Trail Blazers Tip-Off 2007-08 Season at San Antonio

The Trail Blazers will play host to Northwest Division-rival Seattle in a Christmas Day battle.

Photo courtesy: Blazers.com

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers open their 2007-08 home schedule on Wednesday, Nov. 7, against New Orleans at the Rose Garden on ESPN.

Portland will tip off its 38th NBA season with a three-game road trip, beginning Tuesday, Oct. 30, at San Antonio.

The San Antonio and New Orleans games will be televised nationally on TNT and ESPN, respectively, as part of a 19-game national TV schedule that features six games on ESPN, six games on TNT and seven games on NBA TV. Portland’s complete broadcast schedule will be available in the coming weeks.

"This is an incredibly exciting time to be a Trail Blazers fan and this season's schedule reflects that," said Trail Blazers chief operating officer Mike Golub. "With 19 games on national television, including a Christmas Day game at home, the league has taken notice of all of the good things happening with the team."

The Trail Blazers will play host to Northwest Division-rival Seattle in the Christmas Day battle, featuring a matchup of the top two picks in the 2007 NBA Draft, Portland’s Greg Oden and Seattle’s Kevin Durant. That game will also be broadcast before a national audience on ESPN.

New to the home schedule this season are 3:00 p.m. start times on Sundays, moved back from last season’s 6:00 p.m. tip-offs to better accommodate fans. There are five Sunday home games, beginning Dec. 9 vs. Milwaukee.

Portland will take on 10 of 14 Western Conference opponents twice at home and twice on the road, while playing Memphis, Phoenix, the L.A. Clippers and San Antonio only three times apiece.

Of those matchups, the Trail Blazers host Memphis and Phoenix twice, and the L.A. Clippers and San Antonio once.

As in past seasons, the club will face all 15 Eastern Conference teams twice, once at home and once on the road.

The team faces 21 back-to-backs this coming season, while embarking on a seven-game road trip – its longest of the year – Jan. 13 at Toronto.

Portland has two season-long, six-game homestands on the schedule.

The first begins in mid December and features Durant and the Sonics, while the second tips off at the end of January and includes a visit from LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Trail Blazers close out the 2007-08 regular season at Phoenix on Wednesday, April 16.

Trail Blazers season tickets with full season plans starting at the affordable price of only $440 per seat are available by calling (503) 797-9600.

Blazers 2007-08 Schedule:

Oct Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Tue 30 @ San Antonio 5:00 pm -- TNT

Nov Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Fri 2 @ New Orleans 5:00 pm -- --

Sat 3 @ Houston 5:30 pm -- NBATV

Wed 7 New Orleans 7:30 pm -- --

Fri 9 Memphis 7:00 pm -- --

Sat 10 Dallas 7:00 pm -- --

Tue 13 Detroit 7:00 pm -- --

Wed 14 @ Denver 6:00 pm -- --

Fri 16 @ Philadelphia 4:00 pm -- --

Sat 17 @ Washington 4:00 pm -- --

Mon 19 @ Charlotte 4:00 pm -- --

Wed 21 New Jersey 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 23 Sacramento 7:00 pm -- --

Mon 26 Orlando 7:00 pm -- --

Wed 28 Indiana 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 30 @ Dallas 5:30 pm -- --

Dec Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Sun 2 @ San Antonio 12:30 pm -- --

Mon 3 @ Memphis 5:00 pm -- --

Thu 6 Miami 7:30 pm -- TNT

Sun 9 Milwaukee 3:00 pm -- --

Tue 11 @ Utah 6:00 pm -- --

Wed 12 Golden State 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 14 Utah 7:00 pm -- --

Sun 16 @ Denver 5:00 pm -- NBATV

Mon 17 New Orleans 7:00 pm -- --

Wed 19 Toronto 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 21 Denver 7:00 pm -- --

Tue 25 Seattle 5:00 pm -- ESPN

Fri 28 Minnesota 7:00 pm -- --

Sun 30 Philadelphia 3:00 pm -- --

Mon 31 @ Utah 5:00 pm -- --

Jan Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Wed 2 @ Minnesota 5:00 pm -- --

Thu 3 @ Chicago 5:00 pm -- TNT

Sat 5 Utah 7:00 pm -- NBATV

Wed 9 Golden State 7:00 pm -- --

Sun 13 @ Toronto 9:30 am -- --

Mon 14 @ New Jersey 4:30 pm -- NBATV

Wed 16 @ Boston 4:30 pm -- --

Fri 18 @ Miami 4:00 pm -- ESPN

Sat 19 @ Orlando 4:00 pm -- --

Mon 21 @ Atlanta 11:00 am -- --

Wed 23 @ New Orleans 5:00 pm -- --

Fri 25 Houston 7:00 pm -- --

Sun 27 Atlanta 3:00 pm -- --

Wed 30 Cleveland 6:00 pm -- ESPN

Feb Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Fri 1 New York 7:30 pm -- ESPN

Mon 4 Denver 7:00 pm -- NBATV

Wed 6 Chicago 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 8 @ Detroit 5:00 pm -- --

Sat 9 @ Indiana 4:00 pm -- --

Mon 11 @ Houston 5:30 pm -- --

Wed 13 @ Dallas 5:30 pm -- --

Tue 19 Sacramento 7:00 pm -- --

Thu 21 Seattle 7:30 pm -- TNT

Fri 22 @ Seattle 7:30 pm -- --

Sun 24 Boston 3:00 pm -- --

Tue 26 @ L.A. Lakers 7:30 pm -- --

Wed 27 @ L.A. Clippers 7:30 pm -- --

Fri 29 L.A. Lakers 7:30 pm -- ESPN

Mar Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Sun 2 @ Golden State 6:00 pm -- --

Tue 4 Phoenix 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 7 @ Milwaukee 5:30 pm -- --

Sat 8 @ New York 4:30 pm -- --

Mon 10 @ Cleveland 4:00 pm -- --

Tue 11 @ Minnesota 5:00 pm -- --

Thu 13 @ Sacramento 7:00 pm -- --

Sat 15 Minnesota 7:00 pm -- --

Tue 18 Phoenix 7:30 pm -- TNT

Fri 21 L.A. Clippers 7:00 pm -- --

Sat 22 @ L.A. Clippers 7:30 pm -- --

Mon 24 @ Seattle 7:00 pm -- NBATV

Tue 25 Washington 7:00 pm -- --

Thu 27 @ Golden State 7:30 pm -- --

Sat 29 Charlotte 7:00 pm -- --

Apr Opponent Time* Local TV National TV

Wed 2 @ L.A. Lakers 7:30 pm -- --

Thu 3 Houston 7:30 pm -- TNT

Sun 6 San Antonio 3:00 pm -- --

Tue 8 L.A. Lakers 7:00 pm -- --

Fri 11 @ Sacramento 7:00 pm -- --

Sat 12 Dallas 7:00 pm -- NBATV

Tue 15 Memphis 7:00 pm -- --

Wed 16 @ Phoenix 7:00 pm -- --

*= All times local

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