Phoenix Suns' 2013-14 Schedule Begins at Home Against the Portland Trailblazers

The NBA has unveiled its full 2013-14 schedule of 1230 regular season games. The Phoenix Suns will play in 82 of those, debuting at home on Wednesday, October 30 against the Portland Trail Blazers.

That first matchup will feature Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe, Alex Len, Archie Goodwin, and Micheal Beasley other Suns squaring off against the likes of Damian Lillard, Lamarcus Aldridge, CJ McCollum, Robin Lopez, and Terrel Harris other Trail Blazers.

The Suns will have five nationally televised games: four on NBA TV, one on ESPN, and ZERO on TNT. Check out the full 2013-14 NBA TV National Schedule here. Phoenix will have 18 back-to-back stretches through the season.

Some quick observations: Steve Nash and the Lakers will come to town for the first time this season on Monday, December 23. Eric Bledsoe will play against the Clippers in LA on December 30. Jared Dudley doesn't return to Phoenix until March 4, 2014. The Suns will end the season with 9 out of the last 13 games on the road, which will no doubt hurt the team's late-season playoff surge!

Check out the full 2013-14 Suns schedule below. I bolded the games that I think might be "of note." Be sure to check out when the Sixers visit Phoenix on December 28th in a premier Tankapalooza matchup.

Full Suns Schedule

OCTOBER

Wed. 30 PORTLAND 7:00

NOVEMBER

Fri. 1 UTAH 7:00

Sun. 3 at Oklahoma City 5:00 NBATV

Tue. 5 at New Orleans 6:00

Wed. 6 at San Antonio 6:30

Fri. 8 DENVER 7:00

Sun. 10 NEW ORLEANS 6:00

Wed. 13 at Portland 8:00

Fri. 15 BROOKLYN 7:00

Tue. 19 at Sacramento 8:00

Wed. 20 SACRAMENTO 7:00

Fri. 22 at Charlotte 5:00

Sun. 24 at Orlando 4:00 NBATV

Mon. 25 at Miami 5:30

Wed. 27 PORTLAND 7:00

Fri. 29 at Utah 7:00

Sat. 30 UTAH 7:00

DECEMBER

Tue. 3 at Memphis 6:00

Wed. 4 at Houston 6:00

Fri. 6 TORONTO 7:00

Tue. 10 at L.A. Lakers 8:30

Fri. 13 SACRAMENTO 7:00

Sun. 15 GOLDEN STATE 6:00

Wed. 18 SAN ANTONIO 7:00

Fri. 20 at Denver 7:00

Sat. 21 DALLAS 7:00

Mon. 23 L.A. LAKERS 7:00

Fri. 27 at Golden State 8:30

Sat. 28 PHILADELPHIA 7:00

Mon. 30 at L.A. Clippers 8:30

JANUARY

Thu. 2 MEMPHIS 7:00

Sat. 4 MILWAUKEE 7:00

Tue. 7 at Chicago 6:00

Wed. 8 at Minnesota 6:00

Fri. 10 at Memphis 6:00

Sat. 11 at Detroit 5:30

Mon. 13 at New York 5:30

Wed. 15 L.A. LAKERS 7:00

Fri. 17 DALLAS 7:00

Sun. 19 DENVER 6:00

Wed. 22 INDIANA 7:00

Fri. 24 WASHINGTON 7:00

Sun. 26 at Cleveland 4:00

Mon. 27 at Philadelphia 5:00

Wed. 29 at Milwaukee 6:00

Thu. 30 at Indiana 5:00

FEBRUARY

Sat. 1 CHARLOTTE 7:00

Tue. 4 CHICAGO 7:00

Wed. 5 at Houston 6:00

Sat. 8 GOLDEN STATE 7:00

Tue. 11 MIAMI 7:00

14-16 NBA All-Star Weekend New Orleans, LA

Tue. 18 at Denver 7:00

Wed. 19 BOSTON 7:00

Fri. 21 SAN ANTONIO 7:00

Sun. 23 HOUSTON 6:00

Tue. 25 MINNESOTA 7:00

Wed. 26 at Utah 7:00

Fri. 28 NEW ORLEANS 8:30 ESPN

MARCH

Sun. 2 ATLANTA 6:00

Tue. 4 L.A. CLIPPERS 7:00

Thu. 6 OKLAHOMA CITY 7:00

Sun. 9 at Golden State 6:00 NBATV

Mon. 10 at L.A. Clippers 7:30 NBATV

Wed. 12 CLEVELAND 7:00

Fri. 14 at Boston 4:30

Sun. 16 at Toronto 10:00 a.m.

Mon. 17 at Brooklyn 4:30

Wed. 19 ORLANDO 7:00

Fri. 21 DETROIT 7:00

Sun. 23 at Minnesota 12:30

Mon. 24 at Atlanta 4:30

Wed. 26 at Washington 4:00

Fri. 28 NEW YORK 7:00

Sun. 30 at L.A. Lakers 6:30

APRIL

Wed. 2 L.A. CLIPPERS 7:00

Fri. 4 at Portland 7:00

Sun. 6 OKLAHOMA CITY 6:00

Wed. 9 at New Orleans 5:00

Fri. 11 at San Antonio 5:30

Sat. 12 at Dallas 5:30

Mon. 14 MEMPHIS 7:00

Wed. 16 at Sacramento 7:30

*All times are PDT and PM, unless otherwise noted.

*Home games are in ALL CAPS.

*Games in Bold are ones I deemed "important," for some reason or another.

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