The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team will begin their 2024-25 regular season on the road in Los Angeles against the Lakers on Opening Night, Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 9:00 p.m. CT and can be seen on TNT. This is the second time in team history the Timberwolves have begun a season on the road against the Lakers (Oct. 28, 2015 at STAPLES Center). Minnesota will open its home portion of the 2024-25 regular season on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:00 p.m. CT versus the Toronto Raptors. Minnesota’s 80-game regular season schedule is available for download here. The remaining two games not appearing in the regular season schedule will be played the week of Dec. 9-16. Those two games will be released following the conclusion of the Group Stage games and the Quarterfinals of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024.
Other highlights of the team’s home slate include:
- Jayson Tatum and the defending NBA Champion Boston Celtics on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 6:30 p.m. on TNT.
- Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Nov. 1 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN and Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2:00 p.m. on ABC.
- Stephen Curry, Andrew Wiggins and the Golden State Warriors on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7:30 p.m. on TNT and Sunday, Feb. 23 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.
The home portion of the regular season schedule features two season-long five-game homestands. The first is from Feb. 1-8 against Washington, Sacramento, Chicago, Houston and Portland. The second five-game homestand of the season is from March 14-21 with games against Orlando, Utah, Indiana and New Orleans.
This season’s schedule features two road trips of four-or-more games, the first a four-game road trip from Feb. 24-March 2 with stops in Oklahoma City, Los Angeles (Lakers), Utah and Phoenix. The longest road trip of the season will be a five-game road swing from April 1-10 with the Wolves stopping in Denver, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Memphis.
Fans can gain access to the 2024-25 single-game ticket pre-sale on Wednesday, Aug. 21 by signing up for priority access at timberwolves.com/tickets. Single-game tickets for the 2024-25 season will go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Aug. 22 at 12:00 p.m. by visiting timberwolves.com/single or by phone at 612-673-1234.
Following are key facts about the Wolves’ 2024-25 regular season schedule:
Key Facts About the Timberwolves 2024-25 Schedule
- Minnesota will be featured on 25 nationally televised games, including eight on TNT (Tuesday, Oct. 22 at L.A. Lakers, Tuesday, Oct. 29 vs. Dallas, Thursday, Jan. 2 vs. Boston, Monday, Jan. 20 at Memphis, Thursday, Jan. 30 at Utah, Thursday, Feb. 13 vs. Oklahoma City, Tuesday, April 1 at Denver and Thursday, April 10 at Memphis), eight on ESPN (Friday, Nov. 1 vs. Denver, Friday, Nov. 29 vs. LA Clippers, Sunday, Dec. 6 at Golden State, Wednesday, Jan. 22 at Dallas, Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Oklahoma City, Sunday, March 2 at Phoenix, Wednesday, March 12 at Denver and Wednesday, March 19 vs. New Orleans), two on ABC (Wednesday, Dec. 25 at Dallas and Saturday, Jan. 25 vs. Denver) and seven on NBATV (Thursday, Nov. 7 at Chicago, Monday, Dec. 2 vs. L.A. Lakers, Wednesday, Dec. 4 at LA Clippers, Tuesday, Dec. 31 at Oklahoma City, Thursday, Jan. 9 at Orlando, Monday, Feb. 24 at Oklahoma City and Friday, March 28 vs. Phoenix
- The Wolves will be featured on ESPN Radio three times during the 2024-25 season (Wednesday, Dec. 25 at Dallas, Wednesday, March 19 vs. New Orleans and Thursday, April 10 at Memphis).
- Minnesota will play four Group Play games as part of the Emirates NBA Cup 2024 beginning on the road against Anfernee Simons and the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 9:00 p.m. West Group A consists of the Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings.
- Minnesota will play six of the team’s first 10 games at Target Center.
- The Timberwolves have won eight straight home openers and 10 of their last 11 dating back to the 2013-14 season.
- Minnesota will play on Christmas Day against Dallas on Wednesday, Dec. 25 at 1:30 p.m., the third time in franchise history the team will play on Christmas Day and the first since playing at the L.A. Lakers in 2017. The Timberwolves are 1-1 all-time on Christmas Day.
- For the first time in franchise history, the Timberwolves will play at Memphis on MLK Day (Monday, Jan. 20 on TNT). This year will mark the 27th time Minnesota has played on MLK Day. The NBA will continue its tradition of using the game of basketball to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with various activities on and off the court to promote unity, togetherness and equality.
- The Emirates NBA Cup 2024 will tip off on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in NBA team markets and culminate with T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas hosting both the Semifinals on Saturday, Dec. 14 and the Championship on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
- The All-Star Break is scheduled to be from Feb. 14-19 with this year’s All-Star Weekend to be held at Chase Center in San Francisco from Feb. 14-16.
- By month, the schedule breaks down as follows: Oct. (2 home, 2 away = 4 total), Nov. (8 home, 7 away = 15 total), Dec. (4 home, 7 away = 11 total), Jan. (7 home, 9 away = 16 total), Feb. (8 home, 5 away = 13 total), March (9 home, 5 away = 14 total), April (2 home, 5 away = 7 total).
- By day, the schedule breaks down as follows: Monday (6 home, 6 away = 12 total), Tuesday (3 home, 6 away = 9 total), Wednesday (5 home, 7 away = 12 total), Thursday (4 home, 8 away = 12 total), Friday (7 home, 7 away = 14 total), Saturday (7 home, 3 away = 10 total), Sunday (8 home, 3 away = 11 total).
- The Wolves will play 14 back-to-backs this season: four home-home, three away-away, three away-home and four home-away. Last year, Minnesota had 13 back-to-back sets.
- Minnesota will have four sets where they play the same opponent in consecutive games: Nov. 12 and 13 at Portland; Dec. 6 and 8 at Golden State, Feb. 23 at Oklahoma City and Feb. 24 vs. Oklahoma City and March 19 and 21 vs. New Orleans.
