Bits and pieces of the Dallas Mavericks’ 2024-25 NBA regular season and NBA Cup schedule

Bits and pieces of the Dallas Mavericks’ 2024-25 NBA regular season and NBA Cup schedule are starting to make their way to the general public.

 

Last Thursday we learned that the Mavs will be featured on Christmas Day in a Western Conference Finals rematch against the Minnesota Timberwolves. This marquee matchup and the news of when Klay Thompson will be making his return to Golden State are just a few of the more notable dates we already know. The full schedule is expected to be revealed this Thursday.

 

Below we have a full breakdown of what we know of the Mavs’ 2024-25 schedule thus far:

 

Intuit Dome debut

The Mavericks will be the LA Clippers’ first opponent in their new home when the teams meet in a preseason matchup on Oct. 14, according to a report from independent NBA reporter Marc Stein.

 

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The Mavericks hit the road for Inglewood after a home preseason game against the Utah Jazz on Oct. 10.

 

NBA Cup schedule

The Mavericks will open the second edition of the NBA Cup — formerly the In-Season Tournament — on the road against the Golden State Warriors on Nov. 12, according to a landing page on the team’s website. The game, set for 9 p.m. on TNT, marks Klay Thompson’s return to San Francisco and his first official contest against his former team. It’s one of two nationally televised NBA Cup games for the Mavericks.

 

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Dallas, the defending Western Conference champion and one of five teams in West Group C, will then host the New Orleans Pelicans at American Airlines Center on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Luka Doncic, who finished third in voting for last season’s MVP award, will have an opportunity to compete against reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets when the Mavericks travel to Denver on Nov. 22. Tipoff is slated for 9 p.m on ESPN. The Mavericks will conclude Group Play with a home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Christmas Day game

The Mavs and Minnesota Timberwolves will meet again for a Christmas Day rematch of their Western Conference Finals matchup, according to a report by The Athletic’s Shams Charania. It will be one of five games on the NBA’s Christmas Day slate, the Mavericks’ Finals opponent (Boston) also in action on Christmas. See the other four games below.

 

-San Antonio Spurs at New York Knicks

 

-Philadelphia 76ers at Boston Celtics

 

-Los Angeles Lakers at Golden State Warriors

 

-Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns

 

NBA Finals rematches

Shams Charania reported that the Mavericks will unofficially rematch their NBA Finals foe, the Boston Celtics, on two occasions: Jan. 25 in Dallas and Feb. 6 in Boston. With Thompson’s added firepower and other offseason moves, the Mavericks will hope for a better outcome than the gentleman’s sweep they were subjected to in the Finals.