Last week, the NBA announced the national television schedule for opening week and Christmas Day.
On Monday, the NBA champion Warriors found out about the other 79 games on their 2017-18 schedule. A total of 31 of the 82 regular-season games will be nationally televised, a franchise record.
Among the highlights revealed Monday is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day game at Cleveland on Jan. 15 (5 p.m. on TNT).
Three games were announced last week.
The Warriors’ season opener will be on Oct. 17 against the Houston Rockets at Oracle Arena on TNT. It will be the Rockets debut of Chris Paul, who engineered an offseason trade to Houston from the Los Angeles Clippers. The night will include the ring ceremony and the raising of the championship banner.
The Warriors will make a second national TV appearance in opening week when they travel to New Orleans for an ESPN game on Oct. 20. The Warriors also will be featured on Christmas Day when they play host to the Cavaliers on ABC in a rematch of the previous three NBA Finals.
The season’s starting date is the earliest in the NBA since Oct. 10, 1980 as the league stretched out the schedule to avoid too many back-to-back games. As a result, the Warriors will play 14 sets of back-to-backs, down from 17 last season. And no NBA team is scheduled to play four games in five nights.
The league hopes that the longer schedule will give coaches less reason to rest players during the regular season.
Other highlights of the Warriors’ schedule include Kevin Durant’s Thanksgiving Eve trip back to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder and NBA MVP Russell Westbrook and new addition Paul George (Nov. 22, 5 p.m. ESPN).
Minnesota, projected as a playoff team after acquiring Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague and Taj Gibson, visit Oracle Arena on Nov. 8 (7:30 p.m. ESPN).
The Los Angeles Lakers, with rookie Lonzo Ball and former Stanford star Brook Lopez, come to Oracle on Dec. 22 (7:30 p.m. ESPN). That is the second game of a season-long seven-game homestand. Their longest trip is a six-gamer over 11 days in late-November to early-December.
DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME TV/RADIO
Tue Oct 17 Houston 7:30 PM TNT*
Fri Oct 20 at New Orleans 6:30 PM ESPN
Sat Oct 21 at Memphis 5:00 PM NBATV
Mon Oct 23 at Dallas 5:30 PM
Wed Oct 25 Toronto 7:30 PM
Fri Oct 27 Washington 7:30 PM NBATV
Sun Oct 29 Detroit 5:30 PM
Mon Oct 30 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 PM NBATV
Thu Nov 2 at San Antonio 5:00 PM TNT
Sat Nov 4 at Denver 6:00 PM
Mon Nov 6 Miami 7:30 PM
Wed Nov 8 Minnesota 7:30 PM ESPN
Sat Nov 11 Philadelphia 5:30 PM
Mon Nov 13 Orlando 7:30 PM
Thu Nov 16 at Boston 5:00 PM TNT
Sat Nov 18 at Philadelphia 4:30 PM
Sun Nov 19 at Brooklyn 3:00 PM
Wed Nov 22 at Oklahoma City 5:00 PM ESPN
Fri Nov 24 Chicago 7:30 PM NBATV
Sat Nov 25 New Orleans 5:30 PM
Mon Nov 27 Sacramento 7:30 PM
Wed Nov 29 at L.A. Lakers 7:30 PM NBATV
Fri Dec 1 at Orlando 4:00 PM
Sun Dec 3 at Miami 4:00 PM
Mon Dec 4 at New Orleans 5:00 PM
Wed Dec 6 at Charlotte 5:00 PM ESPN
Fri Dec 8 at Detroit 4:00 PM ESPN
Mon Dec 11 Portland 7:30 PM
Thu Dec 14 Dallas 7:30 PM TNT
Mon Dec 18 at L.A. Lakers 7:30 PM NBATV
Wed Dec 20 Memphis 7:30 PM NBATV
Fri Dec 22 L.A. Lakers 7:30 PM ESPN
Sat Dec 23 Denver 5:30 PM
Mon Dec 25 Cleveland 12:00 PM ABC*
Wed Dec 27 Utah 7:30 PM NBATV
Fri Dec 29 Charlotte 7:30 PM
Sat Dec 30 Memphis 5:30 PM
Wed Jan 3 at Dallas 5:30 PM
Thu Jan 4 at Houston 5:00 PM TNT
Sat Jan 6 at L.A. Clippers 12:30 PM
Mon Jan 8 Denver 7:30 PM
Wed Jan 10 L.A. Clippers 7:30 PM ESPN
Fri Jan 12 at Milwaukee 5:00 PM ESPN
Sat Jan 13 at Toronto 4:30 PM
Mon Jan 15 at Cleveland 5:00 PM TNT*
Wed Jan 17 at Chicago 5:00 PM
Sat Jan 20 at Houston 5:30 PM ABC*
Tue Jan 23 New York 7:30 PM
Thu Jan 25 Minnesota 7:30 PM TNT
Sat Jan 27 Boston 5:30 PM ABC*
Tue Jan 30 at Utah 6:00 PM
Fri Feb 2 at Sacramento 7:30 PM ESPN
Sat Feb 3 at Denver 6:00 PM
Tue Feb 6 Oklahoma City 7:30 PM TNT
Thu Feb 8 Dallas 7:30 PM
Sat Feb 10 San Antonio 5:30 PM ABC*
Mon Feb 12 Phoenix 7:30 PM NBATV
Wed Feb 14 at Portland 7:30 PM ESPN
Thu Feb 22 L.A. Clippers 7:30 PM TNT
Sat Feb 24 Oklahoma City 5:30 PM ABC*
Mon Feb 26 at New York 4:30 PM NBATV
Wed Feb 28 at Washington 5:00 PM ESPN
Fri Mar 2 at Atlanta 4:30 PM
Tue Mar 6 Brooklyn 7:30 PM
Thu Mar 8 San Antonio 7:30 PM TNT
Fri Mar 9 at Portland 7:00 PM
Sun Mar 11 at Minnesota 12:30 PM ABC*
Wed Mar 14 L.A. Lakers 7:30 PM ESPN
Fri Mar 16 Sacramento 7:30 PM
Sat Mar 17 at Phoenix 7:00 PM
Mon Mar 19 at San Antonio 6:30 PM ESPN
Fri Mar 23 Atlanta 7:30 PM
Sun Mar 25 Utah 5:30 PM NBATV
Tue Mar 27 Indiana 7:30 PM
Thu Mar 29 Milwaukee 7:30 PM TNT
Sat Mar 31 at Sacramento 7:00 PM
Sun Apr 1 Phoenix 5:30 PM
Tue Apr 3 at Oklahoma City 5:00 PM TNT*
Thu Apr 5 at Indiana 4:00 PM
Sat Apr 7 New Orleans 5:30 PM
Sun Apr 8 at Phoenix 6:00 PM NBATV
Tue Apr 10 at Utah 6:00 PM