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ATLANTA, GA -- The National Basketball Association today released the 2014-15 regular season schedule and announced the Atlanta Hawks will begin the campaign on Wednesday, Oct. 29th in Toronto before the home opener against Indiana on Saturday, Nov. 1st at Philips Arena.

Every game will air live on the Hawks flagship radio station, SportsRadio 92.9 The Game, with The Voice of the Hawks Steve Holman announcing the action. The local TV schedule on Fox Sports South and SportSouth will be released at a later date. Atlanta is scheduled to appear on national television four times – Nov. 10th at New York (NBA TV), Jan. 14th at Boston (ESPN), Jan. 19th vs. Detroit (ESPN) and Feb. 2nd at New Orleans (NBA TV).

During the 82-game regular season schedule, Atlanta will take on each Eastern Conference team four times with the exception of Boston and Chicago (once at Philips Arena, twice on the road), and New York and Indiana (twice at home, once on the road). The Hawks face each Western Conference opponent twice.

The Hawks will find themselves at home for several games surrounding the holidays, including contests against Toronto (Wednesday, Nov. 26th), New Orleans (Friday, Nov. 28th) and Charlotte (Saturday, Nov. 29th) just before and after Thanksgiving, and the LA Clippers (Tuesday, Dec. 23rd), Milwaukee (Friday, Dec. 26th) and Cleveland (Tuesday, Dec. 30th) in late December.

Of the 41 contests at Philips Arena, 22 will be weekend games (13 Friday/five Saturday/four Sunday). The Sunday contests feature earlier tip times – Dec. 7th vs. Denver (3:30 p.m.), Jan. 11th vs. Washington (3 p.m.), Jan. 25th vs. Minnesota (6 p.m.) and Mar. 22nd vs. San Antonio (3 p.m.).

Other notable matchups include the Cleveland Cavaliers (Dec. 30th and Mar. 6th), Los Angeles Lakers (Nov. 18th) and Miami Heat (Nov. 14th and Mar. 27th).

Atlanta’s longest homestand consists of seven-in-a-row from Jan. 19th-31st, highlighted by matchups with the Pacers (Jan. 21st), Oklahoma City Thunder (Jan. 23rd) and Brooklyn Nets (Jan. 28th). Earlier in the month, the Hawks play eight-of-ten away from home, including a three-game West coast trip (Utah Jazz Jan. 2nd, Portland Trail Blazers Jan. 3rd, Los Angeles Clippers Jan. 5th) and a four-games-in-five-nights trek to take on the Philadelphia 76ers (Jan. 13th), Boston Celtics (Jan. 14th), Toronto Raptors (Jan. 16th) and Chicago Bulls (Jan. 17th). The annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday game at Philips Arena is set for Monday, Jan. 19th against Detroit (2:30 p.m. tip).

Atlanta’s final game before the All-Star break is Feb. 11th at Boston, and the Hawks resume play on Feb. 20th vs. Toronto, a span of eight days between contests. The Hawks hit the road for their longest trip in late March, playing six straight away, starting with Denver on Mar. 11th and finishing at Oklahoma City on Mar. 20th.

Among 21 total back-to-back sets, the schedule includes two home/home back-to-backs (Friday, Nov. 28th vs. New Orleans and Saturday, Nov. 29th vs. Charlotte; Friday, Jan. 30th vs. Portland and Saturday, Jan. 31st vs. Philadelphia). Atlanta’s busiest home months are November and January (nine games during each) while they take to the road a season-high 10 times in March.

All Hawks home games will start at 7:30 p.m. except the four Sunday games listed above, and the aforementioned Jan. 19th MLK Day game vs. Detroit (2:30 p.m.).

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Now that the 2014-15 Hawks schedule has been released, here are nine interesting things to know about ours:

- Two of the 21 back-to-back sets (Nov. 28-29, Jan. 30-31) have the Hawks at Philips Arena for both games, meaning no travel is involved.

- Of the 19 back-to-back sets that require travel, Atlanta will play on the road on the second night 15 times.

- Despite more back-to-back sets, the Hawks actually have fewer stretches of four games in five nights.  Atlanta has just one off day from Nov. 25-29, Jan. 13-17 and March 27-31. Those three occurances are lower than last season's total of four such stretches.

- The Hawks will host three Sunday matinee games (Dec. 7 vs. Denver, Jan. 11 vs. Washington and March 22 vs. San Antonio) as well as a Sunday evening game (Jan. 25 vs. Minnesota).  Last year Atlanta did not play a home game on Sunday.

- Each team plays four non-divisional conference opponents just three times.  For the Hawks, those teams in 2014-15 are the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics.  The Celtics and Pacers were expected because they're the only two intra-conference, non-divisional teams the Hawks saw four times in each of the past two seasons.

- The Brooklyn Nets come to Philips Arena on Jan. 28, 2015 for the first time in 22 months.  The two teams did not meet in Atlanta last season because of a scheduling quirk that left the teams' matchup in London as the only Hawks home game of the 2013-14 series.

- Atlanta plays the New York Knicks twice in a row (Nov. 8 &amp; 10), as well as the Orlando Magic back-to-back (Dec. 12-13) and the Milwaukee Bucks back-to-back (Dec. 26-27).

- The Hawks have three home games surrounding Thanksgiving (Nov. 26, 28-29) and three home games surrounding Christmas (Dec. 23, 26 &amp; 30).

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9 Things To Know About The Hawks' 2014-15 Schedule

The Atlanta Hawks will tip off their Summer League schedule on Saturday, and there's plenty of intrigue around this year's team.

The Players:  The Hawks have several intriguing players on the roster, including 2014 draft picks Adreian Payne, Edy Tavares and Lamar Patterson.  John Jenkins and Mike Muscala both return for another year of Summer League action, and Dennis Schröder looks to build on his rookie year with more Summer League experience.  Those are at least five names fans will recognize assuming they all play.  You can see the full roster here.

The Coaches: Darvin Ham is Atlanta's coach in Las Vegas after Quin Snyder accepted the head coaching job with the Utah Jazz.  Assistants Taylor Jenkins and Kenny Atkinson will also be in Vegas.  NBA head coaches usually don't coach the Summer League games, but Mike Budenholzer will most certainly be watching some if not all of the games from the stands, as well as have some involvement with practices.

The Schedule: The Hawks will play the Washington Wizards at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, the D-League team at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday and the Portland Trail Blazers at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.  The NBA seeds the 24 teams based on performance in the three preliminary games for a tournament that starts on Wednesday, and a consolation bracket as part of that gurantees every team five games.  You can see them all on League Pass, and the game against the Blazers will also air on NBA TV.  See the complete schedule here.

The Practices: Atlanta begins practice Wednesday in Las Vegas and will hold several prior to the first game, as well as one on Sunday.  This is where the real work is done, as new players get a taste of Coach Bud's system.

Hawks.com will have comprehensive coverage of the team throughout the event.

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