The 2008/09 NBA schedule was finally released on Wedensday. As always schedule day is a great one...as you ccould actually start counting the days to the new season.
The Suns will open the season on the road they way they ended the last one...playing the Spurs on Oct. 29th. Nothing better to start the year than a rande-vous with Tim, Tony and Manu.
Here's some of the highlights of the schedule:
- Opening game: Oct. 29th in San Antonio (on ESPN)
- Home opener: Oct. 30th vs New Orleans (on TNT)
- First meeting with the NBA Champ Celtics: Jan. 19th. The Celts will return the favour on Feb. 22nd. I just hope we won't regret the trade that never was (KG) by that time
- Final game: Apr. 15th vs Golden State
- Longest home stand: 4 games in March (Philadelphia, Washington, Denver, Utah)
- Longest road trip: 6 games in January (Toronto, Boston, New York, Charlotte, Atlanta, Washington) from Jan. 18th to the 26th. There's a tough, but short trip East between Feb. 8th and 11th (right before the All Star Game) with the Suns playing the Pistons, the much-improved Sixers and the Cavs.
- Toughest month: December as the Suns will travel a lot and will play on the road at Dallas, New Orleans and the Lakers while hosting Utah, Orlando and San Antonio among others.
- Toughest stretch of the season: there are two very interesting 4-game stretch one in Nov. (16-22) when the Suns will play Detroit, Utah, the Lalers and Portland and one in March (6-12) with Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Cleveland).
- First Steve Nash - Dirk Nowitzki reunion: Dec. 4th in Dallas.
- Biggest game of the year: That Christmas date with the Spurs (Dec. 25th at 12.30 on ABC). It's possibly better than last year's Xmas with Kobe.
- First Lopez Family reunion: Nov. 4th in New Jersey and Nov. 30th in Phoenix.
- Those Lakers games: in LA on Dec. 10th, Feb. 26th and in the Valley on Nov. 20th and March 1st.
And finally don't forget the
2009 All Star Game is coming to the Valley, on Feb. 15th.
Start counting, it's 83 days to the Suns opener
Go Suns !
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