Updated: Hawks schedule released
Vivlamore filling in for MC.
The Hawks 2012-13 regular-season schedule was released Thursday and fans will get an opportunity to see two former key members of their team – Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams – return to Philips Arena in a five-day span.
The schedule also includes games against the Eastern and Western Conference champions, the Heat and Thunder, in a five-day span in the first month of the season.
Here are several other notables about the schedule:
Lin-sane start: The Hawks open the regular-season at home against the Rockets on Friday, Nov. 2. That will be Jeremy Lin’s first game with Houston after leaving the Knicks as a free agent this month. The season ends in New York against the Knicks and the Hawks old head coach Mike Woodson. Five of the eight games in April to end the season are at home.
Welcome back: Williams will return to Atlanta on Friday, Jan. 11 with the Jazz, exactly six months after he was traded. Johnson returns on Wednesday, Jan. 16 as a member of the Nets after he was traded in the off-season. The Hawks next game is also against Johnson, a Jan. 18 matchup in Brooklyn. Johnson will play once more in Atlanta on March 9.
Champions: The Hawks host the defending NBA champion Heat on Nov. 9. They will travel to Oklahoma City to play the Thunder on Nov. 4, the second game of the season.
Longest stretches: The schedule includes a season-high five straight home games from Nov. 24 to Dec. 7. It includes a season-long road trip of six games between Feb. 24 and March 4. The schedule features 30 stretches of three games in four nights. It also includes four stretches of four games in five nights.
Take a break: The NBA All-Star weekend will be Feb. 14-17 in Houston. The Hawks will play 51 games before the break, 26 at home.
National TV: The Hawks have six games on national television. They are on ESPN three times (twice vs. the Knicks and once vs. the Heat) and on NBA TV three times (vs. the Magic, Bulls and Pacers).
Holiday play: The Timberwolves will be this year’s Martin Luther King Day opponent at Philips Arena. They do not play on Thanksgiving or Christmas day but will spend New Year’s Eve in Houston and New Year’s Day in New Orleans.
Here is the complete Hawks’ 2012-13 regular-season schedule:
NOVEMBER
Fri 2 HOUSTON 7:30
Sun 4 @Oklahoma City 7:00
Wed 7 INDIANA 7:30
Fri 9 MIAMI 7:30
Sun 11 @LA Clippers 3:30
Mon 12 @Portland 10:00
Wed 14 @Golden State 10:30
Fri 16 @Sacramento 10:00
Mon 19 ORLANDO (NBATV) 7:30
Wed 21 WASHINGTON 7:30
Fri 23 @Charlotte 7:00
Sat 24 LA CLIPPERS 7:00
Wed 28 CHARLOTTE 7:30
Fri 30 CLEVELAND 7:30
DECEMBER
Sun 3 @LA Lakers 9:30
Wed 5 DENVER 7:30
Fri 7 WASHINGTON 7:30
Sat 8 @Memphis 8:00
Mon 10 @Miami 7:30
Wed 12 @Orlando 7:00
Thu 13 CHARLOTTE 7:30
Sat 15 GOLDEN STATE 7:00
Tue 18 @Washington 7:00
Wed 19 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:30
Fri 21 @Philadelphia 7:00
Sat 22 CHICAGO 7:00
Wed 26 DETROIT 7:30
Fri 28 @Cleveland 7:30
Sat 29 INDIANA 7:00
Mon 31 @Houston 7:00
