2010/11 NBA Schedule: See Every Team’s Schedule Here

It’s often tough to tell which games are the ones to watch as we go down the stretch of the 2010/11 NBA schedule. Nevertheless, here’s ten games we think will be good ones in March and April:

When the Thunder came to Atlanta last year, they played in one of the best games of the season, one that was punctuated with this dunk below. Both teams should be fighting for playoff positioning, so this game should be a good one.

As great as the Thunder were last year, they had their problems with the cagey Spurs, especially late in games. Will those same problems resurface in this game? If not, maybe that means the young Thunder kids will be all grown up.

The Lakers never play well in Portland, having lost their last eight games there before a win last March. The two teams have historically been rivals, and the Blazers crowd always gets louder for the Lakers than anyone else. Therefore, I couldn’t think of too many better games to kick off the second half of the season.

January is the month during the 2011 NBA schedule in which the two participants in the epic 2010 NBA Finals - the Lakers and the Celtics - will play for the first time. But that’s at the end of the month. What other games do you have to see before then? Here are our ten favorites.

Another homer pick, I know, but I think it’s worth noting that this will be Gilbert Arenas’ first trip back to Philadelphia since the infamous “finga gunz” incident. I wonder whether he’ll pay tribute to that in any sort of way. On second thought, maybe not.

Basketball Prospectus’ Bradford Doolittle has a list of how many sets of back-to-back games each NBA team is playing. Here it is, with a breakdown of those games in parenthesis.

There will certainly be snickers from the peanut gallery about the fact that the Lakers only have 15 back-to-backs, but this is not uncommon for them.

Now that we know the full NBA schedule for the 2010-11 season, we can start picking apart the details.

First up: Here’s a complete list of the home openers for all 30 NBA teams; mark your calendars accordingly.

The NBA released the rest of the 2010/11 NBA Schedule today. We will have more analysis to come, but for now, here’s where you can find each team’s schedule.

(Also see: the full ESPN/ABC schedule here, the full TNT schedule here and the full NBATV schedule here).

We’ve broken down some of the key games in separate StoryStream updates, but here’s a full list of all the games that were announced on NBATV just now. All times are Eastern.

Season Opener, October 26, TNT

Last season, the NBA televised a slate of games on Martin Luther King Day for the first time. They will do it again in 2010/11, with a four-game slate that includes a rematch of the 2010 Eastern Conference Finals between the Magic and Celtics.

Here’s the full MLK Day slate:

The NBA has also released the rest of the first week of the 2010/11 NBA television schedule. The slate is highlighted by a fun Derrick Rose-Kevin Durant matchup and the debut of Wizards’ No. 1 overall pick John Wall. All times EDT:

ESPN, October 27

The NBA has just announced it’s five-game slate for Christmas Day, and the headline matchup features the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers against most people’s paper champion, the Miami Heat. Here’s the full slate (all times EDT):

The NBA has just announced the teams that will play in TNT’s season-opening doubleheader on October 26. Unsurprisingly, the Miami Heat, with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, are involved, as are the defending-champion Lakers.

The doubleheader will feature the following two games:

According to the Boston Globe, the Miami Heat will travel to Boston to open the 2010 season against the Celtics. From the Globe:

So, given some of the reports thus far, the current slate of opening week games looks something like this:

The Celtics eliminated the Cavs in the playoffs this past season. So while it won’t be the same without LeBron, the bad blood still remains.

The rest of the NBA’s marquee games won’t be announced until Tuesday, but for now, we’ve got this initial news to whet our appetite. Will LeBron and Kobe face off on Christmas? When do the Heat play in Cleveland? When do the Heat play in New York City? Will the Heat play every game on National TV?

Yeah: Most of the anticipation here surrounds the team that everyone loves to hate.