NBA: Rockets hosting James, Lakers twice; Thunder on Christmas
Published 3:54 pm Friday, August 10, 2018
Newly-signed Los Angeles Laker LeBron James will help bring his team to the Toyota Center twice this season to take on the Houston Rockets.
The Rockets officially announced their schedule Friday. They will host the Lakers Dec. 13 and Jan. 19.
Houston’s regular season begins at home Oct. 17 vs. New Orleans. Houston will open its preseason schedule with an Oct. 2 meeting against the Memphis Grizzlies in the BBVA Compass Iron City Showdown in Birmingham, Alabama, and continue with an Oct. 4 home game against the Indiana Pacers, Oct. 7 game at the San Antonio Spurs, Oct. 9 home game against the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association, and Oct. 12 visit to Memphis.
The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, which eliminated Houston in the Western Conference Finals, will visit the Rockets on Nov. 15 and March 13.
During March, Houston will play 13 games without more than a day off. Throughout the season, the Rockets will play back-to-back dates 12 times, with four of them before the All-Star break.
AT&T SportsNet will again serve as the Rockets’ local broadcast network. The team is scheduled to air on ABC five times (including the Christmas Day home game against Oklahoma City at 2 p.m.), ESPN 10 times and TNT 13 times.
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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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