On Wednesday, the NBA announced its nationally televised games on the first week of the 2018-19 season, plus Christmas Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day games, of which the Spurs weren’t a part of. On Friday, it released the rest of schedule, which did include a Spurs game or (eighty-)two, and we can all finally plan our lives accordingly. You can find the whole slate here.
Below are some early notes, takeaways, and dates to look forward to:
The season by the numbers:
- Nationally televised Spurs games: 25 (12 on NBA TV)
- Back to backs: 13
- Home and homes: 3 (LAL in early December, DEN in late December, OKC in early January)
- Rodeo Road Trip: 8 games (SAC, GSW, POR, UTA, MEM, TOR, NYK, BKL) and 3,665 air miles traveled
- Longest home stand: 6 games (From Dec.