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2022-23 Houston Rockets complete schedule, broadcast information

Here’s a month-by-month look at the 2022-23 Houston Rockets season schedule, along with TV and radio broadcast information for all games.

Complete with a release video featuring players, coaches, executives, broadcasters, and beyond, the official Houston Rockets schedule for the 2022-23 NBA season is now out.

With one of the league’s youngest rosters, expectations are still fairly minimal for a club that is still relatively early in its rebuilding process. Yet, given the presence of prized young prospects like Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Kevin Porter Jr., and Alperen Sengun, there’s still a lot to watch for as Houston continues to grow and develop.

Scroll on for a month-by-month look at all games, opponents, tipoff times, and broadcast information for the Rockets during the 2022-23 campaign. Training camp will open in late September, followed by the start of preseason games during the first week of October.

Initial national television assignments are not finalized, so it’s possible that some games could be added or subtracted from that list at a later date, should the league’s broadcast partners choose to do so.

Every crazy 2022-23 NBA schedule reveal video, from dogs to Oregon Trail

NBA teams went all out for their 2022-23 schedule reveal videos.

The 2022-23 NBA season may not kick off for a few more months, but on Wednesday basketball fans got some long-awaited news: the official schedule release!

Every year, it seems as if more and more sports teams are going big on schedule release videos. After all, the NFL dominated the conversation the night of its 2022 schedule release back in May thanks to some incredibly creative and hilarious videos. Seriously, the Chargers’ anime schedule release video is still top tier, even months later.

As such, now NBA teams are really getting in on the fun as well with their 2022-23 schedule releases. From good dogs to Oregon Trail and every other 1990s reference in between, here’s every NBA schedule reveal video for the upcoming 2022-23 season.

With schedule release video, Rockets reveal all games in 2022-23 season

With a schedule release video featuring nearly the entire roster, the Rockets revealed the dates and times for all of their games in the NBA’s 2022-23 season. Here’s a look at the highlights.

Like all NBA teams, the Houston Rockets on Wednesday announced their complete schedule for the 2022-23 regular season. And this year, the young squad did it with some extra flair.

When the schedule dropped at 2 p.m. CDT, the Rockets announced it via a release video on social media, which featured nearly the entire roster taking on acting roles from Toyota Center and beyond. Coaches, executives and broadcasters got in on the action, as well.

It was a clever twist to what is often a mundane process. Even recently drafted rookies Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and TyTy Washington were in on the action. Here’s a look at the team-produced video, and scroll on for the team’s official schedule announcement.

The announcement includes specific dates and tipoff times for all 2022-23 games, including four nationally televised contests.

From Rockets PR:

The Houston Rockets today announced their schedule for the 2022-23 regular season, which celebrates their 55th anniversary as an NBA franchise.

AT&T SportsNet will broadcast the entire 82 game schedule, with ESPN also showcasing the Rockets game at Sacramento on Jan. 11 and NBA TV picking up an additional three games. All games will be available on the radio broadcast home of the Houston Rockets, SportsTalk 790 KBME and NewsRadio 740 KTRH, as well as in Spanish on TUDN 93.3 FM.

Tickets for Rockets home games are available to purchase by visiting Rockets.com.

The Rockets will open the season at Atlanta on Oct. 19 before playing their home opener vs. Memphis on Oct. 21. Ten of Houston’s first 13 games will be on the road, including two four-game trips. That ties for the most road games by any team through the first 13 games of a season in NBA history.

From mid-November through Christmas, Houston will play 13 of 19 games at Toyota Center, including a four-game homestand from Nov. 18-26 and a season-high seven straight home games from Dec. 11-23. In December, the Rockets will host six of the eight teams which advanced to the conference semifinals last season, including Philadelphia on Dec. 5.

The Rockets will play eight of 12 on the road from Dec. 26 through Jan. 16, culminating with back-to-back games at the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers. Coming off of that trip, eight of Houston’s next 11 games will be at home before playing a season-high tying five straight on the road from Feb. 10-26, broken up by NBA All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City (Feb. 17-19).

