The Orlando Magic will open the 2022-23 regular season against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 19 and their first residence recreation might be vs. the Boston Celtics on Oct. 22 at Amway Center after the NBA launched the complete schedule Wednesday afternoon.
The Magic will play six of their first eight video games on the street and have their longest homestand from early to mid-November earlier than enjoying a balanced schedule the remainder of the way in which.
Orlando opens coaching camp on Sept. 27 at its new AdventHealth Training Center.
Magic ticket plans, suites and single-game tickets will go on sale at 1 p.m. on Aug. 26. The Fast Break Monthly Pass, which was launched final season, will return for 2022-23. It contains as much as 5 video games every month for $49. Learn extra at OrlandoMagic.com/FastBreak. More details about pre-sale entry will be discovered at OrlandoMagic.com or by calling 407-89-MAGIC.
Here are seven highlights from the schedule:
Opener vs. Pistons
Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 decide in June’s NBA draft, will make his Magic debut once they open their season on the Pistons.
It’ll be a matchup not solely between the NBA’s final pair of prime picks (Banchero and Montverde Academy alum Cade Cunningham), however two groups in related phases of their rebuilds, making for early check within the season for each squads.
Magic-Hawks rivalry?
Banchero and Dejounte Murray, whom the Atlanta Hawks traded for in June, received’t have to attend lengthy to play one another once more after their social media back-and-forth following a pro-am recreation this summer season.
Orlando’s Oct. 21 recreation towards the Hawks at State Farm Arena will mark the second time in franchise historical past the Magic have opened a season with consecutive street video games.
Home opener vs. East champs
The Magic will play their first residence recreation towards the defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics, who misplaced to the Golden State Warriors in NBA Finals.
The Celtics have received the final 9 matchups towards Orlando courting to the 2019-20 season.
Return to nationwide TV
The Magic’s lone recreation that’s scheduled to broadcast on prime nationwide TV will come on Nov. 1 once they play on the Oklahoma City Thunder, who drafted Chet Holmgren with the No. 2 decide.
The matchup might be broadcast on TNT. It’s the Magic’s solely non-NBA TV nationally televised recreation. They have three video games scheduled to be broadcast on NBA TV.
Orlando, which didn’t have a recreation on ESPN, ABC or TNT final season, is considered one of 4 groups (Utah Jazz, Pistons and Thunder) that isn’t scheduled to have an ESPN or ABC recreation.
Matchup vs. Smith, Houston
The Magic will play the Houston Rockets and Jabari Smith, the No. 3 decide within the draft, for the primary time on Nov. 7 at Amway Center.
Most media shops predicted the Magic have been going to draft Smith with the highest decide earlier than they chose Banchero.
Longest residence stretches
The Magic can have a season-long seven-game homestand from Nov. 3-16, matching up towards the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
They’ll even have a five-game homestand from Dec. 5-14.
Longest street journeys
The Magic might be on a season-long five-game West Coast journey from Jan. 7-15. They even have three four-game journeys — Dec. 16-21, Jan. 30-Feb. 5 and March 14-19. Amway Center will host video games from the primary and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball match on March 16 and 18.
Schedule (All instances Eastern, residence video games are in daring)
All domestically televised Magic video games might be aired solely on Bally Sports Florida. Games additionally will be heard on the Orlando Magic Radio Network (FM 96.9 The Game).
October – preseason
3: at Memphis, 8 p.m.
6: at San Antonio, 8:30
7: at Dallas, 8:30
11 vs. Memphis, 7
14 vs. Cleveland, 7
October – common season
19: at Detroit, 7
21: at Atlanta, 7:30
22: Boston, 7
24: at New York, 7:30 (NBA TV)
26: at Cleveland, 7
28: Charlotte, 7
30: at Dallas, 7:30
November
1: at Oklahoma City, 7:30 (TNT)
3: Golden State, 7
5: Sacramento, 5
7: Houston, 7:15
9: Dallas, 7
11: Phoenix, 7
14: Charlotte, 7
16: Minnesota, 7
18: at Chicago, 8
19: at Indiana, 7
21: at Indiana, 7
25: Philadelphia, 7
27: Philadelphia, 6
28: at Brooklyn, 7:30
30: Atlanta, 7
December
2: at Cleveland, 7:30
3: at Toronto, 8
5: Milwaukee, 7
7: L.A. Clippers, 7
9: Toronto, 7
11: Toronto, 6
14: Atlanta, 7
16: at Boston, 7:30
18: at Boston, 3
19: at Atlanta, 7:30
21: at Houston, 8
23: San Antonio, 7
27 L.A. Lakers, 7
28: at Detroit, 7
30: Washington, 7
January
4: Oklahoma City, 7
5: Memphis, 7
7: at Golden State, 8:30
9: at Sacramento, 10
10: at Portland, 10
13: at Utah, 9
15: at Denver, 8
20: New Orleans, 7
21: at Washington, 7
23: Boston, 7
25: Indiana, 7
27: at Miami, 8
28: Chicago, 7
30: at Philadelphia, 7
February
1: at Philadelphia, 7
3 at Minnesota, 8
5: at Charlotte, 1
7: New York, 7
9: Denver, 7
11: Miami, 7
13: at Chicago, 8
14: at Toronto, 7:30
17-22: NBA All-Star Break (Salt Lake City)
23: Detroit, 7
25: Indiana, 7
27: at New Orleans, 8
March
1: at Milwaukee, 8
3: at Charlotte, 7
5: Portland, 6
7: Milwaukee, 7
9: Utah, 7
11: Miami, 7
14: at San Antonio, 8
16: at Phoenix, 10 (NBA TV)
18: at L.A. Clippers, 3
19: at L.A. Lakers, 9:30
21: Washington, 7
23: New York, 7 (NBA TV)
26: Brooklyn, 6
28: at Memphis, 8
31: at Washington, 7
April
2: Detroit, 6
4: Cleveland, 7
6: Cleveland, 7
7: at Brooklyn, 7:30
9: at Miami, 1
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at [email protected] or comply with him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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