The NBA released the first half of its schedule (Dec. 22, 2020 – March 4, 2021) for the 2020-21 season on Friday, which will be split up by an all-star break that takes place March 5-10.
The Toronto Raptors will tip off their season against the New Orleans Pelicans in Tampa on Dec. 23.
The second half schedule of the overall 72-game campaign will be released at a later date, and will include not only the remainder of each team’s contests, but any games that are postponed during the first half that can reasonably be added in.
Each team will play three games against each opponent in its conference (42 total games per team), with each pairing featuring either two home games and one road game or one home game and two road games.
As for the other conference, each team will play two games against each opponent (30 total games per team), with each pairing featuring one home game and one road game.
More to come.
