by Charlie O. Mallonee

The 2014-15 NBA schedules have finally been released, and we now know the season will open with a Northern California showdown. The Sacramento Kings will host the Golden State Warriors in Sacramento on Wednesday, October 29.

Six of the Kings first 12 games will be played at Sleep Train Arena. Those first six home games will feature contests with the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and the NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs.

The Kings will be seen on national TV seven times in 2014-15. The Kings – Thunder game on December 16 in Sacramento will be seen on ESPN. Sacramento will be seen twice on TNT versus the Bulls and Rockets. The Kings will also be seen four times on NBA TV.

The schedule breaks down by month as follows: October – two home games, November – five home games and 10 road games, December – 11 home games and four away, January – seven home and eight away games, February – six home games and four away, March – six home and 10 away contests and April – four games at home and 5 games on the road.

There are 17 sets of back-to-back games. Three are home-home back-to-backs. Seven sets are away-away games. Two back-to-backs are away-home and there are five home-away back-to-back games.

The Kings 41-game home schedule features 21 weekend contests.