The NBA Champion Golden State Warriors will play two home games at Oracle Arena
and two games in China as part of a four-game preseason schedule, the team
announced today.
The Warriors open the 2017 preseason schedule at home on Saturday, September 30,
against the Denver Nuggets before making their third trip to China in the last
10 years for a pair of games against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Shenzhen on
Thursday, October 5 (10:30 p.m. PDT on October 4) and in Shanghai on Sunday,
October 8 (3:30 a.m. PDT). Golden State will return home to close the preseason
on Friday, October 13, against the Sacramento Kings.
The Warriors’ previous trips to China include a pair of games against the
Milwaukee Bucks in Guangzhou and Beijing in 2008 and two games against the Los
Angeles Lakers in Beijing and Shanghai in 2013. The Warriors were one of the
first teams to launch a Chinese website and a Weibo account in October of 2013
and currently have the most followers in the NBA on Weibo with over 3.4 million
followers.
Television and radio broadcast information for the preseason, as well as ticket
information, will be announced at a later date. Below is the Warriors’ 2017
preseason schedule:
All Times Pacific Warriors Home Games Listed In Bold *Games scheduled for 1:30
p.m. on October 5 and 6:30 p.m. on October 8 local time in China, which is 15
hours ahead of PDT.
For information on ticket availability, including single-game ticket presales,
partial season package options, and the Warriors’ official resale marketplace,
where season ticketholders and other fans resell tickets that are guaranteed by
the Warriors organization, please visit warriors.com or call 888-GSW-HOOP. The
Warriors ticket marketplace offers a safe and convenient way for fans to access
all levels of tickets throughout the regular season and playoffs. Fans
interested in securing presale access for partial plans and individual game
tickets may do so by joining the Season Ticket Holder Priority Wait List, which
currently has over 40,000 members.
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