NBA announced the full schedule of the 2019-20 regular season. On October 23, Beijing time, the opening match officially started. The defending champion Raptors will face the Pelicans at home, and then Lakers will usher in the same city as Clippers at home.
league also reduced the number of TNT and ESPN's simultaneous games at 8:00 and 10:30 pm Eastern Time, reducing the number of back-to-back games to 33, down from 57 games last season, and the number of back-to-back games has dropped to the lowest in history.
In addition, the regular season schedule will be reduced to the end of April 16, with 13 games schedules on that day. Although the return time of some famous stars was leaked earlier this month, today, more long-awaited reunions have been confirmed, as follows:
November 8, Kemba Walker returned to Charlotte; on November 24, Jimmy Butler returned to Philadelphia ; on December 13, Al Horford returned to Boston; on February 6, Deangelo Russell returned to Brooklyn.
In addition, on October 24, Knicks challenged Spurs away. Marcus Morris , who went back on signing, is expected to be booed all over the field.
