Thunder storms are predicted for exactly 22 weekend days from fall to spring, as Oklahoma City’s NBA team announced its 2010-2011 schedule.
With its third season to kick off Oct. 27 against the Chicago Bulls at the Ford Center, the Oklahoma City Thunder will play 22 weekend home games, with 11 of them on Sundays. Fifteen Thunder games will air on national television ” either on ESPN, ABC or TNT Sports ” with all other regular-season matches to be broadcast locally by Fox Sports Oklahoma.
Holiday games also are scheduled on Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Season tickets are available by calling 208-4667 or via e-mail at thunder-tix@thunder-nba.com. Come October, single-game tickets will be available for purchase.
The complete schedule for the 2010-2011 regular season is as follows:
OCTOBER 2010
Wed. 27, Chicago, 7 p.m.
Fri. 29, at Detroit, 8 p.m.
Sun. 31, Utah, 6 p.m.
NOVEMBER 2010
Wed. 3, at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Thu. 4, at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Sun. 7, Boston, 6 p.m.
Wed. 10, Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Fri. 12, Portland, 8:30 p.m.
Sun. 14, San Antonio, 6 p.m.
Mon. 15, at Utah, 7 p.m.
Wed. 17, Houston, 7 p.m.
Fri. 19, at Boston, 7 p.m.
Sat. 20, at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.
Mon. 22, Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Wed. 24, Dallas, 7 p.m.
Fri. 26, at Indiana, 8 p.m.
Sun. 28, at Houston, 6 p.m.
Mon. 29, New Orleans, 7 p.m.
DECEMBER 2010
Wed. 1, at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Fri. 3, at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Sun. 5, Golden State, 6 p.m.
Mon. 6, at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Wed. 8, at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Fri. 10, at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Sun. 12, Cleveland, 6 p.m.
Wed. 15, Houston, 7 p.m.
Fri. 17, Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Sun. 19, Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Tue. 21, at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Wed. 22, at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Sat. 25, Denver, 7 p.m.
Mon. 27, Dallas, 7 p.m.
Wed. 29, New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Fri. 31, Atlanta 7 p.m.
JANUARY 2011
Sat. 1, at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Tue. 4, at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Thu. 6, at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Sat. 8, Memphis, 7 p.m.
Wed. 12, at Houston, 7:30 p.m.
Thu. 13, Orlando, 7 p.m.
Mon. 17, at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Wed. 19, at Denver, 7 p.m.
Sat. 22, New York, 7 p.m.
Mon. 24, at New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Wed. 26, at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Fri. 28, Washington, 7 p.m.
Sun. 30, Miami, noon
FEBRUARY 2011
Wed. 2, New Orleans, 7 p.m.
Fri. 4, at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Sat. 5, at Utah, 7 p.m.
Tue. 8, Memphis, 7 p.m.
Sat. 12, at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Sun. 13, at Golden State, 5 p.m.
Tue. 15, Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Tue. 22, L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Wed. 23, at San Antonio, 7 p.m.
Fri. 25, at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Sun. 27, L.A. Lakers, 1:30 p.m.
MARCH 2011
Wed. 2, Indiana, 7 p.m.
Fri. 4, at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Sun. 6, Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Mon. 7, at Memphis, 7 p.m.
Wed. 9, at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Fri. 11, Detroit, 7 p.m.
Sun. 13, at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Mon. 14, at Washington, 7 p.m.
Wed. 16, at Miami, 8 p.m.
Fri. 18, Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Sun. 20 Toronto, 6 p.m.
Wed. 23, Utah, 7 p.m.
Fri. 25, Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Sun. 27, Portland,7 p.m.
Tue. 29, Golden State, 7 p.m.
Wed. 30, at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
APRIL 2011
Fri. 1, at Portland,7 p.m.
Sat. 2,at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Tue. 5, at Denver, 7 p.m.
Wed. 6, L.A. Clippers, 7 p.m.
Fri. 8, Denver, 7 p.m.
Sun. 10, at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
Mon. 11, at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Wed. 13, Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
This article appears in Aug 11-17, 2010.