NBA releases preseason schedule; Sacramento Kings will play four games beginning Dec. 11
The NBA released preseason schedules for all 30 teams Friday with 49 games scheduled to be played from Dec. 11-19.
The Kings will play four games against two Pacific Division foes. Every team is scheduled to play a minimum of two games and a maximum of four games with each team scheduled to play at least one home game and one road game.
Rookie first-round draft pick Tyrese Haliburton will make his preseason debut with De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield and Marvin Bagley III when the Kings open up on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers on Dec. 11. Sacramento will remain in Portland to play the Blazers again Dec. 13 at Moda Center. Fans will get their first glimpses of former Kings center Harry Giles III in a Blazers uniform.
The Kings will then come home to close out their preseason schedule with two home games against the Golden State Warriors. The Kings and Warriors will play Dec. 15 and Dec. 17 at Golden 1 Center, which has not hosted an NBA game since the 2019-20 season was suspended March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Golden State recently lost Klay Thompson to a torn Achilles, but the Warriors still have former MVP Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green, Kelly Oubre Jr., rookie No. 2 overall draft pick James Wiseman and former Kings guard Kent Bazemore.
Training camp begins Dec. 1. Teams will have three weeks to prepare for the start of the regular season Dec. 22. The regular-season schedule will be announced in two segments. The schedule for the first half of the season will be released in the coming days, the NBA said.
The second half of the schedule for games to be played after May 16 will be release during the latter part of the first half. That portion of the schedule will include the remainder of each team’s 72-game season as well as any games postponed during the first half that can reasonably be added to the second-half schedule, the league said.
