È stato ufficializzato il calendario della Preseason NBA, una serie di 116 partite che prenderà il via sabato 5 Ottobre ad Istanbul, dove si affronteranno gli Oklahoma City Thunder e il Fenerbahce Ülker, squadra campione di Turchia per ben otto volte, alla Ülker Sports Arena. Le gare si concluderanno venerdì 25 Ottobre, quattro giorni prima dell’inizio della stagione.
Oltre al match di Istanbul si disputeranno altre sette gare al di fuori del Nord America, la prima delle quali a Bilbao fra i Philadelphia 76ers e il Bilbao Basket, poi sarà la volta di Pechino e Shangai in Cina, Manchester in Inghilterra, Manila nelle Filippine, Rio de Janeiro in Brasile e Taipei che vedranno sfidarsi ogni volta due squadre NBA.
Kevin Durant e i Thunder affronteranno i 76ers a Manchester l’8 ottobre, Houston Rockets e Indiana Pacers giocheranno a Manila il 10 ottobre e a Taipei il 13. I Chicago Bulls voleranno in Brasile dove fronteggeranno i Washington Wizards alla HBSC Arena di Rio de Janeiro il 12 ottobre. Le sfide cinesi vedranno invece opposti i Los Angeles Lakers e i Golden State Warriors il 15 ottobre a Pechino e il 18 a Shangai.
I T’wolves e gli Spurs, inoltre, affronteranno in casa il CSKA Mosca mentre i Suns, i Pistons e i Grizzlies ospiteranno il Maccabi Haifa per le uniche cinque gare internazionali all’interno degli Stati Uniti. Tutte le altre partite vedranno opposte formazioni NBA.
Ricordiamo che la stagione ufficiale avrà inizio il 29 Ottobre con i Magic che affronteranno i Peacers ad Indianapolis.
Di seguito il calendario delle 116 gare, rimaniamo in attesa di sapere quali di queste verranno trasmesse .
Preseason NBA 2013
October 5 — Oklahoma City @ Fenerbahce Ulker — Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul, Turkey 4:00PM
October 5 — Chicago @ Indiana — Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 5 — New Orleans @ Houston — Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 5 — Golden State @ LA Lakers — Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
October 6 — Philadelphia @ Bilbao Basket — Bizkaia Arena, Bilbao, Spain 6:00PM
October 6 — Denver @ LA Lakers — Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 6:30PM
October 7 — Memphis @ Chicago — Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO 7:00PM
October 7 — CSKA Moscow @ Minnesota — Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 7 — Maccabi Haifa @ Phoenix — US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 7 — LA Clippers @ Portland — Moda Center, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 7 — Toronto @ Boston — TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:30PM
October 7 — Atlanta @ Miami — AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 7 — New Orleans @ Dallas — American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 7 — Sacramento @ Golden State — Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 8 — Brooklyn @ Washington — Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 8 — Milwaukee @ Cleveland — Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 8 — Golden State @ Utah — EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 8 — Denver @ LA Lakers — Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
October 8 — Atlanta @ Charlotte — U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, NC 7:30PM
October 8 — Maccabi Haifa @ Detroit — The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 8 — Oklahoma City @ Philadelphia — Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, England 8:00PM
October 9 — Minnesota @ Toronto — Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 9 — New Orleans @ Orlando — Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL 7:00PM
October 9 — Dallas @ Memphis — FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 9 — Phoenix @ Portland — Moda Center, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 9 — New York @ Boston — Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, RI 7:30PM
October 9 — CSKA Moscow @ San Antonio — AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 10 — Milwaukee @ Minnesota — The Pentagon, Sioux Falls, SD 7:00PM
October 10 — Sacramento @ LA Lakers — MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV 7:00PM
October 10 — Miami @ Detroit — The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 10 — Houston @ Indiana — Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines 7:30PM
October 11 — New York @ Toronto — Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 11 — Boston @ Philadelphia — Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE 7:00PM
October 11 — Cleveland @ Orlando — Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 11 — Utah @ Portland — CenturyLink Arena, Boise, ID 7:00PM
October 11 — Charlotte @ Miami — Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO 7:30PM
October 12 — Chicago @ Washington — HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 6:00PM
October 12 — Toronto @ Minnesota — Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 12 — LA Clippers @ Utah — EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 12 — New York @ Boston — Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester, NH 7:30PM
October 12 — Detroit @ Brooklyn — Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
October 12 — Charlotte @ Milwaukee — BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 13 — Atlanta @ New Orleans — Mississippi Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, MS 1:00PM
October 13 — Indiana @ Houston — Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan 1:30PM
October 13 — Phoenix @ San Antonio — AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 1:30PM
October 13 — Maccabi Haifa @ Memphis — FedExForum, Memphis, TN 5:00PM
