schedule 2015-16

Karen Song

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. – The NBA schedule has been released, and the Clippers will open the 2015-16 NBA regular season Oct. 28 at Sacramento before the home opener a day later against the Mavericks.

Those two matchups will be followed by a home game against the Kings on Halloween night and a matchup against the Suns to start November’s action. The Clippers won’t need to wait long before a heavily anticipated road tilt, as they travel to play Golden State on Nov. 4 during a month with plenty of marquee matchups.

After facing the Warriors on the road, the Clippers then host the Rockets and Grizzlies before the first trip to Dallas since DeAndre Jordan’s decision. That Dallas game on Nov. 11 will be the first of a back-to-back which ends in Phoenix.

In total, the Clippers will have 20 back-to-backs during the season for the second straight year. Most teams the last few seasons have averaged around 19 back-to-backs per year.  The Clippers also have five road trips of at least three games.

On the bright side, the Clippers play two fewer three-in-fours (three games in four nights), two fewer four-in-fives, and two fewer five-in-sevens than last season.

The Clippers have four separate five-game road trips this season, but they have no road trips longer than five games. Last season, they had an eight-game, 14-day trip as well as a seven-game, 12-day trip. The first two five-game road trips are both in December, when the Clippers have 11 road games. That’s the most they’ll have in any month during the season.

Only six of the Clippers’ first 19 games are on the road, but after hosting Orlando on Dec. 5, the Clippers will be the visitors in 12 of their next 16 games. The busy visiting schedule in December includes a back-to-back against San Antonio and Houston on Dec. 18 and 19, respectively.

Those two games mark the first time the Clippers play on the road against the team they beat in the first round and fell to in the second round last season, respectively. As rough as December will be with travel, the Clippers will be home once again for Christmas, with a matchup planned against the Lakers.

The Clippers’ third five-game road trip starts Jan. 16 in Cleveland and ends Jan. 27 in Atlanta, with all of those games against Eastern Conference squads. While the Clippers don’t have to see LeBron James until January, they’ll have plenty of tough adversaries early in the year, including a home game and a road game against Golden State before the end of November.

The fourth and final five-game road trip is a doozy in March, as all five matchups are against Western Conference playoff teams from last season. After hosting the Cavaliers on March 13, the Clippers then go on the road successively to San Antonio, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans and Golden State.

NBA TV announced the 2015-16 regular season schedule Wednesday at 3 p.m. PT. The Clippers are scheduled to make 10 appearances each on TNT and ESPN, as well as nine on NBATV and four on ABC.

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2015-16 Clippers Schedule Released

Team Set to Appear in 33 Nationally Televised Games; Single Game Tickets on Sale Thursday at 2:00 PM

The L.A. Clippers tip-off the 2015-16 NBA regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Sleep Train Arena against the Sacramento Kings. The following night the Clippers host the Dallas Mavericks at STAPLES Center in their home opener in a nationally televised game on TNT. The Clippers remain at home to face the Kings again on Halloween night at 7:30 p.m. on NBA TV.

Because of increased demand, single game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, August 13 at 2:00 p.m. PT. Approximately 1,000 tickets will be on sale per game. To purchase tickets for any Clippers home game, fans can visit www.clippers.com, www.axs.com or call 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849). 

The Clippers play their first seven games in California, with road trips to Sacramento and Oakland to face the defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Nov. 4 and don’t leave the state until Nov. 11 when they travel to Dallas to take on the Mavericks. Early season STAPLES Center highlights include a Western Conference Semifinals re-match against James Harden, Dwight Howard and the Houston Rockets on Saturday, Nov. 7 and another game versus the Warriors on Thursday, Nov. 19.

The Clippers 33 nationally televised games is the highest number in franchise history, with the Clippers scheduled to appear four times on ABC, 10 times on TNT, 10 times on ESPN and nine times on NBA TV. Over the last four seasons, the Clippers have appeared in at least 29 nationally televised games each season. The Clippers regional broadcast schedule on Prime Ticket will be released at a later date.

Other notable games on the schedule include a matchup with the Lakers on Christmas Night and the lone visit of the season from Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, Jan. 31. The Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers visit Los Angeles on Sunday, Mar. 13 and the Warriors make their final STAPLES Center visit on Saturday, Feb. 20. The Clippers play Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve.

This season, the Clippers play 20 sets of back-to-back games and have five road trips of four games or more, including four five-game road swings (Dec. 7-Dec.14, Dec. 25-Dec. 31, Jan. 21-Jan. 27 and March 15-March 23). The longest home stretch for the team is six games from Nov. 25-Dec. 5.

The Clippers face every team in the Western Conference a total of four times (two home and two away), with the exception of the San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets, who they play three times each.

The Clippers begin their six-game preseason slate at home on Oct. 2 against the Denver Nuggets followed by a trip to Canada on Oct. 4 to play the Toronto Raptors in Vancouver, British Colombia as part of the NBA Canada Series. The Clippers return to China for the second time in franchise history to take part in two contests against the Charlotte Hornets, the first in Shenzhen on Oct. 11 and the second in Shanghai on Oct. 14. The team returns to STAPLES Center Oct. 20 to face the Warriors and ends the preseason at home against the Portland Trail Blazers on Oct. 22.

Fans can visit www.clippers.com, www.axs.com or call 888-9-AXS-TIX (888-929-7849) to purchase tickets for any Clippers home games.  Due to high ticket demand, fans may only purchase a maximum of six (6) tickets to each home game. The best way to guarantee your seat to the biggest games is to purchase Full, Half or Partial Plans by visiting www.clippers.com or by calling 213-742-7555. Groups of 12 or more should contact 213-763-2675 to speak with a Clippers Group Events Specialist.

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L.A. CLIPPERS RELEASE 2015-16 SCHEDULE

PLAYA VISTA, Calif. – NBA pundits can start dissecting every team’s matchups, as the 2015-16 schedule is now available.

While some teams will inevitably outperform expectations and others will disappoint, it can still be fun to try to predict what the marquee matchups will be.

Here are the top 10 biggest regular season games for the Clippers, taking into account the importance of the game, the talent of the opponent and any intrigue leading up to each matchup.

schedule 2015‑16

2015-16 Clippers Schedule Released

L.A. CLIPPERS RELEASE 2015-16 SCHEDULE

Top 10: Regular Season’s Biggest Games