Over a span from Feb. 28 through March 20, Houston will play 10 of 12 at Toyota Center, concluding with a six-game homestand which includes games vs. Boston, the Lakers and Golden State. The Rockets will play seven of their last 10 games on the road, including the season finale at Washington on April 9.

The Rockets have 13 sets of back-to-back games this season, including two within the first eight games and four in March.  Four of the back-to-backs feature both games at Toyota Center while four take place in different cities on the road.

Houston will play each NBA team at least once at home and once on the road this season. It will play Western Conference opponents four times (twice home and away), except for the following: the Los Angeles Lakers (2 home, 1 road), Phoenix (1 home, 2 road), Portland (1 home, 2 road) and Utah (2 home, 1 road).

As a daily breakdown, the Rockets have 16 games on Monday (9 home), five on Tuesday (4 home), 18 on Wednesday (8 home), six on Thursday (3 home), 14 on Friday (7 home), 12 on Saturday (4 home) and 11 on Sunday (6 home).

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Full 2022-23 OKC Thunder schedule released

Here’s the full Thunder schedule.

The NBA released the 2022-23 schedules for all 30 teams in the league on Wednesday. This includes the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will play 82 games from October to April.

Here’s the full 82-game schedule for the Thunder:

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The Thunder will play one nationally televised games this season that’s not on NBATV. It will be a matchup between the top two 2022 draft picks: Paolo Banchero and Chet Holmgren. The Thunder host the Orlando Magic on Nov. 1 on TNT.

This will be the first time the Thunder have had a nationally televised game not on NBA TV since the 2020 NBA playoffs. The young trio of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Josh Giddey is enticing enough to garner at least a couple of ESPN and TNT appearances this season.

The Thunder will open the season on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 19. The first home game for the Thunder will take place on Oct. 23 against the Timberwolves.

The Thunder will play six games in October, 16 games in November, 14 games in December, 14 games in January, 11 games in February, 17 games in March and four games in April.

The Thunder will play 13 back-to-back games this season. The All-Star break is scheduled from Feb. 16 to Feb. 22 for the Thunder.

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The NBA 2022-23 schedule is coming soon, but here’s everything we already know about it so far

Here’s everything we know so far about the NBA’s 2022-23 season

The NBA’s entire slate for the 2022-23 season is set to be revealed later on Wednesday.

Everyone will finally know when opening night for their favorite team is. And we’ll all get to go through the exercise of chalking up the wins and losses on the calendar month by month.

But there are some things we already actually know about the league’s overall schedule so far.

For example, we know who is playing on Christmas. We also know who is opening the season so far, too. Quite a bit has already been revealed.

So, ahead of the bigger drop, we figured we’d drop all of that information in one place for you.

Enjoy.

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OKC Thunder to open 2022-23 season on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves

Chet Holmgren will make his NBA debut in his home state.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will open the 2022-23 regular season on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 19, per NBA reporter Dane Moore.

This game will mark the NBA debut of Minnesota native Chet Holmgren. For the Timberwolves, this will mark the team debut of Rudy Gobert, whom the team acquired from the Utah Jazz for a massive haul of draft picks.

Other Thunder scheduling news leaked is the team will play on the road against the Houston Rockets on Nov. 26 on NBA TV, per The Athletic’s Kelly Iko.

The full schedule for the Thunder will be released on Wednesday.

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Report: Four Rockets games picked for national television in 2022-23

The NBA’s upcoming schedule release for the 2022-23 season features four Houston Rockets games to be shown on national television, per @KellyIkoNBA of The Athletic.

The NBA’s upcoming schedule release for the 2022-23 season features four nationally televised Houston Rockets games, according to The Athletic’s Kelly Iko. The complete schedule will be released Wednesday afternoon.

As a reminder, the NBA’s national TV schedule does have flexibility and can be revised. In other words, if a team overachieves or underachieves its projections (in the eyes of the league and its broadcast partners), it could have games national telecasts added or subtracted.

With the Rockets, even though there are clear young building blocks such as Jalen Green (the No. 2 pick from the first round of the 2021 NBA draft) and Jabari Smith Jr. (the No. 3 pick in 2022), the reality is Houston has had the league’s worst record in each of the past two seasons. Bad teams typically aren’t TV draws, so barring a big-name influx of elite veteran talent, which the Rockets did not have this offseason, to upgrade the roster and its short-term outlook, networks are likely to hesitate on picking up too many Rockets games until they win at a higher clip.

