After the Playoffs End When Do They Start the Preseason Again

NBA preseason 2021: Full schedule, how to sentry on TV, streaming options for every game

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Throw on that jersey, sit on that couch and plough on that Idiot box. A new NBA season is finally here — well, sort of.

Before playing in the games that actually count, NBA teams volition take the floor for preseason action this month. It all starts with Sunday's preseason opener between the Nets and Lakers, which could be a 2022 NBA Finals preview. The preseason volition conclude on Oct. 15 with an eight-game slate featuring two national TV matchups (Celtics vs. Heat and Trail Blazers vs. Warriors).

More than: Key upcoming dates for 2021-22 NBA season

Hither is a consummate guide to watching NBA preseason games, including the TV and streaming options for each contest.

When does the 2021 NBA preseason commencement?

NBA preseason first date: Oct. 3, 2021
NBA preseason finish date: October. 15, 2021
NBA regular season start appointment:Oct. 19, 2022

NBA teams will play preseason games from October. 3-fifteen. In that location will exist a three-mean solar day break between the end of the preseason and beginning of the regular season.

How to watch NBA preseason games

NBA preseason games will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN2, NBA TV and TNT. You can likewise stream games via NBA League Pass or fuboTV, which offers a free trial. Fans in Canada can lookout man games on NBA TV Canada, SN and TSN.

More: Scout NBA preseason games live with fuboTV (free 7-day trial)

NBA preseason schedule 2021

Sunday, Oct. 3

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National TV
Nets vs. Lakers	3:30 p.m.	NBA TV

Monday, Oct. four

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National TV
76ers vs. Raptors	7 p.thousand.	—
Magic vs. Celtics	vii:xxx p.m.	—
Hawks vs. Heat	7:xxx p.thou.	NBA TV
Pelicans vs. Timberwolves	8 p.m.	—
Hornets vs. Thunder	8 p.m.	—
Jazz vs. Spurs	eight:30 p.yard.	—
Warriors vs. Trail Blazers	10 p.m.	NBA TV
Suns vs. Kings	10 p.m.	—
Nuggets vs. Clippers	10:30 p.chiliad.	—

Tuesday, Oct. 5

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Pacers vs. Knicks	7:30 p.m.	—
Cavaliers vs. Bulls	eight p.k.	—
Wizards vs. Rockets	8 p.thousand.	—
Bucks vs. Grizzlies	8 p.m.	TNT

Midweek, Oct. vi

Game	Time (ET)	National Boob tube
Spurs vs. Pistons	seven p.m.	—
Cavaliers vs. Hawks	7:30 p.m.	NBA TV
Magic vs. Pelicans	viii p.m.	—
Jazz vs. Mavericks	8:30 p.thousand.	—
Nuggets vs. Warriors	10 p.g.	—
Lakers vs. Suns	x p.1000.	NBA Television set
Kings vs. Clippers	10:thirty p.m.	—

Thursday, Oct. 7

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National Tv set
Grizzlies vs. Hornets	7 p.m.	—
Raptors vs. 76ers	7 p.thousand.	NBA Television receiver
Oestrus vs. Rockets	10 p.m.	ESPN2

Friday, Oct. 8

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National Tv
Pacers vs. Cavaliers	7 p.thou.	—
Bucks vs. Nets	seven:30 p.m.	NBA TV
Pelicans vs. Bulls	8 p.g.	—
Clippers vs. Mavericks	8:xxx p.one thousand.	—
Heat vs. Spurs	eight:30 p.thousand.	—
Timberwolves vs. Nuggets	9 p.chiliad.	—
Lakers vs. Warriors	10 p.m.	NBA Idiot box

Sabbatum, October. 9

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Raptors vs. Celtics	seven p.grand.	—
Knicks vs. Wizards	7 p.thou.	—
Hawks vs. Grizzlies	8 p.k.	NBA Tv

Sunday, Oct. 10

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National TV
Spurs vs. Magic	six p.one thousand.	—
Bulls vs. Cavaliers	7 p.one thousand.	—
Thunder vs. Bucks	seven:30 p.one thousand.	ESPN
Suns vs. Lakers	10 p.m.	ESPN

