This Monday afternoon held host to the release of the official 2019-20 NBA schedule. The Portland Trail Blazers will have to run the gauntlet against their competitive Western Conference rivals if they wish to secure a high playoff seed.
Despite the hard road ahead of them, they didn’t hold back on releasing possibly the cutest schedule announcement of all-time.
Once you’ve recovered from adorable animal induced-shock, we can roll right into the five biggest takeaways from next year’s schedule.
1. Portland receives national television attention
Next season, the Portland Trail Blazers will have 20 games televised on ESPN, TNT and ABC.