LBJ In Boston To Kick Off NBA Season October 28

Posted by Jeff Sack under NBA Game Preview

The NBA released their schedule for the 2008-2009 season on Wednesday, and it will start out with a game that should draw major attention. Opening night which will take place on October 28, will feature LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the “New Garden” in Boston watching the Celtics receive their NBA Championship rings. The Cavaliers took the Celtics to a seven game series in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals, before the “Green Team” won the series. That game will be broadcast as part of a double-header on TNT. The second game to be televised on the Network will be a West Coast contest as Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers head down to Los Angeles to face the Lakers. Oden of course will be making his NBA debut, after missing last year due to micro-fracture surgery on his knee. Oden was the number one selection in the 2007 NBA Draft.

After an absence of two years, the NBA will be back with their double-header on Thanksgiving as the Orlando Magic spend the day in D.C. and take on the Washington Wizards. The second game on Turkey Day has the New Orleans Hornets in the Mile High City to face the Denver Nuggets. Your Christmas dreams will come true on Christmas Day as you can gorge on five nationally broadcast games! ESPN will have the first game at noon which will be the Hornets in Orlando to play the Magic. ABC then will have a double-header, the first game will be the San Antonio Spurs in Phoenix to match-up against the Suns. The second game is a re-match of the NBA Finals as the Lakers are in Boston to try to get some vengeance on the Celtics. And for dessert, another double-header on TNT as the Wizards are in Cleveland taking on the Cavaliers. The evening comes to a close as the Dallas Mavericks are in Portland facing the Trail Blazers.

The NBA All-Star game takes place in Phoenix next season. The game will be played on Sunday February 15. And the final game of the regular season will take place on April 15, AKA Tax Day In The USA. For a complete schedule go to http://www.nba.com/schedules/

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