Wizards’ 2014-15 season schedule released

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One year ago, the NBA unveiled a regular season schedule that included the Wizards on national television once. A second-round playoff run later, the expectations and exposure have been multiplied.

The Wizards will play on national television 10 times — nine on ESPN and once on TNT — during the upcoming 2014-15 season. The slate includes a noon Christmas Day contest at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks — the Wizards’ first Christmas game since 2008 — and another five games on NBATV.

The schedule, officially released Wednesday, begins with a trip to Miami to face the LeBron-less Heat on Oct. 29. After a visit to Orlando Oct. 30, the Wizards’ will host the Milwaukee Bucks for their home opener on Nov. 1.

Washington welcomes LeBron James’s Cleveland Cavaliers to Verizon Center on Nov. 21 and the Chicago Bulls, whom they defeated in the first round of the playoffs last season, on Dec. 23.

The Wizards’ longest — and most difficult — road trip is five games and eight days long, taking them through Houston, Dallas, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and New Orleans from Dec. 29 through Jan. 5.

The following is the 2014-2015  regular-season schedule for the Washington Wizards.