Last season, the Miami Heat tied with San Antonio to capture the best home record in the league, and next season they'll be playing 14 of their first 22 games at home. So hopefully they'll have no trouble getting off to a quick start.
In addition to playing the first game of the season at home against the Boston Celtics, the team will host a Christmas Day rematch of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
You can view the full season schedule here, but here's a quick run down of the games against the Heat's big rivals.
Boston Celtics
vs Boston: Tue, Oct 30 (season opener)
@ Boston: Sun, Jan 27
@ Boston: Mon, Mar 18
vs Boston: Fri, Apr 12
Chicago Bulls
vs Chicago: Fri, Jan 4
@ Chicago: Thu, Feb 21
@ Chicago: Wed, Mar 27
vs Chicago: Sun Apr 14
Orlando Magic
@ Orlando: Mon, Dec 31
vs Orlando: Wed, Mar 6
@ Orlando: Mon, Mar 25
vs Orlando: Wed, April 17 (last game of the regular season)
New York Knicks
@ NY: Fri, Nov 2 (first road game)
vs NY: Thu, Dec 6
@ NY: Sun, Mar 3
vs NY: Tue, Apr 2
Los Angeles Lakers
@ LA: Thu, Jan 17
vs LA: Sun, Feb 10
Oklahoma Thunder
@ OKC: Thu, Feb 14th (Valentines Day)
Also of note, the Heat will be hosting the Brooklyn Nets for the first time on November 7, and will be hosting the Dallas Mavericks in a 2011 Finals rematch on January 2.
In addition to an early and often home court advantage, the Heat will also play all but three of their games in April at home. Though, the team will only play five games at home in all of January.
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