The NBA released on Friday a first-half schedule for the 2020-21 season ripe with entertaining games.
An earlier release of the national television schedule for the league’s first three game days featured many of the most-anticipated matchups. The opening-night slate starts with the Brooklyn Nets and Golden State Warriors in a battle between Kevin Durant’s current and former teams, before the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers resume their rivalry. And the Christmas Day schedule pits the old guard against the new, including showdowns between LeBron James and Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry.