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Notice Trail Blazezrs 2016-17 Regular Season schedule
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Blazers have 14 national TV games this season (6 on TNT, 8 on ESPN), up from just 5 last season.
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Intriguing season opener
The Blazers will not tiptoe into the season, starting the season against a talented and versatile Utah Jazz team. The Jazz, who added veterans George Hill, Joe Johnson and Boris Diaw to its young core, are primed to make a serious playoff push this season.
Road opener
The Blazers first road test comes against the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 29. Portland went 1-1 in Denver last season and all four meetings with the Nuggets were decided by single digits.
Playoff rematch
The Blazers won't have to wait long to revisit their playoff foes from a season ago. The Blazers will host the Los Angeles Clippers on the second night of the season on Oct. 27 at the Moda Center in a rematch of the first round of the 2015 Western Conference playoffs. The Clippers and Blazers play three times next season all before Dec. 17. The Blazers will visit the Clippers in Los Angeles twice after the early meeting in Portland.
Portland will meet its 2016 second round opponent, the Golden State Warriors, for the first time on Nov. 1. at the Moda Center. It will be the first of four meetings between the Blazers and Warriors.
National spotlight
The Blazers are scheduled to appear on national television 14 times, including six times TNT. It's a huge jump from last season when the Blazers had just four national TV games. Portland will get a national spotlight against the Clippers on Oct. 27 before closing the season with four of their final seven games on national television.
Home for the holidays
The Blazers mostly avoid having to play on the holidays in 2016-17. The team will be off — and in Portland — on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Blazers will finish a five-game trip Nov. 23 in Cleveland, meaning they will get back to Portland in the wee hours of Thanksgiving with time to get a nap and a feast. The Blazers next play Nov. 25, when they host Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans.
Meanwhile, Chirstmas Days falls in the middle of a four-game homestand. The Blazers play the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 23 and the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 26, with two days off at home in between. The Blazers will be on the road for New Year's Eve, as they visit the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 30 and then play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jan. 1, 2017.
Road weary
The Blazers are isolated in the Pacific Northwest, which means they will always face a slew of extended trips. The 2016-17 season is no different. The schedule features five trips of at least four games, including a brutal stretch from March 6 to March 19 where the Blazers play seven of nine games away from Portland.
During that stretch, the Blazers will visit Minnesota and Oklahoma City before a brief two-game homestand and then a five-game trip with stops in Phoenix, New Orleans, San Antonio, Atlanta and Miami.
Moda-heavy finish
After the tough road trip in March, the Blazers close the season with 10 of their final 12 games in Portland. The Blazers close the regular season with four home games, which could be crucial for playoff seeding.
What could have been
President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey chased Chandler Parsons during free agency, only to have the talented forward choose the Memphis Grizzlies over Portland. Blazers fans will get to imagine what could have been three times next season. The Blazers will visit Parsons and Memphis on Nov. 6 and Dec. 8 and host them Jan. 27.
Going back-to-back
The Blazers play 15 sets of back-to-back games, down from 19 sets in each of the past two seasons. The NBA has made a concerted effort to reduce the number of four-games-in-five-nights stretches NBA teams play each season. The Blazers have just one two four-in-five stretch this season after they had two a year ago. Portland hosts Washington on March 11 before a road game at Phoenix at March 12. That stretch concludes with back-to-back games at New Orleans and San Antonio on March 14 and 15.
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...rail_blazers_2016-17_schedule_highlights.html
The Blazers will not tiptoe into the season, starting the season against a talented and versatile Utah Jazz team. The Jazz, who added veterans George Hill, Joe Johnson and Boris Diaw to its young core, are primed to make a serious playoff push this season.
Road opener
The Blazers first road test comes against the Denver Nuggets on Oct. 29. Portland went 1-1 in Denver last season and all four meetings with the Nuggets were decided by single digits.
Playoff rematch
The Blazers won't have to wait long to revisit their playoff foes from a season ago. The Blazers will host the Los Angeles Clippers on the second night of the season on Oct. 27 at the Moda Center in a rematch of the first round of the 2015 Western Conference playoffs. The Clippers and Blazers play three times next season all before Dec. 17. The Blazers will visit the Clippers in Los Angeles twice after the early meeting in Portland.
Portland will meet its 2016 second round opponent, the Golden State Warriors, for the first time on Nov. 1. at the Moda Center. It will be the first of four meetings between the Blazers and Warriors.
National spotlight
The Blazers are scheduled to appear on national television 14 times, including six times TNT. It's a huge jump from last season when the Blazers had just four national TV games. Portland will get a national spotlight against the Clippers on Oct. 27 before closing the season with four of their final seven games on national television.
Home for the holidays
The Blazers mostly avoid having to play on the holidays in 2016-17. The team will be off — and in Portland — on Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Blazers will finish a five-game trip Nov. 23 in Cleveland, meaning they will get back to Portland in the wee hours of Thanksgiving with time to get a nap and a feast. The Blazers next play Nov. 25, when they host Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans.
Meanwhile, Chirstmas Days falls in the middle of a four-game homestand. The Blazers play the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 23 and the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 26, with two days off at home in between. The Blazers will be on the road for New Year's Eve, as they visit the San Antonio Spurs on Dec. 30 and then play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Jan. 1, 2017.
Road weary
The Blazers are isolated in the Pacific Northwest, which means they will always face a slew of extended trips. The 2016-17 season is no different. The schedule features five trips of at least four games, including a brutal stretch from March 6 to March 19 where the Blazers play seven of nine games away from Portland.
During that stretch, the Blazers will visit Minnesota and Oklahoma City before a brief two-game homestand and then a five-game trip with stops in Phoenix, New Orleans, San Antonio, Atlanta and Miami.
