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The NBA’s schedule release in recent years has gone from a day to what feels like a week. What with Opening Night games, the Christmas Day slate, key Emirates NBA Cup Group Play showdowns and the matchups lined up for the Martin Luther King holiday al ready announced – strategically, for maximum marketing impact – it’s starting to feel like the “12 Days of Christmas . ”

There remained plenty of presents under the tree for Thursday’s official release (not that the NBA needs more lords a-leaping) . Only 29 of the 1,231 regular-season games (counting the NBA Cup championship, Game 83 for the two participating teams) were unveiled earlier this week.

So here are eight from the fresh slate, ones that offer intriguing matchups, estab

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