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 NBA Europe Live presented by EA SPORTS, an inaugural trip to Taiwan and return trips to Beijing and Mexico highlight the 2009 NBA preseason schedule, the NBA announced today. The 119-game slate tips off on Oct. 1 when the Denver Nuggets visit the Utah Jazz at 9 p.m. ET.
NBA Europe Live 2009 presented by EA SPORTS™ features single games each in London and Madrid, Spain. The NBA returns to London for the third consecutive year as Luol Deng, reigning T-Mobile Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls take on Deron Williams and the Utah Jazz at The O2 on Oct. 6. The Jazz then travels to Madrid where it plays host to European power Real Madrid at the Palacio de Deportes on Oct. 8.
The Indiana Pacers, led by 2008-09 NBA Most Improved Player Presented by Kia Motors award winner Danny Granger, and the Denver Nuggets, headlined by All-Stars Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups, play a pair of games, one in China and one in Taiwan. On Oct. 8, the Pacers and Nuggets will tip off in the first NBA game played in Taipei, Taiwan. Later that week, the same teams will head to Beijing’s Wukesong Arena on Oct. 11 where they will become the seventh and eighth NBA teams to play games in China.
Preseason basketball returns to Mexico when Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns face Elton Brand and the Philadelphia 76ers on Oct. 18 in Monterrey. This marks the NBA’s second visit to Monterrey and the 18th game in Mexico overall, the most NBA games held in any country outside the United States and Canada.
Two Euroleague teams – Partizan Belgrade of Serbia and Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece – are slated to compete in four preseason games in the United States as part of the Euroleague American Tour 2009. The tour tips off on Oct. 3 in Denver when Partizan Belgrade makes its North American debut against the Nuggets. Partizan's second preseason game is in Phoenix against the Suns on Oct. 6. Olympiacos Piraeu, the 2008-09 Euroleague semifinalist, faces the four-time NBA champion Spurs in San Antonio on Oct. 9 in the first of their two games. Olympiacos makes the last stop in the Euroleague American Tour 2009 with a showdown in Cleveland against the Cavaliers on Oct. 12.
Another Euroleague team, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, is scheduled to play the New York Knicks on Oct. 18 in New York, and the Los Angeles Clippers on Oct. 20, in Los Angeles. Competition between NBA and Euroleague teams dates back to 1978, when Maccabi Tel Aviv played the Washington Bullets in Tel Aviv, Israel. Fifty-seven games have been played between European and NBA clubs.
ESPN is scheduled to televise a doubleheader on Oct. 23, the final day of preseason games. In the first game, the Orlando Magic and its quartet of All-Stars – Dwight Howard, Vince Carter, Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson – host All-Star Joe Johnson and the Atlanta Hawks (8 p.m. ET). The second contest features the Los Angeles Lakers, led by All-Stars Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol, in their final preseason game before opening up defense of their NBA championship as they host the Nuggets (10:30 p.m. ET).
For the second consecutive season, TNT will air preseason coverage as the Golden State Warriors and lottery selection Stephon Curry take on the Suns in an outdoor game at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Palm Springs, Calif. on Oct. 10 (9:30 p.m.ET). TNT also is slated to broadcast the Lakers-Nuggets game on Oct. 22 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. (10 p.m. ET).
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2009 NBA PRESEASON SCHEDULE
(All Times Local)
Date Game Location Time
October 1 Denver @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 2 Chicago @ Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 3 Partizan @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 4 New Jersey @ New York Times Union Center, Albany, NY 2:00PM
October 4 LA Clippers @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 6:00PM
October 5 Milwaukee @ Minnesota Bresnan Arena, Mankato, MN 7:00PM
October 5 Miami @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 5 Orlando @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 6 Memphis @ Washington Siegel Center, Richmond, VA 7:00PM
October 6 Charlotte @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 6 Partizan @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 6 Sacramento @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 6 Toronto @ Philadelphia John Labatt Centre, London, ON 7:30PM
October 6 Utah @ Chicago The O2, London, England 7:30PM
October 6 Houston @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 7 Philadelphia @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 7 Miami @ Orlando Amway Arena, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 7 New Orleans @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:00PM
October 7 Oklahoma City @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 7 Portland @ Sacramento ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 7 Golden State @ LA Lakers Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7:00PM
October 7 Milwaukee @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 7 Boston @ Houston Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, TX 7:30PM
October 8 New Orleans @ Charlotte Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC 7:30PM
October 8 Denver @ Indiana Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan 7:30PM
October 8 Utah @ Real Madrid Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, Spain 8:45PM
October 9 New Jersey @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 9 Dallas @ Washington Verizon Center, Washington, DC 7:00PM
October 9 Houston @ Orlando Amway Arena, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 9 Toronto @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 9 Golden State @ LA Lakers LA Forum, Inglewood, CA 7:00PM
October 9 New York @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 7:30PM
October 9 Olympiacos @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 9 Portland @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 10 Golden State @ Phoenix Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Palm Springs, CA 6:30PM (TNT)
October 10 Oklahoma City @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA TBD
October 10 Cleveland @ Charlotte No. Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, SC 7:30PM
October 10 Chicago @ Milwaukee Resch Center, Green Bay, WI 7:30PM