Moda-heavy finish
After the tough road trip in March, the Blazers close the season with 10 of their final 12 games in Portland. The Blazers close the regular season with four home games, which could be crucial for playoff seeding.
What could have been
President of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey chased Chandler Parsons during free agency, only to have the talented forward choose the Memphis Grizzlies over Portland. Blazers fans will get to imagine what could have been three times next season. The Blazers will visit Parsons and Memphis on Nov. 6 and Dec. 8 and host them Jan. 27.
Going back-to-back
The Blazers play 15 sets of back-to-back games, down from 19 sets in each of the past two seasons. The NBA has made a concerted effort to reduce the number of four-games-in-five-nights stretches NBA teams play each season. The Blazers have just one two four-in-five stretch this season after they had two a year ago. Portland hosts Washington on March 11 before a road game at Phoenix at March 12. That stretch concludes with back-to-back games at New Orleans and San Antonio on March 14 and 15.
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/i...rail_blazers_2016-17_schedule_highlights.html
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Blazers will travel 56,584 miles this season, most in the NBA and 4,000 more than last season.
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Blazers play 15 sets of back-to-backs (down from 19 last year) and will be off/home for Christmas and Thanksgiving.
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15 back to backs... Including a three in a row in 9 days?! (March 11-19)
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December will likely be Blazers' toughest month. Of 15 games, nine are on the road.
Blazers have brutal stretch from March 6-19 with 7 of 9 games on the road. But they close with 10 of their final 12 at home including last 4.
Blazers have brutal stretch from March 6-19 with 7 of 9 games on the road. But they close with 10 of their final 12 at home including last 4.
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I counted 16. Maybe a week was in between and I didnt look at the number date and just went by the day of the week.
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I bet NBA Tv will pick up a lot of our games, especially that Tuesday November 1st game against the Whorriors. I think tuesday is their fan night.
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Blazers playing the MLK Jr Day in Washington!
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Bummed that there are only three Sunday games. Love being able to take my son to the 6pm starts.
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I really like Sunday games too...
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I don't know what it is, but we always do. I swear we have been in DC at least 5 or 6 times for that holiday.
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People always make a big deal about that. Does one hour really make that big of a difference. I could understand a 3PM game.
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I'm fine with it. All the road miles will help us come together as a team. Those last 12 games are just perfect. We should be like a machine by then.
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My son is 8 and we usually put him to bed at 830-9. When the game ends, we have to get back to Vancouver then get him to bed. With the 6pm start, he gets to bed late but not too bad. The games seem to play faster as well. The 7-730 starts really throw his sleep off plus have more time outs.
I never take him on a day he went to school then has to get up the next day. See lots of people bring kids though.
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Good thing we have a deep team this year. Going to need our bench to step up.
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If we can go 6-5 or 7-4 that's a win
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The only tough game in that stretch is at Indiana. We should win the others.
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Eh, they thought we'd win 27 games last year. I'm not too worried about their prognostications.
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I love the way the schedule shapes up:
November is an easy enough schedule to build momentum and confidence with. Games shouldn't be affected by the integration of Turner and Ezeli because the schedule is easier.
By December, Turner and Ezeli should be comfortable just in time for the toughest stretch of the season.
After that, we have a pretty easy schedule. January is on the easy side and while February will be hard, there's only a few games due to the all-star break.
We will likely have less games from Nov.-Feb. than almost every team. That means that the extra rest will give us an extra advantage in important matchups against tougher opponents.
Because in March, we play a lot of back to backs. However, these 5 back to backs (10 games) will only feature 3, maybe 4 playoff teams. The rest of the schedule in March consists of home games against Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Minnesota, Milwaukee, and Denver. Those last 4 games a listed are also part of a 10 home game stretch over the final 12 games. We could rest our guys in some of those games against bad teams near the end of March (or concede a back-to-back against SA or another solid team), so that our big guns can be well rested for the final 12 game stretch which features one games against SA with the rest being borderline playoff teams like NOP, UTA, MIN, NYK, or scrubs.
By game 70, if we're only a couple games back of the 2 or 3 seed, it's likely that we jump those teams due to the easy schedule to finish. If we aren't close enough to move up, then we can rattle of some wins so that we wouldn't slide down and put ourselves in a position where we could rest our guys against SA and NOP to finish the season.
November is an easy enough schedule to build momentum and confidence with. Games shouldn't be affected by the integration of Turner and Ezeli because the schedule is easier.
By December, Turner and Ezeli should be comfortable just in time for the toughest stretch of the season.
After that, we have a pretty easy schedule. January is on the easy side and while February will be hard, there's only a few games due to the all-star break.
We will likely have less games from Nov.-Feb. than almost every team. That means that the extra rest will give us an extra advantage in important matchups against tougher opponents.
Because in March, we play a lot of back to backs. However, these 5 back to backs (10 games) will only feature 3, maybe 4 playoff teams. The rest of the schedule in March consists of home games against Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Minnesota, Milwaukee, and Denver. Those last 4 games a listed are also part of a 10 home game stretch over the final 12 games. We could rest our guys in some of those games against bad teams near the end of March (or concede a back-to-back against SA or another solid team), so that our big guns can be well rested for the final 12 game stretch which features one games against SA with the rest being borderline playoff teams like NOP, UTA, MIN, NYK, or scrubs.
By game 70, if we're only a couple games back of the 2 or 3 seed, it's likely that we jump those teams due to the easy schedule to finish. If we aren't close enough to move up, then we can rattle of some wins so that we wouldn't slide down and put ourselves in a position where we could rest our guys against SA and NOP to finish the season.
