DENVER — The Denver Nuggets are playing on Christmas — again. Except this time, the Nuggets will have to go on the road.

Denver will head to Phoenix for the holidays to face the Suns in the nightcap of the NBA’s Christmas Day slate at 8:30 p.m. The game was revealed as part of the NBA’s 2024-25 regular-season schedule release on Thursday.

This marks the third year in a row that the Nuggets will play on Christmas — a day generally reserved for the NBA’s marquee franchises — and third time in four years. In all three previous instances, the Nuggets hosted the game.

Three-time MVP Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets will be featured on 22 nationally broadcast games on ABC, ESPN and TNT, including the season opener on TNT against Oklahoma City on Oct. 24, at Ball Arena. The Thunder and Nuggets finished with the top two seeds in the Western Conference last year.

The Nuggets will begin the season with seven of their first 10 games at Ball Arena, including a five-game homestand Nov. 2-10 that includes another matchup with the Thunder. That will be followed by 11 of their next 14 away from Denver.

The schedule, of course, also includes the team’s four group games in the Emirates NBA Cup, previously known as the In-Season Tournament. Those dates had already been revealed earlier this summer: Nov. 15 at New Orleans, Nov. 19 at Memphis, Nov. 22 vs. Dallas and Dec. 3 vs. Golden State. The semifinals and finals of the NBA Cup will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 14, and Dec. 17, respectively.

Here’s the complete schedule:

OCTOBER (PRE-SEASON)

4 Fri. BOSTON^ 10:00 AM

6 Sun. at Boston^ 8:00 AM

13 Sun. PHOENIX 7:00 PM

15 Tue. OKLAHOMA CITY 8:00 PM

18 Sun. at Minnesota 6:00 PM

OCTOBER

24 Thu. OKLAHOMA CITY 8:00 PM TNT

26 Sat. L.A. CLIPPERS 3:00 PM ALT

28 Mon. at Toronto 5:30 PM ALT

29 Tue. at Brooklyn 5:30 PM ALT

NOVEMBER

1 Fri. at Minnesota 7:30 PM ESPN/ALT

2 Sat. UTAH 8:00 PM ALT

4 Mon. TORONTO 8:00 PM ALT

6 Wed. OKLAHOMA CITY 7:00 PM ALT

8 Fri. MIAMI 7:00 PM ALT

10 Sun. DALLAS 6:00 PM ALT

15 Fri. at New Orleans*** 6:00 PM ALT

17 Sun. at Memphis 4:00 PM ALT

19 Tue. at Memphis*** 6:00 PM ALT

22 Fri. DALLAS*** 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

23 Sat. at L.A. Lakers 8:30 PM ALT

25 Mon. NEW YORK 7:00 PM ALT

27 Wed. at Utah 7:00 PM ALT

DECEMBER

1 Sun. at L.A. Clippers 8:00 PM ALT

3 Tue. GOLDEN STATE***8:00 PM TNT

5 Thu. at Cleveland 5:00 PM ALT

7 Sat. at Washington 5:00 PM ALT

8 Sun. at Atlanta 4:00 PM ALT

19 Thu. at Portland 8:00 PM ALT

22 Sun. at New Orleans 5:00 PM ALT

23 Mon. PHOENIX 8:00 PM ALT

25 Wed. at Phoenix 8:30 PM ESPN

27 Fri. CLEVELAND 7:00 PM ALT

28 Sat. DETROIT 7:00 PM ALT

30 Mon. at Utah 7:00 PM ALT

JANUARY

1 Wed. ATLANTA 7:00 PM ALT

3 Fri. SAN ANTONIO 7:00 PM ALT

4 Sat. at San Antonio 6:00 PM ALT

7 Tue. BOSTON 8:00 PM TNT

8 Wed. L.A. CLIPPERS 7:00 PM ALT

10 Fri. BROOKLYN 7:00 PM ALT

12 Sun. at Dallas 1:00 PM ALT

14 Tue. at Dallas 7:30 PM TNT

15 Wed. HOUSTON 7:00 PM ALT

17 Fri. at Miami 6:00 PM ALT

19 Sun. at Orlando 4:00 PM ALT

21 Tue. PHILADELPHIA 8:00 PM TNT

23 Thu. SACRAMENTO 7:00 PM ALT

25 Sat. at Minnesota 1:00 PM ABC

27 Mon. at Chicago 6:00 PM ALT

29 Wed. at New York 5:30 PM ESPN/ALT

31 Fri. at Philadelphia 5:30 PM ESPN/ALT

FEBRUARY

1 Sat. at Charlotte 5:00 PM ALT

3 Mon. NEW ORLEANS 7:00 PM ALT

5 Wed. NEW ORLEANS 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

6 Thu. ORLANDO 7:00 PM ALT

8 Sat. at Phoenix 7:00 PM ALT

10 Mon. PORTLAND 7:00 PM ALT

12 Wed. PORTLAND 7:00 PM ALT

20 Thu. CHARLOTTE 7:00 PM ALT

22 Sat. L.A. LAKERS 6:30 PM ABC

24 Mon. at Indiana 5:00 PM ALT

27 Thu. at Milwaukee 5:30 PM TNT/ALT

28 Fri. at Detroit 5:00 PM ALT

MARCH

2 Sun. at Boston 11:00 AM ABC

5 Wed. SACRAMENTO 7:00 PM ALT

7 Fri. PHOENIX 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

9 Sun. at Oklahoma City 11:00 AM ABC

10 Mon. at Oklahoma City 6:00 PM ALT

12 Wed. MINNESOTA 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

14 Fri. L.A. LAKERS 7:30 PM ALT

15 Sat. WASHINGTON 7:00 PM ALT

17 Mon. at Golden State 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

19 Wed. at L.A. Lakers 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

21 Fri. at Portland 8:00 PM ALT

23 Sun. at Houston 5:00 PM ALT

24 Mon. CHICAGO 7:00 PM ALT

26 Wed. MILWAUKEE 7:00 PM ALT

28 Fri. UTAH 7:00 PM ALT

APRIL

1 Tue. MINNESOTA 8:00 PM TNT

2 Wed. SAN ANTONIO 7:00 PM ALT

4 Fri. at Golden State 8:00 PM ALT

6 Sun. INDIANA 6:00 PM ALT

9 Wed. at Sacramento 8:00 PM ESPN/ALT

11 Fri. MEMPHIS 7:00 PM ALT

13 Sun. at Houston 1:30 PM ALT

*** Emirates NBA Cup Group Play game

^ Game to be played at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

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