The NBA schedule for Wednesday, 28 October, contains 12 games, running from a 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time start on the East Coast to a 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time finish in Los Angeles. Two games will air nationally on ESPN, while the other 10 games will air on local television or NBA League Pass outlets. The night includes an unbeaten Oklahoma City team on the road, an unbeaten Houston team on the road, a New York team coming off its first win, and a late Los Angeles meeting between the Lakers and the Clippers.
NBA schedule opens with four early games
The NBA schedule lists four games at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Miami visits Atlanta at State Farm Arena. Washington travels to Cleveland to play at Rocket Arena. Charlotte visits Detroit at Little Caesars Arena, one night after Detroit lost its first game of the season at Madison Square Garden. Philadelphia visits Indiana at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the first game of the ESPN doubleheader.
In the NBA schedule, Philadelphia at Indiana carries the national spotlight among the early games. Philadelphia’s roster includes LeBron James, a four time winner of the league’s Most Valuable Player award and the NBA’s all time leading scorer, according to ESPN’s preview of the night. Indiana’s roster includes Tyrese Haliburton.
Orlando visits Toronto at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time at Scotiabank Arena. That game sits between the early wave and the main 8:00 p.m. wave, and it will air on local television outlets.
NBA schedule moves to eight o’clock games
The NBA schedule has four games at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. New York visits Chicago at the United Center, one night after New York beat Detroit for its first win of the season. Chicago hosts a Knicks team that will be playing on the second night of a back to back set, after the win at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.
Houston visits Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Houston enters the night unbeaten, according to the schedule preview published for Wednesday, and the road game in Milwaukee tests that start against a home team in the Eastern Conference. Golden State visits Minnesota at Target Center at the same time. Denver visits New Orleans at Smoothie King Center at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time as well, giving the middle of the evening four games in four different cities.
San Antonio visits Utah at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time at the Delta Center. The NBA schedule also sends the Spurs to Utah for the second half of a back to back set, after San Antonio beat Sacramento 130-103 on Tuesday night. Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in that win, and Julian Champagnie scored 26 points off the bench. Utah hosts a Spurs team that will have travelled overnight after a home win in Texas.
NBA schedule closes with Thunder and Lakers games
The NBA schedule puts Oklahoma City at Dallas at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time, in the second game of the ESPN doubleheader. Oklahoma City enters the night unbeaten, and the Thunder visit an American Airlines Center crowd for a game against Dallas. Dallas hosts with Cooper Flagg, the reigning Rookie of the Year, in its lineup. Oklahoma City’s roster includes Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning two time winner of the league’s Most Valuable Player award.
Los Angeles Lakers visit the LA Clippers at 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The game is the last tip off of the night, and it closes a Wednesday slate that began more than three hours earlier on the East Coast. The Lakers and Clippers share a city, and the late start gives the West Coast audience a local meeting to end the night after the national doubleheader has finished.
Across the NBA schedule, 12 games will be played in all, with tip offs spread across the evening. The early games start at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, the middle games follow at 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., San Antonio at Utah starts at 9:00 p.m., and the final two games start at 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time.