{"id":205602,"date":"2021-08-12T12:04:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/?p=205602"},"modified":"2021-08-19T15:55:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T19:55:37","slug":"when-does-the-nba-season-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/when-does-the-nba-season-start\/","title":{"rendered":"When Does the NBA Season Start?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 2020-21 NBA season wrapped up late because of previous delayed forced by COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingbutnylon.com\/nba-finals-matchups\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"193832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Finals<\/a> didn&#8217;t end until mid-July, which is abnormally late for the ultimate series, but so it goes in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. But with that behind us, the question now become when does the 2021-22 NBA season start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Suns vs. Bucks | 2021 NBA Finals MINI-MOVIE FULL Compilation \ud83c\udfc6\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-Wl0pCaL3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"when-does-the-nba-season-start\">When Does the NBA Season Start?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021-22 NBA regular season will start on Tuesday, Oct. 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tip-off date for the NBA season is much more in line with its traditional schedule, a return to some normalcy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-2020-21-season-faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after the pandemic pushed the timeline of league events out of the ordinary<\/a>. It does mean that the turnaround from the end of the NBA Finals to the start of the next season is shorter than usual by about six weeks or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we know when to expect the start of the NBA season, but what about training camp? The date set for that is Tuesday, Sept. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means teams that didn&#8217;t make the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 NBA Playoffs<\/a> will have had almost five months off since their 2021 campaigns ended by the time training camp rolls around. Teams that were eliminated early in the postseason will have had about four months to prepare for the new year. Those that went deep into the playoffs could have only two to three months as a break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sorry, Milwaukee, it really goes that fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"NBA - Best Plays of 2021 Season \ud83d\udd25\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/74cWWlpYE_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"what-are-the-first-games-of-the-season\">What Are the First Games of the Season?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The NBA <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2021-22-opening-week-christmas-day-schedule-official-release\" target=\"_blank\">has released its opening week matchups that will air on TNT and ESPN<\/a>, as well as the contests slated for Christmas Day. This is the TV schedule for the 2021-22 NBA season&#8217;s first few days (all times Eastern):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Oct. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooklyn at Milwaukee (7:30 p.m., TNT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden State at LA Lakers (10 p.m., TNT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Oct. 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston at New York (7:30 p.m., ESPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denver at Phoenix (10 p.m., ESPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, Oct. 21<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dallas at Atlanta (7:30 p.m., TNT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LA Clippers at Golden State (10 p.m., TNT)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, Oct. 22<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooklyn at Philadelphia (7:30 p.m., ESPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phoenix at LA Lakers (10 p.m., ESPN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first four days of the season will feature eight national television games. Those games will showcase:<br><br>\u2022  12 different teams <br>\u2022  The last eight players to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award<br>\u2022  Three rematches from last season\u2019s playoffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6ccuTTTb5\">pic.twitter.com\/B6ccuTTTb5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1427708268550389763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"other-important-2021-22-nba-season-dates\">Other Important 2021-22 NBA Season Dates<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regular Season Ends:<\/strong> April 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Play-In Tournament:<\/strong> April 12-15, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Playoffs Start:<\/strong> April 16, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finals Game 1:<\/strong> June 2, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finals Game 7 (if necessary):<\/strong> June 19, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2022 NBA Draft:<\/strong> June 23, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2020-21 NBA season wrapped up late because of previous delayed forced by COVID-19. 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