You know the summer is winding down when the NBA releases its full schedule, which happened officially on Thursday. That includes the Rockets schedule which, on a very quick first look, is about as fascinating as we've seen in Houston in years. There are 28 games on national television (including Amazon Prime and Peacock — get your subscriptions ready) this season including some very big highlighted games. There are also 14 back-to-back games spread throughout the season.

Admittedly, we haven't taken a deep dive yet, but let's see what we have so far.

The NBA thinks the Rockets are worth watching.

Yes, 28 games on national TV is a big deal, but even more critically, the prime time game on opening night — back on NBC for the first time in 23 years - and the prime spot on the "unofficial

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