Clippers Opening Night Game Announced

The LA Clippers will open their season on October 21st against the Golden State Warriors.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the NBA released their slate of games for opening night and Christmas Day. For the first time since acquiring Kawhi Leonard, and just the 3rd time since 2011, the Clippers will not play on Christmas Day.

The NBA's slate of Christmas Day games will feature the Hawks vs. Knicks, Celtics vs. Bucks, Warriors vs. Suns, Nets vs. Lakers, and Mavs vs. Jazz. While the Clippers will not have a Christmas Day game, they will open their season with a marquee matchup against the Golden State Warriors on October 21st. The game will be televised on TNT at 10:00 EST.

The Clippers and Warriors always have good matchups, with the two teams splitting their last 14 matchups 7-7 over the course of the last four seasons. The Clippers will obviously be without Kawhi Leonard, but will be headlined by a group of players that led the team to their first Western Conference Finals just months ago.

With the NBA finally returning to a full 82-game schedule, this will likely be the first of four matchups between the Clippers and Warriors. For Golden State, they are hoping to ascend themselves back into the tier of championship contenders that they resided in for half of a decade. With Steph Curry coming off of an MVP-caliber season, and Klay Thompson returning from injury, the Clippers will have their hands full each and every time they face Golden State in the 2021-22 NBA season.

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Joey Linn
JOEY LINN

Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA for Sports Illustrated's FanNation. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined Sports Illustrated's FanNation to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams during his time in school. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts, combined with his excellence in the classroom, earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time across multiple platforms, primarily serving as a credentialed Clippers beat writer.