The schedule for the upcoming NBA regular season is expected to be fully released within days, and Los Angeles Lakers fans will be closely analyzing it.
The nature of the Lakers’ schedule will mean a little more than it did the previous couple of seasons because the team is now considered a legitimate championship contender.
Two details of that schedule have already been leaked. It has been revealed that the Lakers will begin the regular season in Colorado versus the Denver Nuggets, the team that swept them out of the Western Conference finals a couple of months ago. They will have to watch the Nuggets get their championship rings, something that will surely motivate them.
On Christmas Day, Los Angeles will host the Boston Celtics in a matchup that could be a preview of the NBA Finals.
On Friday, two other big matchups for the Lakers were leaked.