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The National Basketball Association announced today that the Golden State Warriors will open their 2008-09 NBA campaign at ORACLE Arena on Wednesday, October 29, at 7:30 p.m. when the club plays host to the New Orleans Hornets. Last season, the Warriors finished the regular season with a 48-34 record – the team’s best mark in 14 years – and were 27-14 at ORACLE Arena. Additionally, the Warriors sold out 32 of 41 home contests and established a new single-season franchise record in attendance (averaged 19,631 per game).

In addition to releasing next season’s schedule, the Warriors also announced today that the team’s Club 200 Starting Five Mini-Plans will go on sale Thursday, August 14th, at 9:00 a.m., here on warriors.com. Starting Five Mini-Plans – which include many of the most popular games on the schedule – will ONLY be available at warriors.com or by calling 1-888-GSW-HOOP.

“We’re looking forward to the beginning of the 2008-09 season and another exciting campaign,” said Warriors President Robert Rowell. “ORACLE Arena continues to earn accolades as one of the best – if not the best -environments in the NBA. The Warriors remain one of the premiere entertainment options in the Bay Area and we’ve worked diligently to structure our ticket packages in a manner that will provide our dedicated fans multiple options to choose from throughout the season.”

Golden State is slated to make eight (8) national television appearances this season, with seven (7) games scheduled on ESPN and one (1) appearance on TNT. The Warriors’ initial nationally televised game will be ESPN’s coverage of Golden State’s home contest against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, November 5, at ORACLE Arena. ESPN will also feature Golden State’s home contests versus the Houston Rockets, Friday, December 12; the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, February 18; the Phoenix Suns, Sunday, March 15; as well as the Warriors’ road contests at the Dallas Mavericks, Wednesday, January 28; the New Orleans Hornets, Friday, January 30; and the Phoenix Suns, Friday, February 6. TNT’s exclusive Thursday night telecasts will also feature Golden State’s road tilt versus the Los Angeles Lakers (March 19).

Fans can guarantee their chance to see Monta Ellis and the Warriors this season by purchasing season tickets today or a mini-plan on Aug. 14. (Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty)

Tip-off time for the majority of Golden State’s home games during the 2008-09 season will be 7:30 p.m., with the exception of five Sunday contests and a special Monday matinee in January. The Sunday home games will begin at 6:00 p.m., while the game versus the Washington Wizards on Monday, January 19, starts at 1:00 p.m. as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday celebration.

Highlights of the Warriors’ 2008-09 home schedule include early-season match-ups against some of the NBA’s best teams and most popular players, including an Opening Night showdown with Chris Paul and the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday, October 29; Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony and the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, November 4; Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat on Monday, December 1; Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and the Houston Rockets on Friday, December 12; Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic on Monday, December 15; in addition to Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics on Friday, December 26.

After playing 23 of their first 36 games of the season on the road, the Warriors begin a stretch in which they’ll play 17 of 23 contests at ORACLE Arena by hosting Kobe Bryant and the Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, January 7. Included in that home-heavy stretch are visits from Gilbert Arenas and the Washington Wizards on Monday, January 19; the first-ever visit by the NBA’s Oklahoma City franchise on Wednesday, January 21; LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, January 23; former Warrior Baron Davis and the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, January 25; Tim Duncan and the perennial Western Conference power San Antonio Spurs on Monday, February 2; Steve Nash, Shaquille O’Neal and the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, February 4; Deron Williams, Carlos Boozer and the Utah Jazz on Sunday, February 8; the only Bay Area visit by New York Knicks on Tuesday, February 10; Brandon Roy, Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, February 12; a return engagement by Kobe and the Lakers on Wednesday, February 18; and the lone Bay Area visit by former Warrior Jason Richardson and the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday, February 27.

Stephen Jackson and the Warriors will open the 2008-09 season against the New Orleans Hornets on October 29 at ORACLE Arena. (Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty)

The final two months of the NBA season include the lone Bay Area visit by Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, March 13; a second appearance by Shaq, Nash and the Suns on Sunday, March 15; Elton Brand and the new-look Philadelphia 76ers on Friday, March 20; as well as the second of two visits by the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, April 1, the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, April 3, and the Houston Rockets on Friday, April 10. The Warriors’ 2008-09 home docket concludes on Monday, April 13, when the team hosts the San Antonio Spurs before heading out on the road for the regular-season finale at Phoenix on Wednesday, April 15.

The 2008-09 NBA schedule will once again use a 30-team format (two conferences of 15 teams each, with three five-team divisions within each conference) in which teams will play each opponent within their division four times, while playing six of the remaining 10 teams in their conference four times, and the four remaining teams in their conference only three times. Teams will also play all 15 opponents outside of their conference two times each. For 2008-09, the Warriors will play only three games against the following Western Conference opponents: Portland Trail Blazers (two at home, one away), Memphis Grizzlies (two at home, one away), Dallas Mavericks (one at home, two away), and Denver Nuggets (one at home, two away).

Golden State’s road schedule consists of two (2) five-game road trips, two (2) four-game road trips, four (4) three-game trips and 11 one-game out-and-back trips. Additionally, the Warriors will play 15 sets of back-to-back games this season, which marks the fewest back-to-backs in the team’s West Coast history (since 1962).

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