October 14 — Brooklyn @ Philadelphia — Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 14 — San Antonio @ Denver — Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 14 — LA Clippers @ Sacramento — Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 14 — Orlando @ Dallas — American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 15 — Miami @ Washington — Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 15 — Charlotte @ Cleveland — Canton Memorial Civic Center, Canton, OH 7:00PM
October 15 — Milwaukee @ Memphis — FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 15 — Denver @ Oklahoma City — Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 7:00PM
October 15 — LA Clippers @ Phoenix — US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 15 — Boston @ Brooklyn — Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 7:30PM
October 15 — Golden State @ LA Lakers — MasterCard Center, Beijing, China 7:30PM
October 16 — Boston @ Toronto — Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 16 — Dallas @ Indiana — Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 16 — Detroit @ Chicago — United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 16 — Orlando @ Houston — Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 16 — Portland @ Utah — EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 17 — Philadelphia @ Charlotte — Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 11:00AM
October 17 — New York @ Washington — Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD 7:00PM
October 17 — Detroit @ Cleveland — Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 17 — New Orleans @ Oklahoma City — BOK Center, Tulsa, OK 7:00PM
October 17 — Phoenix @ Sacramento — Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 17 — San Antonio @ Atlanta — Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:30PM
October 17 — Miami @ Brooklyn — Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY 8:00PM
October 18 — Memphis @ Orlando — Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 18 — Indiana @ Chicago — United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 18 — LA Lakers @ Golden State — Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China 7:30PM
October 18 — Portland @ LA Clippers — Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 19 — Washington @ New Orleans — Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky 7:00PM
October 19 — Dallas @ Charlotte — Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC 7:30PM
October 19 — San Antonio @ Miami — AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 19 — Indiana @ Cleveland — Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:30PM
October 19 — Denver @ LA Clippers — Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV 7:30PM
October 20 — Memphis @ Atlanta — Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 3:00PM
October 20 — Detroit @ Orlando — Amway Center, Orlando, FL 6:00PM
October 20 — Boston @ Minnesota — Bell Centre, Montreal, QC 6:00PM
October 20 — Utah @ Oklahoma City — Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK 6:00PM
October 20 — Sacramento @ Portland — Moda Center, Portland, OR 6:00PM
October 21 — New York @ Toronto — Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 21 — Philadelphia @ Cleveland — Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH 7:00PM
October 21 — Milwaukee @ Chicago — United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 21 — Dallas @ Houston — Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:00PM
October 22 — Oklahoma City @ Phoenix — US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 22 — Indiana @ Atlanta — Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:30PM
October 22 — Washington @ Detroit — The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 22 — Orlando @ San Antonio — AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 22 — Utah @ LA Lakers — Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 23 — Memphis @ Toronto — Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 23 — Brooklyn @ Boston — TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:00PM
October 23 — Minnesota @ Philadelphia — Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 23 — Washington @ Cleveland — U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OH 7:00PM
October 23 — New York @ Milwaukee — Resch Center, Green Bay, WI 7:00PM
October 23 — Miami @ New Orleans — New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA 7:00PM
October 23 — Phoenix @ Denver — Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 23 — Golden State @ Sacramento — Sleep Train Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 23 — Atlanta @ Dallas — American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 23 — Utah @ LA Clippers — Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 23 — Chicago @ Oklahoma City — INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS 8:30PM
October 24 — Cleveland @ Charlotte — Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 7:00PM
October 24 — Houston @ San Antonio — AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:00PM
October 24 — Minnesota @ Detroit — The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 24 — Portland @ Golden State — Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 25 — New Orleans @ Orlando — Amway Center, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 25 — Denver @ Chicago — United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 25 — Houston @ Memphis — FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 25 — Utah @ LA Lakers — Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7:00PM
October 25 — Charlotte @ New York — Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7:30PM
October 25 — Brooklyn @ Miami — AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 25 — Toronto @ Milwaukee — BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 25 — Indiana @ Dallas — American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 25 — Sacramento @ LA Clippers — Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
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