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Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:51 pm
by Det the Threat
Report: NBA to have five games on Christmas Day
The NBA’s season opener has apparently gotten bigger.
What David Stern said would be a triple-header has now grown to be five games, according to the New York Times.
The first game will be on TNT, followed by two on ABC and two on ESPN. The league will announce the details of the five-game opening day on Friday. The first game will begin at noon Eastern, followed by tip-offs at 2:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Expect the first game on TNT to be the Celtics vs. Knicks game from Madison Square Garden. The two ABC games will be a finals rematch of Dallas vs. Miami followed by the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Bulls. All of those were scheduled Christmas Day games prior to the lockout.
The other two games are unknown, but expect the 10:30 p.m. start to be a West Coast game.
One other bet is that you will see big names and matchups as the league will want to make as big a splash as possible. My gut would say the Thunder would be in there somewhere and that the late game will include Blake Griffin and the Clippers. But that’s just a guess.
Report: NBA to have five games on Christmas Day
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:08 pm
by ejftw
Rumor also has it we will play the Clippers 2x in the preseason on Dec 19th and Dec 21st
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:29 pm
by mkwest
ejftw wrote:Rumor also has it we will play the Clippers 2x in the preseason on Dec 19th and Dec 21st
I'm not a huge fan of playing the Lakers in preseason, but at least we'll know they will likely be televised
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Thu Dec 1, 2011 10:25 pm
by Det the Threat
Just read that we're opening the season at Golden State on Dec. 25th.
Probably that 7:30 p.m. (PT) game.
http://www.ibabuzz.com/warriors/2011/12 ... mas-night/
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Thu Dec 1, 2011 11:58 pm
by thanumba2clippersfan
Interesting matchup. Well we will get to watch our team opening day
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Fri Dec 2, 2011 12:24 am
by mkwest
The complete schedule is going to be released on December 6th. NBA TV will be airing a special discussing the upcoming season on December 6th at 4pm (PST).
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Fri Dec 2, 2011 1:45 am
by RiversideClips
Thanks MK for the schedule "update," I was going crazy trying to figure it out.
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:42 pm
by donemilio21
yeah thanks. Anybody know if we are playing and preseason games?
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:57 pm
by Det the Threat
Clippers will
play two pre-season games against the Lakers.Clippers @ Lakers December 19th, 7:30 p.m. PT
Lakers @ Clippers December 21st, 7:30 p.m. PT
The Christmas Day game has been confirmed on the homepage as well.
Clippers @ Warriors on Christmas Day
Re: Clippers to play on Christmas Day?
Posted: Sun Dec 4, 2011 10:21 pm
by mj_shoefanatic
That x-mas game will not be easy. Hope we can sign Prince or C.Butler before that game happens.