2023-10-24 04:10:52
By Le Figaro with AFP
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Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets meet LeBron James’ Lakers at the start of the 2023-24 season. Ringo Chiu / Zuma / Panoramic
Discover the important dates of the vintage 2023-24 NBA season, which begins on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
October 24: opening of the championship with the trip of LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers to the reigning champions, the Denver Nuggets of Serbian pivot Nikola Jokic. The other match of the evening sends Kevin Durant’s Phoenix Suns to the court of his former team, Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors.
October 25: first NBA match in the career of the most anticipated “rookie” in 20 years, Frenchman Victor Wembanyama, No. 1 in the draft in June. His San Antonio Spurs host Luka Doncic’s Dallas Mavericks.
November 7: start of the mid-season tournament. The 30 teams are divided into six groups of five, each playing four matches. These matches are also part of the 82 regular season matches, like the quarters and semi-finals, played in a dry match, of this new cup.
November 9th: Mexico City hosts a duel between the Orlando Magic and the Atlanta Hawks.
December 9: final in Las Vegas of the mid-season tournament.
December 25th: “Christmas day” including a trip from the Boston Celtics to the Los Angeles Lakers, the two most successful franchises in history (17 victories each). The Warriors will travel to the defending champions in Denver.
January 11. The Brooklyn Nets and the Cleveland Cavaliers face off in Paris, France.
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January 15: “Martin Luther King Jr day” with nine matches including a Spurs trip to Atlanta, where the pastor was born in 1929, and a match between Golden State and Memphis, where he was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
February 18: All-Star game in Indianapolis, home of the Pacers.
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14 avril: end of the regular season with one last match for the 30 teams.
16-19 avril: qualifying play-offs for the play-offs (play-in) which will concern the teams ranked 7th to 10th place in each conference.
20 avril: start of the play-offs.
June 6, 2023: start of the NBA Finals
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