Some Facts And Tidbits About The Wizards' 2010/11 Schedule

The Wizards' 2010/11 schedule has been released, and here are some quick bullet-point notes on it. Some of these are from Wizards PR, while others are stuff we discovered ourselves:

• The Wizards' home opener is November 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers at 7 p.m. This will put number one overall pick John Wall against number two overall pick Evan Turner. The Wizards will be the last team to play a home opener, as they will open with two straight road games. 
• The Wizards' first game against LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat is November 29 in Miami. Their first home game against the Heat is December 18.
• Other key home dates: November 6 (Antawn Jamison's return to D.C.), November 10 (Yao Ming vs. Yi Jianlian), November 19 (Memphis, meaning Greivis Vasquez' first game home), December 14 (the Lakers' only visit), January 22 (Boston's first visit), January 25 (Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony's only visit), February 26 (Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson return to D.C.) and March 14 (Kevin Durant's only visit).
• Some key returns for current Wizards: November 13 (Kirk Hinrich returns to Chicago), December 16 (Yi Jianlian's return to New Jersey), January 5 (Gilbert Arenas' return to Philadelphia, where "Finga Gunz" happened), January 8 (at Charlotte, meaning John Wall returns to his native North Carolina) and January 31 (Josh Howard's return to Dallas).
• The Wizards' closing stretch is, as usual, road-heavy. The team will play 11 of their last 17 games away from the Verizon Center. 
• The Wizards will play 21 back-to-back sets this year, with many of those coming in the second half of the season. They break down as follows: eight home-road, six road-road, five road-home and two home-home.
• The Wizards will be on national TV eight times, though five of those games are NBATV games. The other three are on October 28 at Orlando (TNT), November 25 at Atlanta (TNT) and January 21 at home against Phoenix (ESPN).
• The team's longest road trip of the season is their traditional five-game West coast trip from March 22-28. This year, the Wizards will play Portland on the 22nd, the Clippers on the 23rd, Denver on the 25th, Golden State on the 27th and Utah on the 28th.
• The team has two four-game homestands (February 4-12 and February 26-March 5), which double as the longest homestands of the year.
• The Wizards will play on the following holidays: Thanksgiving (at Atlanta on TNT), New Year's Eve (at Indiana), New Year's Day (at home against New Orleans) and Martin Luther King Day (at home against Utah at 1 p.m.).

Wizards Release 2010/11 Schedule

The Wizards’ 2010/11 schedule was just released. Here it is, in full:

More analysis to come:

Wizards Full 2010/11 Regular-Season Schedule To Be Announced Today

Can you smell that, folks. It’s basketball, and it’s coming sometime in the near future.

The 2010/11 season doesn’t tip off until late October, but today, we’ll be able to start thinking a bit about the upcoming season. That’s because the NBA is announcing the full 2010/11 schedule for every team today at 2 p.m. We’ll keep you posted on important Wizards dates in this StoryStream.

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Washington Wizards Release Preseason Schedule

The Washington Wizards released their preseason schedule today. Dates are as follows:

Washington Wizards 2010 Preseason Schedule

Date                      Opponent                              Venue                                           Time

October 5             @ Dallas Mavericks             American Airlines Center              8:30 p.m.

October 7             @ Cleveland Cavaliers         Quicken Loans Arena                    7:00 p.m.

October 8             @ Chicago Bulls                   United Center                                8:00 p.m.

October 12               Atlanta Hawks                  Verizon Center                               7:00 p.m.

October 14               Milwaukee Bucks             Verizon Center                               7:00 p.m.

October 17           @ New York Knicks            Madison Square Garden                 6:00 p.m.

October 19           @ Detroit Pistons                 Huntington Center (Toledo, OH)   7:00 p.m.

Looks like Wizard's fans will get to have their revenge on the Cavaliers earlier than anticipated. Unfortunately, the game will be in Cleveland.

Wizards Officially Will Open Season On TNT Against Magic On October 28

It’s now official: the Wizards will open their season on national TV against the Orlando Magic. According to SB Nation and many others, John Wall and company will christen the Magic’s new arena on October 28 on TNT at 8:00 p.m.

The Wizards’ full schedule will be released on August 10.

Report: Wizards Will Open Season On TNT Against Orlando Magic

It will not become official until 7 p.m. tonight, but it appears the Wizards will open their season on national television. Comcast SportsNet's Chris Miller is reporting they will play against the Orlando Magic on October 28 on TNT.

Per league source: Wizards open season at Orlando October 28th on TNT.    

This will be Orlando's first game in their brand-new Amway Center. Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports initially reported the game would take place on October 27. 

NBA 'Marquee Games' Schedule To Be Unveiled Tonight

The NBA will unveil their 2010/11 National Television lineup tonight at 7 p.m on NBA.com and NBATV, which means we'll find out how many times the Wizards will be on ESPN, ABC, TNT or NBATV. In other words, we'll find out just how much John Wall's presence means.

Stay tuned for updates to this StoryStream all night.