Monday, October. xi

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Rockets vs. Raptors	7 p.yard.	—
Hornets vs. Oestrus	vii:thirty p.m.	—
Nets vs. 76ers	8 p.m.	ESPN2
Pistons vs. Grizzlies	eight p.m.	—
Pelicans vs. Jazz	ix p.m.	—
Kings vs. Trail Blazers	x p.m.	—
Timberwolves vs. Clippers	x:30 p.k.	NBA Goggle box

Tuesday, Oct. 12

Game	Time (ET)	National Tv
Raptors vs. Wizards	7 p.m.	NBA TV
Warriors vs. Lakers	10:30 p.m.	TNT

Wednesday, October. 13

Game	Time (ET)	National Television
Mavericks vs. Hornets	6:30 p.m.	ESPN
Grizzlies vs. Pacers	7 p.m.	—
Celtics vs. Magic	7 p.m.	—
Pistons vs. Knicks	7:xxx p.grand.	—
Nuggets vs. Thunder	8 p.one thousand.	—
Bucks vs. Jazz	9 p.chiliad.	—
Trail Blazers vs. Suns	10 p.m.	NBA TV

Thursday, Oct. xiv

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Heat vs. Hawks	seven p.thou.	—
Timberwolves vs. Nets	7:30 p.k.	NBA TV
Nuggets vs. Thunder	8 p.1000.	—
Lakers vs. Kings	10 p.thousand.	NBA TV

Friday, Oct. fifteen

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National Television
Celtics vs. Oestrus	6:30 p.m.	ESPN2
76ers vs. Pistons	vii p.1000.	—
Cavaliers vs. Pacers	7 p.m.	—
Wizards vs. Knicks	7:xxx p.m.	—
Grizzlies vs. Bulls	7:30 p.thousand.	—
Mavericks vs. Bucks	8 p.m.	—
Rockets vs. Spurs	eight:thirty p.m.	—
Trail Blazers vs. Warriors	10 p.m.	NBA Tv

NBA regular season schedule 2021-22

After playing 72 games terminal season, NBA teams volition return to the usual 82-game slate for the 2021-22 campaign. Here'south a breakup of the 2021-22 NBA agenda:

Regular season:Oct. 19, 2021-April ten, 2022
All-Star intermission:Feb. 18-xx, 2022
Play-in tournament:April 12-xv, 2022
NBA playoffs:April 16-June 19, 2022 (latest possible NBA Finals game)
NBA Draft: June 23, 2022

Tuesday, Oct. 19 (Opening Dark)

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Nets vs. Bucks	7:30 p.m.	TNT
Warriors vs. Lakers	10 p.g.	TNT

Wednesday, Oct. 20

Game	Fourth dimension (ET)	National TV
Pacers vs. Hornets	seven p.m.	—
Bulls vs. Pistons	7 p.g.	—
Celtics vs. Knicks	7:xxx p.1000.	ESPN
Wizards vs. Raptors	seven:30 p.chiliad.	—
Cavaliers vs. Grizzlies	8 p.m.	—
Rockets vs. Timberwolves	8 p.m.	—
76ers vs. Pelicans	eight p.m.	—
Magic vs. Spurs	8:30 p.m.	—
Thunder vs. Jazz	nine p.m.	—
Nuggets vs. Suns	10 p.1000.	ESPN
Kings vs. Trail Blazers	10 p.m.	—

Thursday, Oct. 21

Game	Time (ET)	National TV
Mavericks vs. Hawks	7:30 p.m.	TNT
Bucks vs. Heat	eight p.m.	—
Clippers vs. Warriors	10 p.m.	TNT

Friday, Oct. 22

Game	Time (ET)	National Television
Hornets vs. Cavaliers	vii p.m.	—
Knicks vs. Magic	7 p.m.	—
Pacers vs. Wizards	7 p.thou.	—
Nets vs. 76ers	7:xxx p.m.	ESPN
Raptors vs. Celtics	7:xxx p.m.	—
Pelicans vs. Bulls	viii p.m.	—
Thunder vs. Rockets	eight p.one thousand.	—
Spurs vs. Nuggets	ix p.thousand.	—
Suns vs. Lakers	ten p.k.	ESPN
Jazz vs. Kings	ten p.1000.	—

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