The Orlando Magic will open the 2022-23 common season in opposition to the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 19 and their first residence recreation might be vs. the Boston Celtics on Oct. 22 at Amway Middle after the NBA launched the complete schedule Wednesday afternoon.
The Magic will play six of their first eight video games on the highway and have their longest homestand from early to mid-November earlier than taking part in a balanced schedule the remainder of the best way.
Orlando opens coaching camp on Sept. 27 at its new AdventHealth Coaching Middle.
Magic ticket plans, suites and single-game tickets will go on sale at 1 p.m. on Aug. 26. The Quick Break Month-to-month Go, which was launched final season, will return for 2022-23. It contains as much as 5 video games every month for $49. Study extra at OrlandoMagic.com/FastBreak. Extra details about pre-sale entry might be discovered at OrlandoMagic.com or by calling 407-89-MAGIC.
Listed here are seven highlights from the schedule:
Opener vs. Pistons
Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 choose in June’s NBA draft, will make his Magic debut after they open their season in opposition to the Pistons.
It’ll be a matchup not solely between the NBA’s final pair of prime picks (Banchero and Cade Cunningham), however two groups in comparable levels of their rebuilds, making for a very good early check within the season for each squads.
Magic-Hawks rivalry?
Banchero and Dejounte Murray, who the Atlanta Hawks traded for in June, gained’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 in opposition to the Hawks at State Farm Area will mark the second time in franchise historical past the Magic have opened a season with consecutive highway video games.
Residence opener vs. East champs
The Magic will play their first residence recreation in opposition to the defending East Convention champion Celtics, who misplaced to the Golden State Warriors in NBA Finals.
The Celtics have gained the final 9 matchups in opposition to Orlando relationship 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 after they play on the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, who drafted Chet Holmgren with the No. 2 choose.
The matchup might be broadcasted on TNT. It’s the Magic’s solely non-NBA TV nationally televised recreation. They've three video games scheduled to be broadcasted on NBA TV.
Orlando, which didn’t have a recreation on ESPN, ABC or TNT final season, is certainly 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 choose within the draft, for the primary time on Nov. 7 at Amway Middle.
Most media retailers predicted the Magic have been going to draft Smith with the highest choose earlier than they chose Banchero.
Longest residence stretches
The Magic could have a season-long, seven-game homestand from Nov. 3-16, matching up in opposition to 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 highway journeys
The Magic might be on a season-long, five-game West Coast highway journey from Jan. 7-15. In addition they have three four-game highway journeys — Dec. 16-21, Jan. 30-Feb. 5 and March 14-19. Amway Middle will host video games from the primary and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Males’s Basketball event on March 16 and 18.
Schedule (All instances Japanese, residence video games are in daring)
All domestically televised Magic video games might be aired completely on Bally Sports activities Florida. Video games additionally might be heard on the Orlando Magic Radio Community (FM 96.9 The Recreation).
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 Metropolis, 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 Metropolis, 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 Metropolis)
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 text first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. E-mail Khobi Value at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or observe him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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