TNT to Tip Off 2023-24 NBA Regular Season with Blockbuster Opening Night – NBA Champion Nuggets and Nikola Jokic Hosting Lakers and NBA All-Time Top Scorer LeBron James, Followed by Warriors and Stephen Curry Hosting Suns and Kevin Durant on Tuesday, Oct

NBA on TNT will feature a 65-game schedule during the 2023-24 NBA regular season, starting with a blockbuster Opening Night doubleheader featuring the NBA Champion Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic hosting the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James on Tuesday Oct. 24, at 7:30 p.m. ET. The night’s second game will feature a pair of new-look Western Conference teams with stars making their team debuts – the Golden State Warriors with Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Chris Paul hosting the Phoenix Suns led by Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal at 10 p.m.

This year’s doubleheader will lead off the company’s 40^th consecutive year of NBA coverage and mark the 28^th straight year in which TNT has tipped off the NBA regular season.

 2023 Kia NBA Tip-Off Opening Week coverage will continue with the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo hosting the Philadelphia 76ers and last season’s Kia NBA MVP Joel Embiid on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Suns and Durant visiting the Lakers and James at 10 p.m.

The network’s second week will feature the San Antonio Spurs and 2023 NBA Draft top pick Victor Wembanyama visiting the Suns and Deandre Ayton on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 10 p.m. Earlier in the night the New York Knicks and Jalen Brunson will visit the Cleveland Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell at 7:30 p.m.  

TNT will showcase the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament throughout November. The first of three consecutive weeks of Group Play doubleheaders will feature the Spurs and Wembanyama visiting the Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Nuggets and Jamal Murray hosting the LA Clippers and Paul George at 10 p.m.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day coverage on Monday, Jan. 15 will be highlighted by the Atlanta Hawks and Trae Young hosting the Spurs and Wembanyama at 3:30 p.m., followed by the Warriors and Curry visiting the Memphis Grizzlies and Jaren Jackson, Jr., at 6 p.m.

Additional TNT regular season schedule highlights (full schedule listed below):

·       A star-studded doubleheader headlined by Luka Doncic, James, Durant and Curry will tip off with the Dallas Mavericks hosting the Lakers on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m., followed by Warriors at Suns at 10 p.m.

·       TNT returns to Thursdays following the New Year with the Bucks and Antetokounmpo visiting the Spurs and Wembanyama on Jan. 4, followed by the Warriors and Curry hosting the Nuggets and Jokic at 10 p.m.

·       A meeting of the two most recent Kia NBA MVPs will headline the first NBA on TNT Tuesday doubleheader of the season with the 76ers and Embiid hosting the Nuggets and Jokic on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 7:30 p.m. The night’s second game will feature the Thunder and Chet Holmgren visiting the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard at 10 p.m. 

·       NBA Rivals Week will tip off with a pair of intracity games on Tuesday, Jan. 23 – the New York Knicks and Brunson will visit the Brooklyn Nets and Mikal Bridges at 7:30 p.m., followed by the “Battle of LA” between the Lakers and the Clippers at 10 p.m.

·       A pair of seven-game series rematches from last season will highlight NBA Rivals Week on Thursday, Jan. 25. TNT’s coverage will start off with the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler hosting the Boston Celtics and Jayson Tatum in a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference Finals at 7:30 p.m. The Sacramento Kings and De’Aaron Fox will visit the Warriors and Curry at 10 p.m. in the latest meeting of Western Conference rivals.

·       A marquee doubleheader on Thursday, Feb. 8, will tip off with the Knicks and Brunson facing his former team, the Mavericks, and Doncic at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Lakers and Anthony Davis hosting the Nuggets and Jokic at 10 p.m.

·       Leading into NBA All-Star 2024, TNT will feature a single game night on Thursday, Feb. 15, with the Bucks and Antetokounmpo visiting the Grizzlies and Ja Morant at 8:30 p.m.

·       Several of the NBA’s top scoring combos will be in action on Thursday, Feb. 22, with the Mavericks – Doncic and Kyrie Irving – hosting the Suns – Durant, Booker and Beal – at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Warriors –  Curry, Thompson and Paul – hosting the Lakers – James and Davis – at 10 p.m.

·       A rematch of last year’s seven-game Eastern Conference Semifinals between the 76ers and Celtics will lead off coverage on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Heat and Butler visiting the Portland Trail Blazers and Damian Lillard at 10 p.m.

·       A leap day doubleheader on TNT will tip off with the Warriors and Curry visiting Madison Square Garden to face the Knicks and Brunson on Thursday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. The night will round out with a rematch of last year’s NBA Finals with the Nuggets and Murray hosting the Heat and Butler at 10 p.m.

·       Two of the Western Conference’s leading contenders will meet on Tuesday, March 5, with the Nuggets and Murray hosting the Suns and Booker at 10 p.m. Earlier in the night, the Hawks and Young will visit the Knicks and Julius Randle at 7:30 p.m.

·       NBA All-Star 2023 team captains will meet when the Bucks and Antetokounmpo host the Lakers and James on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. The night’s second game will feature the Mavericks and Doncic visiting the Kings and Domantas Sabonis at 10 p.m.

·       A Western Conference doubleheader will tip off the network’s final stretch of regular season action on Tuesday, April 2, with the Mavericks and Irving hosting the Warriors and Curry at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Clippers and George visiting the Kings and Fox at 10 p.m.

·       Conference foes will meet on the final Tuesday of the regular season when the Celtics and Tatum visit the Bucks and Antetokounmpo on April 9, at 7:30 p.m. Later, the Lakers and James will host the Warriors and Paul at 10 p.m.

·       TNT’s regular season coverage will wrap up on Thursday, April 11, with the Knicks and Randle visiting the Celtics and Tatum at 7:30 p.m., followed by the Kings and Fox hosting the New Orleans Pelicans and Brandon Ingram at 10 p.m.

The network will also televise NBA All-Star 2024 from Indianapolis, Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 18 and the most NBA Playoff games of any network, culminating with the exclusive presentation of the 2024 NBA Western Conference Finals.

NBA on TNT’s 2023-24 NBA Regular Season Schedule

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