Two years ago, the Nuggets could legitimately be up in arms about the road-heavy start to an oddly planned schedule.
This season? Not so much.
All things considered, the Nuggets caught a bit of a scheduling break when the NBA slate of games was released Wednesday.
There aren’t multiple long road trips. There aren’t games played on a holiday, or multiple holidays. Their longest continuous road trip is broken up by a three-day hiatus that might allow the team to come home for a couple of days. Their most packed stretch of road contests is broken up at the end by a 10-day all-star break.
Nope. Not bad at all.
The Nuggets open the second season of Brian Shaw’s coaching era against the new-look Detroit Pistons on Oct. 29 at the Pepsi Center. The first road game is Nov. 1 at Oklahoma City.
The Nuggets’ lone long road trip is a five-game swing in March. There is a stretch from Jan. 26-Feb. 22 when they’ll play 9-of-11 games on the road. But that is broken up by the all-star break, which for the Nuggets runs from Feb. 11-19.
Other than that, they’ll be yanked in and out of town, yo-yo style, in a schedule that never keeps their feet in one spot for too long.
Their first eight games alternate between home and road. There are 21 sets of back-to-back games.
Games of note start soon with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers coming to town Nov. 7, a nationally televised game at the Pepsi Center. There are five nationally televised games on the Nuggets’ schedule. The defending champion Spurs are in town Dec. 14 for the first of two visits.
Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks are in town March. 9. Kobe Bryant and the Lakers are in Denver the first of two times Dec. 30.
The four Western Conference teams the Nuggets play just three times this season are Phoenix, Golden State, Memphis and Dallas.
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2014-15 DENVER NUGGETS SCHEDULE | |||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Site | Time | TV |
Wed. | Oct. 29 | DETROIT PISTONS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Nov. 1 | at Oklahoma City Thunder | Chesapeake Energy Arena | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Nov. 3 | SACRAMENTO KINGS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Nov. 5 | at Sacramento Kings | Sleep Train Arena | 8 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Nov. 7 | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | Pepsi Center | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN/ALT |
Sun. | Nov. 9 | at Portland Trail Blazers | Moda Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Nov. 12 | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Nov. 14 | at Indiana Pacers | Bankers Life Fieldhouse | 5 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Sun. | Nov. 16 | at New York Knicks | Madison Square Garden | 11 a.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Nov. 17 | at Cleveland Cavaliers | Quicken Loans Arena | 5 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Wed. | Nov. 19 | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Nov. 21 | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Nov. 23 | at Los Angeles Lakers | Staples Center | 7:30 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Nov. 25 | CHICAGO BULLS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Nov. 26 | at Phoenix Suns | US Airways Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri | Nov. 28 | PHOENIX SUNS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Dec. 1 | at Utah Jazz | EnergySolutions Arena | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Dec. 2 | PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Dec. 5 | at Washington Wizards | Verizon Center | 5 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Sun. | Dec. 7 | at Atlanta Hawks | Philips Arena | 1:30 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Dec. 8 | at Toronto Raptors | Air Canada Centre | 5:30 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Wed. | Dec. 10 | MIAMI HEAT | Pepsi Center | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN/ALT |
Sat. | Dec. 13 | at Houston Rockets | Toyota Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Dec. 14 | SAN ANTONIO SPURS | Pepsi Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Dec. 17 | HOUSTON ROCKETS | Pepsi Center | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN/ALT |
Fri. | Dec. 19 | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Dec. 20 | INDIANA PACERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Dec. 22 | at Charlotte Hornets | Time Warner Cable Arena | 5 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Dec. 23 | at Brooklyn Nets | Barclays Center | 5:30 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Dec. 26 | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Dec. 28 | TORONTO RAPTORS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Dec. 30 | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Thu. | Jan. 1 | at Chicago Bulls | United Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Jan. 3 | MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Jan. 5 | at Minnesota Timberwolves | Target Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Jan. 7 | ORLANDO MAGIC | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Jan. 9 | at Sacramento Kings | Sleep Train Arena | 8 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Jan. 14 | DALLAS MAVERICKS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Jan. 16 | at Dallas Mavericks | American Airlines Center | 6:30 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Jan. 17 | MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Jan. 19 | at Golden State Warriors | Oracle Arena | 2 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Jan. 20 | SAN ANTONIO SPURS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Jan. 23 | BOSTON CELTICS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Jan. 25 | WASHINGTON WIZARDS | Pepsi Center | 6 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Mon. | Jan. 26 | at Los Angeles Clippers | Staples Center | 8:30 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Jan. 28 | at New Orleans Pelicans | Smoothie King Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Thu. | Jan. 29 | at Memphis Grizzlies | FedExForum | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Jan. 31 | CHARLOTTE HORNETS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Feb. 3 | at Philadelphia 76ers | Wells Fargo Center | 5 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Feb. 4 | at Boston Celtics | TD Garden | 5:30 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Feb. 6 | at Detroit Pistons | The Palace of Auburn Hills | 5:30 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Feb. 9 | OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Feb. 10 | at Los Angeles Lakers | Staples Center | 8:30 p.m. | TNT |
Fri. | Feb. 20 | at Milwaukee Bucks | BMO Harris Bradley Center | 6:30 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Feb. 22 | at Oklahoma City Thunder | Chesapeake Energy Arena | 5 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Mon. | Feb. 23 | BROOKLYN NETS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Feb. 25 | PHOENIX SUNS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Feb. 27 | UTAH JAZZ | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Mar. 1 | NEW ORLEANS PELICANS | Pepsi Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Tue. | Mar. 3 | MILWAUKEE BUCKS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Mar. 4 | at Minnesota Timberwolves | Target Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Mar. 6 | at San Antonio Spurs | AT&T Center | 6:30 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Mar. 7 | HOUSTON ROCKETS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Mar. 9 | NEW YORK KNICKS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Mar. 11 | ATLANTA HAWKS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Mar. 13 | GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Mar. 15 | at New Orleans Pelicans | Smoothie King Center | 4 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Mar. 16 | at Memphis Grizzlies | FedExForum | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Thu. | Mar. 19 | at Houston Rockets | Toyota Center | 6 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Mar. 20 | at Miami Heat | AmericanAirlines Arena | 5:30 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Mar. 22 | at Orlando Magic | Amway Center | 4 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Mar. 25 | PHILADELPHIA 76ERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Mar. 27 | UTAH JAZZ | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Mar. 28 | at Portland Trail Blazers | Moda Center | 8 p.m. | NBA TV/ALT |
Wed. | Apr. 1 | at Utah Jazz | EnergySolutions Arena | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Apr. 3 | at San Antonio Spurs | AT&T Center | 6:30 p.m. | ALT |
Sat. | Apr. 4 | LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Apr. 8 | LOS ANGELES LAKERS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Fri. | Apr. 10 | DALLAS MAVERICKS | Pepsi Center | 7 p.m. | ALT |
Sun. | Apr. 12 | SACRAMENTO KINGS | Pepsi Center | 3 p.m. | ALT |
Mon. | Apr. 13 | at Los Angeles Clippers | Staples Center | 8:30 p.m. | ALT |
Wed. | Apr. 15 | at Golden State Warriors | Oracle Arena | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN/ALT |
*All times Mountain Time | |||||
*All caps are home games |