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The Orlando Magic will open their 2022-23 regular season against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 19 and their first home game will be vs. the Bostons Celtics on Oct. 22 at Amway Center, according to the NBA, which released the league’s schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday afternoon.
The Magic will play six of their first eight games on the road and have their longest homestand from early to mid-November before playing a balanced schedule the rest of the way.
Orlando opens training camp on Sept. 27 at its new AdventHealth Training Center.
Magic ticket plans, suites and single-game tickets will go on sale at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 27. The Fast Break Monthly Pass, which was introduced last season, will return for 2022-23. It includes up to five games each month for $49. Learn more at OrlandoMagic.com/FastBreak. More information about pre-sale access can be found at OrlandoMagic.com or by calling 407-89-MAGIC.
Here are seven highlights from the schedule:
Opener vs. Pistons
Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in June’s NBA draft, will make his Magic debut when they open their season against the Pistons.
It’ll be a matchup not only between the NBA’s last pair of top picks (Banchero and Cade Cunningham), but two teams in similar stages of their rebuilds, making for a good early test in the season for both sides.
Magic vs. Hawks
Banchero and Dejounte Murray, who the Atlanta Hawks traded for in June, won’t have to wait long to play each other again after their social media back-and-forth following a Pro-Am game earlier in the summer.
Orlando’s game against the Atlanta Hawks on Oct. 21 at State Farm Arena will mark the second time in franchise history the Magic have opened a season with two road games.
Home opener vs. East champs
The Magic will play their first home game against the defending East Conference champion Celtics, who lost to the Golden State Warriors in NBA Finals.
The Celtics have won the last nine matchups against Orlando dating back to the 2019-20 season.
Return to national TV
The Magic’s lone game that’s scheduled to broadcast on prime national TV will come on Nov. 1 when they play the Thunder in Oklahoma City Thunder, who drafted Chet Holmgren with the No. 2 pick in the draft.
The matchup will be broadcasted on TNT. It’s the Magic’s only non-NBA TV nationally televised game.
Orlando, which didn’t have a national TV game on ESPN, ABC or TNT last season, are one of four teams (Utah Jazz, Pistons and Thunder) that aren’t scheduled to have an ESPN or ABC game.
Matchup vs. Smith, Houston
The Magic will play the Houston Rockets and Jabari Smith, the No. 3 pick in the draft, for the first time on Nov. 7 at Amway Center.
Most media outlets predicted the Magic were going to draft Smith with the top pick before selecting Banchero.
Longest home stretch
The Magic will have a season-long seven-game, 14-day homestand from November 3-16, matching up against the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Longest road trips
The Magic will be on a season-long five-game road trip from January 7-15. They also have three four-game road trips — December 16-21 (six days), January 30-February 5 (seven days) and March 14-19 (six days).
Orlando Magic 2022-23 schedule (All times Eastern, home games are in bold)
All locally televised Orlando Magic basketball games will be aired exclusively on Bally Sports Florida. Games can also be heard on the Orlando Magic Radio Network (FM 96.9 The Game).
October – preseason
Oct. 3: at Memphis (8 p.m)
Oct. 6: at San Antonio (8:30 p.m.)
Oct. 7: at Dallas (8:30 p.m.)
Oct. 11 vs. Memphis (7 p.m.)
Oct. 14 vs. Cleveland (7 p.m.)
October – regular season
Oct. 19: at Detroit (7 p.m.)
Oct. 21: at Atlanta (7:30 p.m.)
Oct. 22: Boston (7 p.m.)
Oct. 24: at New York (7:30 p.m., NBA TV)
Oct. 26: at Cleveland (7 p.m.)
Oct. 28: Charlotte (7 p.m.)
Oct. 30: at Dallas (7:30 p.m.)
November
Nov. 1: at Oklahoma City (7:30 p.m., TNT)
Nov. 3: Golden State (7 p.m.)
Nov. 5: Sacramento (5 p.m.)
