The Timberwolves will play on Opening Night for the 2024-25 NBA season, and also have a Christmas Day matchup.
The season opens with a game against the host Los Angeles Lakers at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, meaning Wolves All-NBA guard Anthony Edwards will face his U.S. gold-medal winning Olympic teammates LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the first day of the regular season.
The Wolves’ season ended in the Western Conference finals last season when they were ousted by Dallas; the Mavericks will play host to the Wolves at 1:30 p.m. on Christmas Day as part of the NBA’s annual slate Dec. 25 games.
The Wolves will have 18 games on national TV — two on ABC, including the Christmas game, and eight each on ESPN and TNT.
The season ends with a home game against Utah on April 13.
The NBA champion Boston Celtics will be at Target Center on Jan. 2. There are home games against Denver on Nov. 1 and Jan. 25, against Golden State on Dec. 21 and Jan. 15, and against Western Conference No. 1 seed Oklahoma City on Feb. 13 and Feb. 23.
There are two five-game homestands (Feb. 1-8 and March 14-21).
Games for the Emirates NBA Cup in-season tournament were released earlier this week. The Timberwolves are in West Group A with the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Sacramento Kings and the Portland Trail Blazers. The Wolves are at Portland on Nov. 12 and at Sacramento on Nov. 15 and play at home against Houston on Nov. 26 and the Clippers on Nov. 29. The winner of each group and two wild cards will play in an eight-team championship bracket, with the semifinals and finals in Las Vegas (Dec. 14-17).
