Hello Celebritys

The Mavs 2009-2010 schedule has just been released, so I have to give my thoughts on it.

The schedule isn’t easy. I have looked at it briefly and this team has a tough start. We will know a lot about the Mavs after the first two months of the season.

- Tough start with a back-to-back in L.A. for their second and third games of the season.

- The Mavs have 20 back-to-backs this season. 6 of them come in the first month of the season. That’s right, 6 times! That is rough!

- Twelve of Dallas’ back-to-backs occur in the first half of the season while eight remain in the last half.

- Toughest back-to-back will be January 8^th @ San Antonio then January 9^th vs. Utah.

- November 24^th-30^th is the dreaded 5 games in 7 nights.

- No Christmas game for the Mavs this year, but do play at 6:00 PM on New Year’s Eve in H-Town.

- Nine games on ESPN, four on TNT and seven on NBATV.

- The Mavericks nine ESPN telecasts include Oct. 30 at L.A. Lakers, Nov. 4 at New Orleans, Nov. 18 vs. San Antonio, Dec. 16 at Oklahoma City, Feb. 17 vs. Phoenix, Feb. 19 at Orlando, Feb. 24 vs. L.A. Lakers, Feb. 26 at Atlanta and Feb. 28 vs. New Orleans.

- TNT features the Mavericks four times. Those games are Jan. 18 at Boston, Jan. 28 at Phoenix, Mar. 25 at Portland and Apr. 1 vs. Orlando.

- Dallas also has seven televised games on NBATV. They are Nov. 16 at Milwaukee, Dec. 14 vs. New Orleans, Dec. 20 vs. Cleveland, Feb. 20 vs. Miami, Mar. 29 vs. Denver, Apr. 9 at Portland and Apr. 12 at L.A. Clippers.

- The remaining portion of the Mavericks local television schedule for games on TXA21, Fox Sports Southwest and HDNet will be released at a later date. All games can be heard on ESPN 103.3 FM.

- December is kind to the Mavericks as they play eight of their 14 games at home. In fact, the team plays a season-high tying four straight games at the American Airlines Center from Dec. 18-26. They have one other four-game home stand in March (Mar. 10-20).

- January proves to be the Mavericks toughest month as the team plays a season-high nine games on the road but just six at home. A season-high five-game road trip occurs that month as the Mavericks head East on a week-long jaunt from January 17-24.

October

Tue 27 vs Washington 7:30pm

Fri 30 @ LA Lakers 9:30pm

Sat 31 @ LA Clippers 9:30pm

November

Tue 03 vs Utah 7:30pm

Wed 04 @ New Orleans 8:30pm

Sat 07 vs Toronto 7:30pm

Tue 10 vs Houston 7:30pm

Wed 11 @ San Antonio 7:30pm

Fri 13 @ Minnesota 7:00pm

Sun 15 @ Detroit 5:00pm

Mon 16 @ Milwaukee 7:00pm

Wed 18 vs San Antonio 8:30pm

Fri 20 vs Sacramento 7:30pm

Tue 24 vs Golden State 7:30pm

Wed 25 @ Houston 7:30pm

Fri 27 @ Indiana 7:00pm

Sat 28 @ Cleveland 6:30pm

Mon 30 vs Philadelphia 7:30pm

December

Wed 02 @ New Jersey 6:30pm

Fri 04 @ Memphis 7:00pm

Sat 05 vs Atlanta 8:00pm

Tue 08 vs Phoenix 7:30pm

Fri 11 @ Miami 6:30pm

Sat 12 vs Charlotte 7:30pm

Mon 14 vs New Orleans 7:30pm

Wed 16 @ Oklahoma City 7:00pm

Fri 18 vs Houston 7:30pm

Sun 20 vs Cleveland 6:30pm

Tue 22 vs Portland 7:30pm

Sat 26 vs Memphis 2:00pm

Sun 27 @ Denver 7:00pm

Thu 31 @ Houston 6:00pm

January

Sat 02 @ Sacramento 9:00pm

Sun 03 @ LA Lakers 8:30pm

Tue 05 vs Detroit 7:30pm

Fri 08 @ San Antonio 7:30pm

Sat 09 vs Utah 7:30pm

Wed 13 vs LA Lakers 7:30pm

Fri 15 vs Oklahoma City 7:30pm

Sun 17 @ Toronto 11:30am

Mon 18 @ Boston 7:00pm

Wed 20 @ Washington 6:00pm

Fri 22 @ Philadelphia 6:00pm

Sun 24 @ New York 12:00pm

Tue 26 vs Milwaukee 7:30pm

Thu 28 @ Phoenix 9:30pm

Sat 30 vs Portland 7:00pm

February

Mon 01 @ Utah 8:00pm

Wed 03 vs Golden State 7:30pm

Fri 05 vs Minnesota 7:30pm

Mon 08 @ Golden State 9:30pm

Tue 09 @ Denver 8:00pm

Tue 16 @ Oklahoma City 7:00pm

Wed 17 vs Phoenix 8:00pm

Fri 19 @ Orlando 7:00pm

Sat 20 vs Miami 7:30pm

Mon 22 vs Indiana 7:30pm

Wed 24 vs LA Lakers 8:00pm

Fri 26 @ Atlanta 7:00pm

Sun 28 vs New Orleans 8:30pm

March

Mon 01 @ Charlotte 6:00pm

Wed 03 vs Minnesota 7:30pm

Fri 05 vs Sacramento 7:30pm

Sat 06 @ Chicago 7:00pm

Mon 08 @ Minnesota 7:00pm

Wed 10 vs New Jersey 7:30pm

Sat 13 vs New York 7:30pm

Wed 17 vs Chicago 7:30pm

Sat 20 vs Boston 8:00pm

Mon 22 @ New Orleans 7:00pm

Tue 23 vs LA Clippers 7:30pm

Thu 25 @ Portland 9:30pm

Sat 27 @ Golden State 9:30pm

Mon 29 vs Denver 7:30pm

Wed 31 @ Memphis 7:00pm

April

Thu 01 vs Orlando 7:00pm

Sat 03 vs Oklahoma City 7:30pm

Wed 07 vs Memphis 7:30pm

Fri 09 @ Portland 9:00pm

Sat 10 @ Sacramento 9:00pm

Mon 12 @ LA Clippers 9:30pm

Wed 14 vs San Antonio 7:00pm