Updated NBA Championship Odds Following the 2022-23 Schedule Release

You know the NBA is right around the corner when they release the schedule.

The NBA today released its complete game schedule and broadcast schedules for TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN Radio for the 2022-23 regular season. The 77th NBA regular season will tip off on Tuesday, Oct. 18th, 2022, and finish on Sunday, April 9th, 2023. The 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament will take place from Tuesday, April 11 – Friday, April 14, followed by the start of the 2023 NBA Playoffs on Saturday, April 15. Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV is scheduled to be played on Thursday, June 1.

Opening night will feature the Sixers versus Celtics, and in the Western Conference, the Lakers and Warriors will square off.

The 2022-23 NBA regular season will tip off on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with a doubleheader on TNT as the 76ers visit the reigning Eastern Conference champion Celtics and the defending NBA champion Warriors receive their championship rings before hosting the Lakers. pic.twitter.com/Kcvj4GoYNh

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2022

Press release: https://t.co/VsZBGeuavC

Schedule by date: https://t.co/MuUfyeRB99

Schedule by team: https://t.co/r7Rvreku2u

2022-23 season calendar ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/PkbidsCiWB

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2022

Of course you can get in on these NBA odds before they start shifting.

 NBA Championship Odds for 2022-23 NBA Season

Boston Celtics (+450)
Milwaukee Bucks (+600)
Golden State Warriors (+600)
LA Clippers (+650)
Phoenix Suns (+750)
Miami Heat (+1200)
Los Angeles Lakers (+1300)
Philadelphia 76ers (+1300)
Brooklyn Nets (+1500)
Denver Nuggets (+2000)
Dallas Mavericks (+2000)
Memphis Grizzlies (+2000)
Toronto Raptors (+3000)
Minnesota Timberwolves (+3000)
New Orleans Pelicans (+4000)
Atlanta Hawks (+5000)
Chicago Bulls (+5000)
New York Knicks (+8000)
Portland Trail Blazers (+9000)
Cleveland Cavaliers (+10000)
Utah Jazz (+10000)
Charlotte Hornets (+10000)
Washington Wizards (+20000)
Indiana Pacers (+40000)
Oklahoma City Thunder (+40000)
Sacramento Kings (+40000)

Some more important dates to mark on the calendar via NBA.com: 

Christmas Day
Five games will be played on Christmas Day (Sunday, Dec. 25) for the 15^th year in a row, with ESPN or ABC televising each matchup.  The 75^th edition of the NBA on Christmas Day will tip off on ESPN as the Knicks host the 76ers (noon ET).

The next three games will air on both ESPN and ABC, with the Lakers visiting the Mavericks (2:30 p.m. ET), the Celtics hosting the Bucks in a 2022 Eastern Conference Semifinals rematch (5 p.m. ET), and the Grizzlies making their Christmas Day debut when they visit the Warriors in a 2022 Western Conference Semifinals rematch (8 p.m. ET).  The Christmas Day schedule will conclude with the Nuggets meeting the Suns in Denver on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET).

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

TNT will present a doubleheader as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16.  In the first game, the Atlanta Hawks will host the Heat in a rematch of a 2022 Eastern Conference First Round series (3:30 p.m. ET).  In the second game, the teams with the two best records in the 2021-22 regular season will meet when the Suns (NBA-best 64-18 last season) visit the Grizzlies (56-26 last season) at 6 p.m. ET, marking Memphis’ 21^st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Game.

NBA TV will also televise two games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with the Celtics visiting the Charlotte Hornets (1 p.m. ET) and the Lakers hosting the Houston Rockets (10:30 p.m. ET).

Election Day

As Election Day approaches, the NBA and its teams will continue to encourage fans to make a plan to vote and participate in the civic process.  New this season, all 30 teams will play on Monday, Nov. 7 on the day before Election Day, when the NBA will help promote voter participation, share important resources from voting organizations and highlight the civic engagement work of teams in their markets.  As part of this initiative, no NBA games have been scheduled for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

NBA Rivals Week

Classic and budding rivalries between teams and players will take center stage for NBA Rivals Week during the week of Jan. 23.  A new highlight of the regular-season schedule, NBA Rivals Week will feature 11 nationally televised games across four networks over five days from Tuesday, Jan. 24 – Saturday, Jan. 28.  Rivalries will be the focus of all nine games across TNT, ESPN and ABC that week, in addition to two games on NBA TV.

NBA Rivals Week will showcase a tripleheader on ABC on Jan. 28, concluding with the Lakers visiting the Celtics as the two teams that share the record for most NBA championships (17) and have met in the NBA Finals the most times (12) renew their rivalry in Boston (8:30 p.m. ET).  Earlier in the day on ABC, two-time reigning Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokić will lead the Nuggets against back-to-back MVP runner-up and 2021-22 NBA scoring leader Joel Embiid and the 76ers (3 p.m. ET), followed by an intracity matchup between New York and the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center (5:30 p.m. ET).

The complete game and broadcast schedule for NBA Rivals Week, which will include four rematches from the 2022 NBA Playoffs, is available here.

NBA Global Games

The 2022-23 season will feature the return of NBA Global Games with two regular-season games outside the U.S. and Canada, both televised by NBA TV.  The NBA Mexico City Game 2022 will see the Heat face the Spurs on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City (5 p.m. ET).  The NBA Paris Game 2023 will feature a matchup between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Accor Arena in Paris (3 p.m. ET).

2022 NBA Finals Rematches

The Warriors and Celtics will meet for the first time since the 2022 NBA Finals on Saturday, Dec. 10 in San Francisco on ABC (8:30 p.m. ET).  This will mark the season premiere of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC, the first of seven regular-season games on Saturday nights at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

The second and final regular-season matchup between the two defending conference champions will take place on Thursday, Jan. 19 in Boston on TNT (7:30 p.m. ET).

Final Day of Regular Season
All 30 teams will play on the final day of the regular season (Sunday, April 9).  The seven games between Eastern Conference teams and the one interconference game (Rockets at Washington Wizards) will begin at 1 p.m. ET, and the seven games between Western Conference teams will start at 3:30 p.m. ET.  ESPN will televise a doubleheader, with the matchups to be determined at a later date.

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