NBA 2024-25: What are the key dates for the NBA regular season?
by Devesh Jaganath | by Cydias Aujard
Season Tip-Off: NBA 2024-25 Opening Day
The 2024-25 NBA regular season will get underway on October 23, 2024, and will run until April 13, 2025. There are two matches scheduled for Opening Day, kicking off with the defending champions Boston Celtics taking on the New York Knicks.
The second match of the day will feature the Los Angeles Lakers playing host to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and this match could see a piece of history being made. The Lakers drafted four-time champion and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer LeBron James’ eldest son Bronny James in the preseason, and Opening Day could see the two become the first-ever father-son duo to grace the court together.
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NBA Opening Day Schedule
All Times are GMT
Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks - (October 23, 00:30) - TD Garden
Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves - (Oct 23, 03:00) - Crypto.com Arena
Christmas Day: NBA Festive Season
Christmas Day in the NBA will feature three GMT games (five in the US), starting with the San Antonio Spurs, led by last season’s Rookie of the Year, Victor Wembanyama, travelling to Madison Square Garden to face the New York Knicks.
The Dallas Mavericks and Timberwolves will lock horns in the second match of the day followed by the Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers. In the US, the final two matches on Christmas Day will see the Warriors collide with the Lakers and the Suns hosting the Nuggets.
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NBA Festive Season Schedule 2024-25
All Times are GMT
New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs - (December 25, 17:00) - Madison Square Garden
Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves - (December 25, 19:30) - American Airlines Center
Boston Celtics vs Philadelphia 76ers - (December 25, 22:00) - TD Garden
Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers - (December 26, 01:00) - Chase Center
Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets - (December 26, 03:30) - Footprint Center
Place a wager on the NBAElection Day and Dr Martin Luther King Jr Day
As has been the case in the last two seasons, there will be no NBA games played on Election Day in the UK which falls on November 6 (GMT). Election Day is one of six days in the 2024-25 season where there are no games scheduled, with the remaining blank days being November 29 (Thanksgiving Day), December 23, February 17-19 (following NBA All-Star Weekend), and April 12 (penultimate day of the season).
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day will be honoured by the NBA with six games (seven in the US), including the headline fixture between the Grizzlies and the Timberwolves, which will be held in Memphis - the city where Dr King was assassinated in 1968. This will be the 22nd time in 23 seasons that Memphis will host a match on this day.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day Schedule
All Times are GMT
Charlotte Hornets vs Dallas Mavericks - (January 20, 17:00) - Spectrum Center
Houston Rockets vs Detroit Pistons - (January 20, 19:00) - Toyota Center
Memphis Grizzlies vs Minnesota Timberwolves - (January 20, 19:30) - FedEx Forum
New York Knicks vs Atlanta Hawks - (January 20, 20:00) - Madison Square Garden
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Phoenix Suns - (January 20, 20:30) - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Golden State Warriors vs Boston Celtics - (January 20, 22:00) - Chase Center
New Orleans Pelicans vs Utah Jazz - (January 21, 01:00) - Smoothie King Center
Bet on the winner of the 2024-25 NBA FinalNBA 2024-25 Rivals Week
This year will see the third annual NBA Rivals Week staged in January, and it will feature 10 games, headlined by the Celtics and Mavericks facing off for the first time since last season’s NBA Finals.
Other notable fixtures this week include a replay of the 2024 Western Conference semi-final with the Timberwolves hosting the Denver Nuggets, while Rivals Weeks will end with the Warriors welcoming the Lakers to Chase Center.
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NBA Rivals Week 2024-25 Schedule:
Brooklyn Nets vs New York Knicks - (January 22, 00:30) - Barclays Center
Denver Nuggets vs Philadelphia 76ers - (January 22, 03:00) - Toyota Center
Dallas Mavericks vs Minnesota Timberwolves - (January 23, 00:30) - American Airlines Center
Sacramento Kings vs Golden State Warriors - (January 23, 03:00) - Golden 1 Center
Milwaukee Bucks vs Miami Heat - (January 24, 00:30) - Fiserv Forum
Los Angeles Lakers vs Boston Celtics - (January 24, 03:00) - Crypto.com Arena
Memphis Grizzlies vs New Orleans Pelicans - (January 25, 01:00) - FedEx Forum
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Denver Nuggets - (January 25, 21:00) - Target Center
Dallas Mavericks vs Boston Celtics - (January 25, 22:30) - American Airlines Center
Golden State Warriors vs Los Angeles Lakers - (January 26, 01:30) - Chase Center
Check out the latest NBA oddsNBA 2024-25 Season - Final Week
The final week of the 2024-25 NBA regular season will see all 30 teams in action on the third-to-last day as well as the final day of the campaign. Notably, the Final Day (April 13) will see all seven Eastern Conference matchups tip-off at 17:00 (GMT), while the seven Western Conference, and the one cross-Conference matchup, will get underway at 19:30 (GMT).
NBA 2024-25 Key Dates:
October 22: Opening Day
November 12: NBA Cup starts
December 3: NBA Cup group stage ends
December 10 & 11: NBA Cup Quarter-final
December 14: NBA Cup Semi-final
December 17: NBA Cup Final
February 14-16: All-Star Weekend
April 13: NBA Regular Season End
April 19: NBA Playoffs Start