JANUARY
Tue 1 @New Orleans 8:00
Fri 4 @Detroit 7:30
Sat 5 BOSTON 7:00
Tue 8 @Minnesota 8:00
Wed 9 @Cleveland 7:00
Fri 11 UTAH 7:30
Sat 12 @Washington 7:00
Mon 14 @Chicago (NBATV) 8:00
Wed 16 BROOKLYN 7:30
Fri 18 @Brooklyn 7:30
Sat 19 SAN ANTONIO 7:00
Mon 21 (#) MINNESOTA 2:00
Wed 23 @Charlotte 7:00
Fri 25 BOSTON 7:30
Sun 27 @New York (ESPN) 6:30
Wed 30 TORONTO 7:30
FEBRUARY
Sat 2 CHICAGO 7:00
Tue 5 @Indiana 7:00
Wed 6 MEMPHIS 7:30
Fri 8 NEW ORLEANS 7:30
Mon 11 @Dallas 8:30
Wed 13 @Orlando 7:00
ALL-STAR BREAK – February 14-17 – HOUSTON, TX
Wed 20 MIAMI (ESPN) 8:00
Fri 22 SACRAMENTO 7:30
Sat 23 @Milwaukee 8:30
Mon 25 @Detroit 7:30
Wed 27 @Utah 9:00
MARCH
Fri 1 @Phoenix 9:00
Sun 3 @LA Lakers 9:30
Mon 4 @Denver 9:00
Wed 6 PHILADELPHIA 7:30
Fri 8 @Boston 7:30
Sat 9 BROOKLYN 7:00
Tue 12 @Miami 7:30
Wed 13 LA LAKERS 7:30
Fri 15 PHOENIX 7:30
Sun 17 @Brooklyn 8:00
Mon 18 DALLAS 7:30
Wed 20 MILWAUKEE 7:30
Fri 22 PORTLAND 7:30
Sun 24 @Milwaukee 3:00
Mon 25 @Indiana (NBATV) 7:00
Wed 27 @Toronto 7:00
Fri 29 @Boston 7:30
Sat 30 ORLANDO 7:00
APRIL
Mon 1 CLEVELAND 7:30
Wed 3 NEW YORK (ESPN) 7:00
Fri 5 PHILADELPHIA 7:30
Sat 6 @San Antonio 8:30
Wed 10 @Philadelphia 7:00
Fri 12 MILWAUKEE 7:30
Tue 16 TORONTO 7:30
Wed 17 @New York 8:00
- Chris Vivlamore
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462 comments Add your comment
Slimjr
July 30th, 2012
5:48 pm
“Will the double teams ever come?” Don’t hold your breath…
hawksfancents95
July 30th, 2012
5:59 pm
*HAWKS NEWS*
Clippers just announced that they’ve acquired Willie Green from Dealin’ Danny Ferry’s Atlanta Hawks for draft rights to Sofo Schortsanitis
source: arc Stein
hawksfancents95
July 30th, 2012
6:00 pm
dang you najeh davenpoop
i thougt i got to break some hawks news for once
vava74
July 30th, 2012
6:09 pm
Buddy G,
I respect your oppinion but you need to stop givin any credit to PER and Hollinger.
It’s a crap-stat and a crappy and useless “expert”. Perkins is substantially better than his stats, notwithstanding the fact that he was indeed ill equipped for the Finals’ match up.
Slimjr
July 30th, 2012
6:11 pm
[Sofo Schortsanitis]
This guy make All NBA look like a superstar……Yawn….
vava74
July 30th, 2012
6:27 pm
Slimjr,
Stop the nonsense and go back at staring at your John Starks and Greg Anthony cards.
vava74
July 30th, 2012
6:29 pm
Sofo would foul out in the NBA every time he would play more than 10 minutes.
vava74
July 30th, 2012
6:32 pm
Sofo’s stats in the Euroleague:
12ppg 4.6rpg 0.5 blk 3 fouls on 16.9 minutes only. What a juggernaut!
Now go back to your toops cards will you?
vava74
July 30th, 2012
6:34 pm
The guy can’t be on the floor at the Euro level for half of the game due to fouls and lack of conditioning and for you he is a beast…
How can you think anyone can take you for more than the frustrated Knicks’ fan you are?
Slimjr
July 30th, 2012
6:40 pm
He’s got jokes too. .He probably has John Williamson autograph also..Hahahah
Lucky fan!
Slimjr
July 30th, 2012
6:41 pm
What a fat guy he is
Sautee
July 30th, 2012
7:59 pm
new blog up