Nov. 7: Houston (7:15 p.m.)
Nov. 9: Dallas (7 p.m.)
Nov. 11: Phoenix (7 p.m.)
Nov. 14: Charlotte (7 p.m.)
Nov. 16: Minnesota (7 p.m.)
Nov. 18: at Chicago (8 p.m.)
Nov. 19: at Indiana (7 p.m.)
Nov. 21: at Indiana (7 p.m.)
Nov. 25: Philadelphia (7 p.m.)
Nov. 27: Philadelphia (6 p.m.)
Nov. 28: at Brooklyn (7:30 p.m.)
Nov. 30: Atlanta (7 p.m.)
December
Dec. 2: at Cleveland (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 3: at Toronto (8 p.m.)
Dec. 5: Milwaukee (7 p.m.)
Dec. 7: L.A. Clippers (7 p.m.)
Dec. 9: Toronto (7 p.m.)
Dec. 11: Toronto (6 p.m.)
Dec. 14: Atlanta (7 p.m.)
Dec. 16: at Boston (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 18: at Boston (3 p.m.)
Dec. 19: at Atlanta (7:30 p.m.)
Dec. 21: at Houston (8 p.m.)
Dec. 23: San Antonio (7 p.m.)
Dec. 27 L.A. Lakers (7 p.m.)
Dec. 28: at Detroit (7 p.m.)
Dec. 30: Washington (7 p.m.)
January
Wed. 4 OKLAHOMA CITY 7 p.m.
Thu. 5 MEMPHIS 7 p.m.
Sat. 7 @ Golden State 8:30 p.m.
Mon. 9 @ Sacramento 10 p.m.
Tue. 10 @ Portland 10 p.m.
Fri. 13 @ Utah 9 p.m.
Sun. 15 @ Denver 8 p.m.
Fri. 20 NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m.
Sat. 21 @ Washington 7 p.m.
Mon. 23 BOSTON 7 p.m.
Wed. 25 INDIANA 7 p.m.
Fri. 27 @ Miami 8 p.m.
Sat. 28 CHICAGO 7 p.m.
Mon. 30 @ Philadelphia 7 p.m.
February
Wed. 1 @ Philadelphia 7 p.m.
Fri. 3 @ Minnesota 8 p.m.
Sun. 5 @ Charlotte 1 p.m.
Tue. 7 NEW YORK 7 p.m.
Thu. 9 DENVER 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 MIAMI 7 p.m.
Mon. 13 @ Chicago 8 p.m.
Tue. 14 @ Toronto 7:30 p.m.
17-22 NBA All-Star Break (Salt Lake City, UT)
Thu. 23 DETROIT 7 p.m.
Sat. 25 INDIANA 7 p.m.
Mon. 27 @ New Orleans 8 p.m.
March
Wed. 1 @ Milwaukee 8 p.m.
Fri. 3 @ Charlotte 7 p.m.
Sun. 5 PORTLAND 6 p.m.
Tue. 7 MILWAUKEE 7 p.m.
Thu. 9 UTAH 7 p.m.
Sat. 11 MIAMI 7 p.m.
Tue. 14 @ San Antonio 8 p.m.
Thu. 16 @ Phoenix 10 p.m. (NBA TV)
Sat. 18 @ L.A. Clippers 3 p.m.
Sun. 19 @ L.A. Lakers 9:30 p.m.
Tue. 21 WASHINGTON 7 p.m.
Thu. 23 NEW YORK 7 p.m. (NBA TV)
Sun. 26 BROOKLYN 6 p.m.
Tue. 28 @ Memphis 8 p.m.
Fri. 31 @ Washington 7 p.m.
April
Sun. 2 DETROIT 6 p.m.
Tue. 4 CLEVELAND 7 p.m.
Thu. 6 CLEVELAND 7 p.m.
Fri. 7 @ Brooklyn 7:30 p.m.
Sun. 9 @ Miami 1 p.m.
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at khprice@orlandosentinel.com or follow him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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