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http://www.nba.com/media/bulls/schedule_0910.pdf

We open up against San Antonio the 29th, followed by Boston the very next day.

October:

29th - vs San Antonio Spurs
30th - @ Boston Celtics

November:

1st - @ Miami Heat
3rd - vs Milwaukee Bucks
5th - @ Cleveland Cavaliers
7th - vs Charlotte Bobcats
10th - vs. Denver Nuggets
11 th - @ Toronto Raptors
14th - vs Philadelphia 76'ers
17th - @ Sacramento Kings
19th - @ Los Angeles Lakers
21st - @ Denver Nuggets
23rd - @ Portland Trail Blazers
26th - @ Utah Jazz
30th - @ Milwaukee Bucks

December:

2nd - vs Detroit Pistons
4th - @ Cleveland Cavaliers
5th - vs Toronto Raptors
8th - vs New Jersey Nets
9th - @ Atlanta Hawks
11th - vs Golden State Warriors
12th - vs Boston Celtics
15th - vs Los Angeles Lakers
17th - vs New York Knicks
19th - vs Atlanta Hawks
21st - vs Sacramento Kings
22nd - @ New York Knicks
26th - vs New Orleans Hornets
29th - vs Indiana Pacers
31st - @ Detroit Pistons

January:

2nd - vs Orlando Magic
4th - vs Oklahoma City Thunder
5th - @ Charlotte Bobcats
8th - @ Milwaukee Bucks
9th - vs Minnesota Timberwolves
11th - vs Detroit Pistons
14th - @ Boston Celtics
15th - vs Washington Wizards
18th - @ Golden State Warriors
20th - @ Los Angeles Clippers
22nd - @ Phoenix Suns
23rd - @ Houston Rockets
25th - @ San Antonio Spurs
27th - @ Oklahoma City Thunder
29th - @ New Orleans Hornets

February:

2nd - vs Los Angeles Clippers
3rd - @ Philadelphia 76'ers
5th - @ Atlanta Hawks
6th - vs Miami Heat
9th - @ Indiana Pacers
10th - vs Orlando Magic
-- ALL-STAR BREAK --
16th - vs New York Knicks
17th - @ New York Knicks
19th - @ Minnesota Timberwolves
20th - vs Philadelphia 76'ers
22nd - @ Washington Wizards
24th - vs Indiana Pacers
26th - vs Portland Trail Blazers
27th - @ Indiana Pacers

March:

1st - vs Atlanta Hawks
4th - vs Memphis Grizzlies
6th - vs Dallas Mavericks
9th - vs Utah Jazz
11th - @ Orlando Magic
12th - @ Miami Heat
16th - @ Memphis Grizzlies
17th - @ Dallas Mavericks
19th - vs Cleveland Cavaliers
20th - @ Philadelphia 76'ers
22nd - vs Houston Rockets
25th - vs Miami Heat
27th - vs New Jersey Nets
28th - @ Detroit Pistons
30th - vs Phoenix Suns

April:

2nd - @ Washington Wizards
3rd - vs Charlotte Bobcats
6th - vs Milwaukee Bucks
8th - vs Cleveland Cavaliers
9th - @ New Jersey Nets
11th - @ Toronto Raptors
13th - vs Boston Celtics
14th - @ Charlotte Bobcats

Dibs on the game thread of the opening game.

Brutal way to open up.

Over half of our games are back to backs, seriously...

step wrote:Brutal way to open up.

Over half of our games are back to backs, seriously...

One thing is for damn sure.

This is a year where Deng better not go down. We're going to need him. Especially early on.

Typical Bulls schedule - Brutal for stretches, especially beginning, with a soft finish. Some thoughts:

Maybe its just me, but the two road stretches are particularly bad this year. Two 7 game road trips isn't that unusual for Chicago (though one is sometimes only 6 games). But its the bigger chunks around them. The Bulls start with 10 road games in their first 15. Then, take a look at what surrounds the second road trip. There's a 19 game stretch there with 14 on the road!

19 back-to-backs seems a bit high. But the thing that stood out to me most was that at one point we have 3 back to backs in a row, and at another there are 4 back-go-bakcs in a row. That has to be a little unusual. Oh, and the season starts with a back-to-back against 2 of the top 5 teams in the NBA. Thanks! (Actually, that's going to be fun to watch.)

No Christmas game. I wasn't expecting to get one, but I thought there might be a slim chance due to the popularity of the Boston series coupled with their large viewing markets.

All in all, I predict the standard: The Bulls "seeding" will fluctuate greatly throughout the season as the schedule goes through its peaks and valleys.

I am surprised that we start with SA instead of Boston. I suspect the SA game is the non-nationally televised opening day game (there is usually one or two of those) follwed by the Boston game on national TV for the second night of the season.

And thanks for posting it early, Mort. I was really looking forward to this today.

I hate that circus schedule.

19 back-to-backs seems a bit high.

I counted 22. So nearly 54% of our games are back to backs... just doesn't seem right at all.

But the thing that stood out to me most was that at one point we have 3 back to backs in a row, and at another there are 4 back-go-bakcs in a row.

If you exclude the all star break, February is almost all back to backs.

The schedule to me doesn't seem the typical easy finish we usually get.

I made a thread to predict the schedule. The nice thing is that in the last week of the season we get a lot of teams who will most likely be resting their guys (Cleveland, Boston, etc).

I sense we're going to get destroyed early on in the season. It's going to be terrible. Opening up against San Antonio (a team who's widely expected to be in the Western Conference Finals) then against a pissed off Boston Celtics team that's probably going to be televised on national tv on their home court.

Also, 22 back to backs is A LOT.

Okay - I just counted 21. Can someone who knows how to count confirm which one of us is right?

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:Okay - I just counted 21. Can someone who knows how to count confirm which one of us is right?

My old eyes counted 22.

BigUps wrote:

Magilla_Gorilla wrote:Okay - I just counted 21. Can someone who knows how to count confirm which one of us is right?

My old eyes counted 22.

Okay I figured it out - damn Feb and your 27 days.

Interesting news blurb from the nba site: http://www.nba.com/2009/news/08/03/teams.fined.ap/index.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NBA has fined three teams an undisclosed amount for leaking details of their schedules before the league released them.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves were penalized, an official with knowledge of the decisions told The Associated Press on Monday. The official requested anonymity because the fines weren't publicly announced.

The NBA will release its 2009-10 schedule on Tuesday afternoon. The league forbids teams to release any details before then.

The link posted in the op didn't work for me. But if the url is right, it was posted on the nba page?

Sounds like the time the Cubs posted that Don Baylor was hired before the official announcement.

1 word "BRUTAL". That's a pretty darn Brutal schedule for this young team. Before we even get our feet wet, we go on a one of the toughest road trip and look at all those teams we will be facing??? This schedule wouldn't look as tough if we did trade for Boozer but as it stands, we will dig a DEEP DEEP hole early on and will be playing catch-up the rest of the way.

I see us with a really bad record and if Vinny doesn't improve this team, I see him getting fired by Christmas (Skiles Style).

My original prediction of 45 wins is looking sooooooooooooooo bad right now. I will have to change it to 40 (if we are healthy and assuming no major trade).

Who did the Bulls piss off?

The pdf file is not working here! Is it fake?

Lol they took it down!!! But too late! Hahaha Bulls gon' be getting fined too. Poooooor uncle Jerry.

Could someone post a print screen?