By BILL HAISTEN Sports Writer on Jul 26, 2012, at 10:41 PM Updated on 7/26 at 10:41 PM
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For Tulsa-area fans who drive to Oklahoma City for Thunder games – and there are several hundred who do it on a regular basis – Friday and Saturday dates are precious. Most fans don’t have to set an early alarm during the weekends.
As it pertains to weekend home games, NBA schedule-makers were not kind to the Thunder. The 2012-13 schedule, released by the league on Thursday, includes 41 home dates for OKC. Nine are played on Fridays and none on Saturdays. Zero. During the 66-game schedule of 2011-12, the Thunder had three Saturday home games.
In 2012-13, San Antonio has nine Saturday home games. Miami and Dallas each has seven. The New York Knicks have four.
A breakdown of the Thunder schedule:
* There are eight Sunday home games, five on Mondays, three on Tuesdays, 12 on Wednesdays, four on Thursdays and nine on Fridays.
* During the shortened 2011-12 regular season, the Thunder made 24 appearances on national television. In 2012-13, there are 30 nationally televised games: five on ABC, 10 on TNT, 10 on ESPN and five on NBA TV. Fox Sports Oklahoma will televise 70 Thunder games.
* During a 22-day span that begins on Jan. 6, 11 of Oklahoma City’s 13 games are played on the road. The stretch ends with a Jan. 27, ABC-televised contest at the Lakers.
* In rematches of the 2012 NBA Finals, the Thunder visits Miami on Christmas Day (4:30 p.m., ABC) and hosts the Heat on Feb. 14 (7 p.m., TNT).
* A few additional highlight dates: On Nov. 1, the Thunder opens the season at San Antonio (8:30 p.m., TNT). OKC visits Chicago on Nov. 8 and hosts the Bulls on Feb. 24. OKC hosts Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets on Nov. 28. The Lakers are in Oklahoma City on Dec. 7 (ESPN) and March 5 (TNT). The Boston Celtics visit Chesapeake Energy Arena on Sunday, March 10 (noon, ABC).
-- Bill Haisten
2012-13 Thunder schedule
Nov. 1 at San Antonio 8:30 p.m. TNT
Nov. 2 Portland 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 4 Atlanta 6 p.m. FSO
Nov. 6 Toronto 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 8 at Chicago 7 p.m. TNT
Nov. 9 Detroit 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 11 Cleveland 6 p.m. FSO
Nov. 12 at Detroit 6:30 p.m. FSO
Nov. 14 Memphis 7 p.m. FSO ESPN
Nov. 16 at New Orleans 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 18 Golden St 6 p.m. FSO
Nov. 21 L.A. Clippers 6:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
Nov. 23 at Boston 6:30 p.m. FSO NBA-TV
Nov. 24 at Philadelphia 6 p.m. FSO
Nov. 26 Charlotte 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 28 Houston 7 p.m. FSO
Nov. 30 Utah 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 1 at New Orleans 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 4 at Brooklyn 6:30 p.m. FSO
Dec. 7 L.A. Lakers 8:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
Dec. 9 Indiana 6 p.m. FSO
Dec. 12 New Orleans 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 14 Sacramento 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 17 San Antonio 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 19 at Atlanta 6:30 p.m. FSO
Dec. 20 at Minnesota 6 p.m. FSO TNT
Dec. 25 at Miami 4:30 p.m. ABC
Dec. 27 Dallas 7 p.m. TNT
Dec. 29 at Houston 7 p.m. FSO
Dec. 31 Phoenix 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 2 Brooklyn 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 4 Philadelphia 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 6 at Toronto noon p.m. FSO
Jan. 7 at Washington 6 p.m. FSO
Jan. 9 Minnesota 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 11 at L.A. Lakers 9:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
Jan. 13 at Portland 8 p.m. FSO NBA-TV
Jan. 14 at Phoenix 8 p.m. FSO
Jan. 16 Denver 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 18 at Dallas 8:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
Jan. 20 at Denver 7 p.m. FSO
Jan. 22 at L.A. Clippers 9:30 p.m. FSO
Jan. 23 at Golden St 9:30 p.m. FSO
Jan. 25 at Sacramento 9 p.m. FSO
Jan. 27 at L.A. Lakers 2:30 p.m. ABC
Jan. 31 Memphis 7 p.m. FSO TNT
Feb. 2 at Cleveland 6:30 p.m. FSO
Feb. 4 Dallas 7 p.m. FSO NBA-TV
Feb. 6 Golden St 7 p.m. FSO
Feb. 8 Phoenix 7 p.m. FSO
Feb. 10 at Phoenix 7 p.m. FSO
Feb. 12 at Utah 8 p.m. FSO
Feb. 14 Miami 7 p.m. TNT
Feb. 20 at Houston 7 p.m. FSO
Feb. 22 Minnesota 7 p.m. FSO ESPN
Feb. 24 Chicago 8:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
Feb. 27 New Orleans 7 p.m. FSO
March 1 at Denver 9:30 p.m. FSO ESPN
March 3 at L.A. Clippers 2:30 p.m. ABC
March 5 L.A. Lakers 8:30 p.m. TNT
March 7 at New York 7 p.m. TNT
March 8 at Charlotte 6 p.m. FSO
March 10 Boston noon ABC
March 11 at San Antonio 7:30 p.m. FSO NBA-TV
March 13 Utah 7 p.m. FSO ESPN
March 15 Orlando 7 p.m. FSO
March 17 at Dallas 6:30 p.m. FSO
March 19 Denver 7 p.m. FSO
March 20 at Memphis 7 p.m. FSO
March 22 at Orlando 6 p.m. FSO
March 24 Portland 6 p.m. FSO
March 27 Washington 7 p.m. FSO
March 29 at Minnesota 7 p.m. FSO
March 30 at Milwaukee 7:30 p.m. FSO
April 4 San Antonio 8:30 p.m. TNT
April 5 at Indiana 7 p.m. FSO ESPN
April 7 New York noon ABC
April 9 at Utah 8 p.m. FSO
April 11 at Golden St 9:30 p.m. FSO TNT
April 12 at Portland 9 p.m. FSO NBA-TV
April 15 Sacramento 7 p.m. FSO
April 17 Milwaukee 7 p.m. FSO
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