Here are some important dates to remember on this season's NBA.
Oct 29: Season openers feat. Derrick Rose returning for Chicago vs NBA champions Miami
Dec 18: San Antonio and Minnesota square off in Mexico City, 1 of two regular-season games to be played outside Canada and US
Dec 19: Brooklyn Nets host New York Knicks in season’s first battle at the Big Apple
Dec 25: NBA celebrates Christmas with Miami at the Los Angeles
Lakers, Chicago at Brooklyn, Oklahoma City at the New York Knicks,
Houston vs San Antonio, LA Clippers vs Golden State Warriors
2014
Jan 16: Brooklyn Nets vs Atlanta Hawks in London
Jan 20: Knicks vs Nets continue New York cross-town rivalry on Martin Luther King Jr. day
Jan 26: Heat vs Spurs meet for first time since Miami beat San Antonio in 2013 finals
Feb 14: NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans
Feb 19: Dwight Howard returns to LA to face Lakers for first time since leaving for Houston
Feb 20: Trade deadline
April 16: Regular season ends
April 19: NBA Playoffs start
May 20: NBA draft lottery
June 5: NBA Finals commence
June 26: NBA draft