These are the dates and networks of Houston’s initial allotment of four nationally televised games:

  • Nov. 12, at New Orleans (NBA TV)
  • Nov. 26, vs. Oklahoma City (NBA TV)
  • Jan. 11, at Sacramento (ESPN)
  • Jan. 16, at Los Angeles Lakers (NBA TV)

The full schedule, which will include all game dates, times, and locations, will be released at 2 p.m. CDT on Wednesday.

Other games on Houston’s 82-game schedule will be televised via regional broadcast partner AT&T SportsNet Southwest and available nationally through NBA League Pass.

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First meeting between Paolo Banchero, Dejounte Murray to take place on Oct. 21

Chris Haynes: Atlanta Hawks will host the Orlando Magic on Oct. 21, which will highlight the first meeting between star guard Dejounte Murray and the No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero, league sources tell @YahooSports. Source: Twitter @ChrisBHaynes What’s …

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
Atlanta Hawks will host the Orlando Magic on Oct. 21, which will highlight the first meeting between star guard Dejounte Murray and the No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero, league sources tell @YahooSports. – 12:30 PM
Jake Fischer @JakeLFischer
Coming up at 3ET, we’ve got @tatefrazier on @getcallin, talking his early insights into Paolo Banchero going No. 1, and why the NBA has become more soap opera than other leagues:
callin.com/link/bUAIFqHlCZ – 11:17 AM

More on this storyline

 

Hoop Central: Paolo’s IG story. ‘Lol unfollowed me on the gram n everything it must be personal huh? That’s fine jus make sure y guard up next time n stop sending doubles family. -via Twitter / August 8, 2022
“You Tried To Flex That #1 Pick Shit On Me When I Been Rooting For You When You Was A Kid Asking To Rebound For Me @paolo5 Don’t Get On This Internet Saying Nothing… You Changed From The Humble Kid You Always Was And I Stand On Real Shit Boy And YOU KNOW!!!!!!!! You Made It And Changed And I Lost All Respect!!” “ Stay Humble. This Life You In Now Is REAL And Ain’t No Joke!!! I STILL WANNA SEE YOU WIN Cause That’s WHO I AM!!!” -via Instagram / August 8, 2022

 

Oklahoma City Thunder 2022-23 regular-season schedule to be released on Wednesday

The Thunder schedule will soon be revealed.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will learn their 2022-23 regular-season schedule on Wednesday, per NBA insider Marc Stein. The NBA will announce its full schedule — preseason included — for all 30 teams on that day.

The Thunder will play the traditional 82-game season from October to April.

The number of nationally televised games for the Thunder is not known, but this is the best shot the team has had to play some since the 2020 NBA playoffs. The trio of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Josh Giddey is enticing enough to get at least some games on ESPN or TNT.

Parts of the Thunder preseason schedule have already leaked.

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The Warriors will reportedly play the Lakers on NBA opening night and NBA fans are completely devastated

Not the Lakers. Not again.

Here we go again, y’all. The Lakers are reportedly back on national television. Again. This time to start the NBA season.

You’d think that maybe the NBA would’ve learned from plastering the Lakers on national television every other night last season. Fans complained all year long. But nope. We’re back at it again. Even after they completely missed the playoffs.

It’s been this way for years, obviously. But there are more than enough good basketball teams to go around. You’d think the NBA might choose one of them to headline the league’s opening night.

Instead, we’re getting Lakers vs. Warriors for the 2nd year in a row, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Sigh. I guess you can understand this decision. LeBron James vs. Steph Curry is always going to be the biggest draw in the league while those two are playing. But, man. After such a disappointing year last year, it’d just be great to put eyes on other teams.

Maybe the NBA knows something we don’t? Maybe the Kyrie Irving trade is happening? Or maybe they just expect the Lakers to be better? Who knows?

But man. Grizzlies vs. Warriors was right there. Or maybe even the Mavericks. Or, you know, just another team that at least made the playoffs last year?

Nope. Lakers. Again. Sigh. Fans weren’t here for this.

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