NBA schedule release season is upon us, and the dominoes are beginning to fall. With the Atlanta Hawks already reportedly being matched up with the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden on Christmas Day, we now have a second national TV game nailed down. The Hawks will host the Dallas Mavericks on TNT on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 pm ET.
The first four days of the season will feature eight national television games. Those games will showcase:
• 12 different teams
• The last eight players to win the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award
• Three rematches from last season’s playoffs.