October 11 Indiana @ Denver Wukesong Arena, Beijing, China 12:00PM
October 11 New Jersey @ Boston TD Garden, Boston, MA 1:00PM
October 11 Washington @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 3:00PM
October 11 San Antonio @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 6:00PM
October 11 Atlanta @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 6:00PM
October 11 Memphis @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 6:00PM
October 12 Charlotte @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:00PM
October 12 Olympiacos @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 12 Orlando @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 12 Phoenix @ Oklahoma City Ford Center, Oklahoma City 7:00PM
October 12 Milwaukee @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:30PM
October 12 Golden State @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 13 Boston @ New Jersey Prudential Center, Newark, NJ 7:00PM
October 13 Washington @ Detroit Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI 7:00PM
October 13 Milwaukee @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 13 Orlando @ New Orleans Charles Koch Arena, Wichita, KS 7:00PM
October 13 Philadelphia @ New York Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7:30PM
October 14 Washington @ Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 7:00PM
October 14 Atlanta @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 14 Chicago @ Minnesota Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 7:00PM
October 14 Miami @ Oklahoma City BOK Center, Tulsa, OK 7:00PM
October 14 Phoenix @ Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 14 Toronto @ Boston XL Center, Hartford, CT 7:30PM
October 14 LA Clippers @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 15 Houston @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 7:00PM
October 15 Portland @ Utah EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, UT 7:00PM
October 15 Sacramento @ LA Lakers Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV 7:00PM
October 15 New Orleans @ Miami Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO 7:30PM
October 15 Detroit @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 16 Houston @ Indiana Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN 7:00PM
October 16 Minnesota @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 16 Philadelphia @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 16 New Jersey @ New York Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7:30PM
October 16 Cleveland @ San Antonio AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 7:30PM
October 17 Utah @ LA Clippers LA Shootout, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 4:30PM
October 17 Detroit @ Memphis FedExForum, Memphis, TN 7:00PM
October 17 Indiana @ New Orleans New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA 7:00PM
October 17 Golden State @ Sacramento ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 17 Charlotte @ LA Lakers LA Shootout, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 17 Minnesota @ Milwaukee Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 17 Cleveland @ Dallas American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX 7:30PM
October 18 Maccabi Tel Aviv @ New York Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 1:00PM
October 18 Boston @ Toronto Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 3:00PM
October 18 Utah or LA Clippers @ Charlotte LA Shootout, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 4:30PM
October 18 Denver @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 6:00PM
October 18 Utah or LA Clippers @ LA Lakers LA Shootout, Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 18 Philadelphia @ Phoenix Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico 6:00PM
October 19 Washington @ Atlanta Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA 7:00PM
October 19 Orlando @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 19 Oklahoma City @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:30PM
October 20 Washington @ Philadelphia Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA 7:00PM
October 20 Milwaukee @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 7:00PM
October 20 Minnesota @ Denver Pepsi Center, Denver, CO 7:00PM
October 20 Sacramento @ Phoenix US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ 7:00PM
October 20 Utah @ Portland Rose Garden, Portland, OR 7:00PM
October 20 Golden State @ LA Lakers Citizens Business Bank Arena, Ontario, CA 7:00PM
October 20 Boston @ New York Madison Square Garden, New York, NY 7:30PM
October 20 Dallas @ Cleveland Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PA 7:30PM
October 20 San Antonio @ Oklahoma City Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX 7:30PM
October 20 Maccabi Tel Aviv @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 21 New York @ New Jersey Prudential Center, Newark, NJ 7:00PM
October 21 Indiana @ Orlando Amway Arena, Orlando, FL 7:00PM
October 21 Boston @ Cleveland Value City Arena, Columbus, OH 7:00PM
October 21 Memphis @ Miami AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL 7:30PM
October 22 Atlanta @ Miami Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, FL 7:00PM
October 22 Sacramento @ Oklahoma City Ford Center, Oklahoma City 7:00PM
October 22 Denver @ LA Lakers Honda Center, Anaheim, CA 7:00PM (TNT)
October 22 Portland @ Phoenix General Motors Place, Vancouver, BC 7:00PM
October 22 Minnesota @ Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, MI 7:30PM
October 22 New Orleans @ Golden State Oracle Arena, Oakland, CA 7:30PM
October 23 Memphis @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC 10:30AM
October 23 San Antonio @ Indiana Assembly Hall, Bloomington, IN 7:00PM
October 23 Washington @ Chicago United Center, Chicago, IL 7:00PM
October 23 Toronto @ Minnesota Sioux Falls Arena, Sioux Falls, SD 7:00PM
October 23 Utah @ Sacramento ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA 7:00PM
October 23 Detroit @ Milwaukee Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI 7:30PM
October 23 Dallas @ Houston Toyota Center, Houston, TX 7:30PM
October 23 New Orleans @ LA Clippers Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA 7:30PM
October 23 Denver @ LA Lakers San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA 7:30PM (ESPN)
October 23 Philadelphia @ New Jersey Carnesecca Arena, Queens, NY 8:00PM
October 23 Atlanta @ Orlando Amway Arena, Orlando, FL 8:00PM (ESPN)
Source: National Basketball Association
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