On paper, the Celtics seem to be the deeper squad, especially after the additions of Malcolm Brogdon and Danilo Gallinari. This will be the first of four games versus the Celtics. The Boston Celtics returns to the place where they knocked off the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals. One additional wrinkle in this game is that Goran Dragic and Derrick Jones Jr., both former Heat players, are currently on the Bulls roster. It will be interesting to see how they fare against one another, especially considering the tantalizing wing head-to-head between Jimmy Butler and DeMar DeRozan.
Of course, this is a matchup featuring a bona fide East contender (Heat) against a fringe playoff/play-in squad (Bulls). Miami is 1-1 against the Bulls in home season openers, including the humiliating 108-66 loss in 2006 after winning the NBA title four months earlier. The Heat open their season at home against the Chicago Bulls for the third time in the franchise’s 35-year history. The Heat will play their season opener at home for the third time in the last four years. Let’s look at some of their marquee matchups arising from their season schedule.ĭive in to the matchups, trends, road trips and busy home stretches that fill our schedule // Miami HEAT August 17, 2022 To do that, however, they have to hurdle some considerably strong opponents, especially in their home conference. It’s quite an exciting schedule for the Heat, who are looking to return to the top of the East and perhaps even the NBA Finals. 6) will also make up two of the Heat’s 11 total nationally broadcast games. Those two away games against the Lakers (Jan. Miami’s longest road trip of the year will consist of five games on the West Coast from December 30 to January 6 against the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns. The Heat then play six of their following eight games at FTX Arena, hosting the Warriors, Kings, Indiana Pacers, Blazers, Charlotte Hornets (back-to-back), and the Phoenix Suns. After that, however, the Heat will make their first trip to the west coast to play the Portland Trail Blazers, defending champion Golden State Warriors, and Sacramento Kings. Miami will, in fact, begin the season with four straight home games, culminating in back-to-back meetings against the Toronto Raptors. 21 they host a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. 19 against the Chicago Bulls, and on Oct. The 2022–23 NBA schedule has just been announced, and let’s break some of it down from the point of view of the Miami Heat.
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