DETROIT (WXYZ) — The Detroit Pistons released the first half of their 2020-21 game schedule.
They'll begin the 2020-21 campaign at Minnesota on Wednesday, December 23, followed by a return to Little Caesars Arena for their home opener on Saturday, December 26 (7:00 p.m. EST) against Cleveland.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the club will not host fans to open the regular season. The organization says it will continue to work closely with the NBA and state and local authorities to identify appropriate timing for safely welcoming back fans to Little Caesars Arena.
The 2020-2021 NBA season will feature 72 regular season games for each club. The first half of the Pistons’ season will include 37 games, comprised of 17 home contests and 20 road contests. The 2020-21 NBA All-Star break is scheduled to take place March 5-10, 2021, between the first half and second half of the regular season schedule. T
he NBA regular season is tentatively scheduled to end on May 16, 2021. The conclusion of the regular season will be followed by a Play-In Tournament, which will feature the teams with the seventh-highest through the tenth-highest winning percentages competing for the seventh and eighth seed in the playoffs for their respective conference. The 2021 NBA Playoffs are tentatively scheduled to begin on May 22.
View the first half of the 2020-21 schedule below:
Pistons 2020-21 Schedule Final by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit on Scribd
