The Clippers were going to play 82 games next season. That was guaranteed.
The who, when and where? That all got answered Thursday.
The Clippers will open their season with a playoff rematch in Portland, spend Christmas at Staples Center against the Lakers, host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and finish the season with seven-of-nine on their home floor.
The team will play 18 sets of back-to-back games and one stretch of four games in five nights.
Single game tickets will be available at 12 p.m. Friday.
Here are five key dates:
Oct.