After the end of the Summer League, some players are going on holiday, but the 30 teams are already preparing for the 2018/19 season. When does the season start? When will the schedule be announced? Here you can find the most important information about the start of the season, schedule and other dates.
When is the preseason held? What are the most important dates? SPOX provides the overview.
The Regular Season will start on 30 October 2018 (local time), almost two weeks later than last season. Who will open the new season is not yet known, but the Golden State Warriors will definitely be in action as reigning champions on October 30th.
The schedule for the upcoming Regular Season has not yet been announced, currently only a few dates are known. The complete schedule will be published in August 2018, but the exact date is unknown.
One date that has already been fixed for some time is that of the All-Star Game: This will take place next season on February 17 (local time) in Charlotte, North Carolina. The game was supposed to take place there as early as 2017, but due to controversy over the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act it was postponed to New Orleans at short notice. The game will be played in the Spectrum Center.
As in previous years, the NBA will also host matches on international soil. The following dates are known so far:
The preseason will begin this year on September 29th and will last until October 26th, only a few days before the start of the regular season. The Preseason is part of the preparation for the Regular Season. The NBA teams will compete against each other as well as against teams outside the USA. Some games are already known, among others the following games against teams from Australia and Brazil:
Not all teams have yet announced their schedule for the preseason. Nevertheless, the following top games, for example, have already been determined:
The 2019 playoffs will start in April shortly after the end of the regular season (17 April) and then continue until the end of May. The NBA Finals will end in June as usual. However, the exact dates are not yet known.
As in the last years DAZN will show many games of the regular season and playoffs, the stream program will be determined at a later date. The same applies to the program schedule on SPOX, where a game will continue to be broadcast every Sunday at prime time.