FC Barcelona Regal in a game played at Palau Sant Jordi on Oct. 9. All four of the NBA’s preseason contests in Europe will be telecast on NBA TV, and the network will add further games to its preseason viewing schedule in the coming weeks.
Preseason basketball returns to Mexico when rookie coach Jacque Vaughn leads the Orlando Magic against the New Orleans Hornets and Anthony Davis, the overall No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft, at Mexico City Arena on Oct. 7. This marks the NBA’s 20th game in Mexico overall, the most NBA games held in any country outside the United States and Canada.
The defending champion Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers play a pair of contests as part of NBA China Games. The teams will tip off on Oct. 11, in Beijing at MasterCard Center. On Oct. 14, Miami and Los Angeles will play at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai.
The NBA Canada Series features a two-game slate. Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks travel to Montreal to battle Andrea Bargnani and the Toronto Raptors on Oct. 19 at the Bell Centre, while Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves head to Winnipeg to face Greg Monroe and the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 24 at the MTS Centre.
TNT and ESPN will each televise two games during October.
TNT begins its NBA coverage on Thursday, Oct. 18, when the Celtics visit Deron Williams and the Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center at 8 p.m. ET. The network will also feature a Western Conference showdown on Thursday Oct. 25, when the Clippers travel to the Pepsi Center to face Ty Lawson and the Denver Nuggets at 10 p.m. ET.
ESPN will televise a doubleheader on Oct. 26 beginning with the Heat hosting the Hornets at 8 p.m. ET. The nightcap will showcase the Nuggets visiting the Phoenix Suns at 10:30 p.m. ET.
The league’s 67th season begins Tuesday, Oct. 30, as part of Kia NBA Tip-Off ’12, with a TNT doubleheader. In the first game (8 p.m. ET), the Heat opens up defense of its NBA title by hosting a Celtics team that took Miami to seven games in the 2012 Eastern Conference Finals. Before the game, TNT will televise the championship ring ceremony. The second game features two Western Conference powers as the Mavericks visit the Lakers (10:30 p.m. ET).
The entire preseason slate is listed below.
2012 NBA PRESEASON SCHEDULE
(All Times Local)
Date Game Location Time
^October 5 Boston @ Fenerbahce Ulker Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul, Turkey 9:00PM
October 6 Real Madrid @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 6 Montepaschi Siena @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 6 Denver @ LA Clippers Mandalay Bay Event Center, Las Vegas, NV 7:30PM
^October 6 Dallas @ Alba Berlin O2 World, Berlin, Germany 8:00PM
October 7 Washington @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 1:00PM
^October 7 Orlando @ New Orleans Mexico City Arena, Mexico City, Mexico 1:30PM
October 7 Miami @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 2:00PM
October 7 Golden State @ LA Lakers Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA 7:00PM
^October 7 Boston @ Armani Milano Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy 6:00PM
October 8 Real Madrid @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 8 Montepaschi Siena @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 8 Utah @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 9 Milwaukee @ Cleveland Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, OH 7:00PM
October 9 Memphis @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 9 Charlotte @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA 7:00PM
^October 9 Dallas @ FC Barcelona Regal Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain 9:00PM
October 10 Oklahoma City @ Houston State Farm Arena, Hidalgo, TX 7:00PM
October 10 Indiana @ Minnesota FARGODOME, Fargo, ND 7:00PM
October 10 Phoenix @ Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 10 Portland @ LA Lakers Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
October 10 Toronto @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 10 Atlanta @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 11 New York @ Washington Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 11 Philadelphia @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 11 New Orleans @ Charlotte N.Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC 7:30PM
^October 11 Miami @ LA Clippers MasterCard Center, Beijing, China 7:30PM
October 11 Maccabi Haifa @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 12 Detroit @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 12 Minnesota @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 12 Cleveland @ Chicago Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL 7:00PM
October 12 New Orleans @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 12 Oklahoma City @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 12 Portland @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 12 Denver @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 13 Brooklyn @ Philadelphia TBD 7:00PM
October 13 Chicago @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 13 New York @ Boston XL Center, Hartford, CT 7:30PM
October 13 Washington @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:30PM
October 13 Detroit @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 13 Utah @ LA Lakers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
^October 14 LA Clippers @ Miami Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China 12:30PM
October 14 San Antonio @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 1:00PM
October 14 Atlanta @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 5:00PM
October 15 Boston @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 15 Orlando @ Cleveland TBD 7:00PM
October 15 Toronto @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 15 Golden State @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 15 Portland @ Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 15 Washington @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
October 15 Houston @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 16 Atlanta @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 16 Milwaukee @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 16 Charlotte @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 7:00PM
October 16 Maccabi Haifa @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 16 Utah @ LA Lakers Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7:00PM
October 16 Brooklyn @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:30PM
October 16 Orlando @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 17 Washington @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 17 Cleveland @ Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 17 Memphis @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 17 Golden State @ Sacramento Power Balance Pavilion, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 17 Denver @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 17 Phoenix @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 17 Utah @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 18 Memphis @ Milwaukee La Crosse Center, La Crosse, WI 7:00PM
October 18 New Orleans @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:30PM
October 18 Detroit @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
#October 18 Boston @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 8:00PM
October 19 New York @ Toronto Bell Centre, Montreal, QC 7:00PM
October 19 Indiana @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 19 Minnesota @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 19 Phoenix @ Oklahoma City BOK Center, Tulsa, OK 7:00PM
October 19 Sacramento @ LA Lakers Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV 7:00PM
October 19 Golden State @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 19 Philadelphia @ Brooklyn Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
October 20 Dallas @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:00PM
October 20 Memphis @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 20 LA Clippers @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 20 New York @ Boston Times Union Center, Albany, NY 7:30PM
October 20 San Antonio @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 20 Charlotte @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 20 Washington @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 21 San Antonio @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 6:00PM
October 21 Sacramento @ LA Lakers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 6:30PM
October 21 Denver @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 7:00PM
October 21 Philadelphia @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:30PM
October 22 Milwaukee @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 22 Sacramento @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 22 Utah @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 22 New Orleans @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 22 Golden State @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 23 Miami @ Charlotte PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC 7:00PM
October 23 Indiana @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 23 Oklahoma City @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 23 Phoenix @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 24 Orlando @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 24 Houston @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA 7:00PM
October 24 Dallas @ Oklahoma City INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS 7:00PM
October 24 Detroit @ Minnesota MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB 7:00PM
October 24 New York @ Brooklyn Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY 7:30PM
October 24 Washington @ Miami Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO 7:30PM
October 24 LA Lakers @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 25 Milwaukee @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 11:00AM
October 25 Portland @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 25 Sacramento @ LA Lakers Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA 7:00PM
#October 25 LA Clippers @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 8:00PM
October 26 Houston @ Orlando Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 26 Indiana @ Chicago Joyce Center, South Bend, IN 7:00PM
October 26 Minnesota @ Milwaukee Resch Center, Green Bay, WI 7:00PM
October 26 Atlanta @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 26 Charlotte @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 26 Washington @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
$October 26 Denver @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:30PM
$October 26 New Orleans @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 8:00PM
^ – indicates televised on NBA TV
# – indicates televised on TNT
$ – indicates televised on ESPN
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