On Wednesday, the NBA released the full 2022-23 regular season schedule for all 30 teams. For the Wizards, the season will open on the road in Indiana on October 19 before returning to D.C. for a Friday-night matchup with the Bulls on October 21.
Here, we break down Washington’s 82-game schedule by the numbers, including road trips, total miles traveled, back-to-backs, games by month and more.
15 – D.C. fans will have plenty of opportunity to see the Wizards at home in the season’s opening weeks. After playing three of its first four games at Capital One Arena, Washington gets a 15-day stretch without a road game in mid-November. The six-game homestand features matchups against the Mavericks, Jazz, Grizzles, Thunder, Heat and Hornets.
7,112 – The Wizards’ longest road trip of the season, which will cover 7,112 miles round trip, features six games – all against teams in the Western Conference. Spanning from December 14-23, the trip opens in Denver before a Clippers-Lakers back-to-back in Los Angeles – and closes with matchups in Phoenix, Utah and Sacramento.
14 – Washington will play 14 back-to-backs throughout the 2022-23 season, the first of which comes on October 30-31 with a road showdown in Boston before a home matchup with Philadelphia. Washington’s 14 back-to-backs, three of which require no travel, come in just above league average. The other 29 teams play an average 13.3 back-to-backs.
35,000 – Over the course of the season, the Wizards will travel roughly 35,000 miles in total. Judged only against fellow Eastern Conference teams, the number comes in 3,000 miles below average.
18 – The Wizards will play 18 games on Fridays, the most of any single day of the week. 11 of those matchups will be held at Capital One Arena, starting with the home opener on October 21 against Chicago.
21 – Wizards fans will have plenty of weekend home games to choose from throughout the season. Washington is set to play 21 home games on either Friday (11), Saturday (6) or Sunday (4) – nearly two games above league average.
15 – Washington will play 15 games in November, December and March, tied for its most games in a single month. Of the Wizards’ 15 home games in March, 11 will be played at Capital One Arena.
