Suns open at San Antonio; meet Spurs on Christmas.
August 6th, 2008, 9:21 am · Post a Comment · posted by jerrybrown
The Suns will open the regular season on Oct. 29 at San Antonio, the team that has eliminated them from the playoffs three of the last four years, and will also host the Spurs on Christmas Day at US Airways Center.
The season opener is the first half of a doubleheader on ESPN, with the Clippers vs. the Lakers making up the nightcap.
The Suns will make 15 appearances on ESPN/ABC this season. Only the defending champion Celtics (16 times) will be seen more, with the runner-up Los Angeles Lakers, Spurs and Suns all making 15 appearances and the Dallas Mavericks making 14 appearances.
The Suns open their home schedule the next night (Oct. 30) against the New Orleans Hornets, a game that will be broadcast on TNT.
The Suns will play on Christmas for the second straight year after facing the Lakers in Los Angeles last year. The Suns-Spurs game will be on ABC (12:30 tip-off) and is part of a four-game NBA slate that begins with New Orleans at Orlando in the morning on ESPN. An NBA Finals rematch (Boston at Los Angeles) follows the Suns game on ESPN, and the night is capped off with Washington visiting LeBron James and Cleveland on TNT.
The entire NBA schedule will be released shortly. Check back for more Suns info on the 2008-09 schedule.
The NBA All-Star weekend is Feb. 13-15 in Phoenix, with the All-Star Saturday set for Valentine’s Day and the All-Star game on Feb. 15 on ABC.
