Episode 32 (8/18/22): NBA Schedule Release, Highlighting of Notable Games, Full Breakdown Of The Clippers and Celtics Schedules, LeBron James’ New Extension with Lakers

With the 2022-2023 NBA Schedule being released yesterday, Joey uses today’s episode to talk about notable games across the league, including the 76ers visiting Boston and the Lakers traveling to Golden State on Opening Night, October 18th. He breaks down the Christmas Day matchups, which teams have the most nationally televised games and which teams have the easiest and hardest schedules according to Tankathon. After that, Joey transitions to the Los Angeles Clippers schedule and dives into how many back-to-backs they have, their longest road trip, their longest homestand and which teams the Clippers will play three times in the Western Conference, rather than four times. He provides a full month-by-month breakdown of their game schedule with how many games they will play each month and how many matches they will play against 2022 NBA Playoff teams. He highlights their key matchups, headlined by their Opening Night showdown against the Lakers on October 20th and the rebirth of the Battle of LA.Then, Joey does the same for the Celtics by breaking down their notable matchups, toughest stretches, longest road trip, longest homestand and how many back-to-backs they have. He also provides a month-by-month breakdown of how many games the Celtics will play each month and points out that the Celtics have a great advantage being able to play at home on/around the biggest three holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. The Celtics will play at home the day before and the day after Thanksgiving, on Christmas Day and on Easter. The Celtics will visit the Bulls on MLK Day in Chicago. At the end, Joey closes the episode with analysis behind LeBron James’ new two-year, $97.1 million extension with the Lakers and mentions how many points James needs this season to break the record for most points in NBA history, which is held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.