The 2015–16 NBA season is the 70th season of the National Basketball Association. The regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls, with the Bulls vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 2016 NBA All-Star Game will be played at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 14, 2016. The regular season will end on April 13, 2016. The playoffs will begin on April 16, 2016.
The regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls, who hosted a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at 8:00 p.m. EDT, then the 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors hosted the New Orleans Pelicans at 10:30 p.m. EDT at the Oracle Arena. Christmas Day games were played on Friday, December 25, 2015. The regular season ends on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The schedule was released at 6:00 p.m. EDT on August 12, 2015.
This season will be the Sacramento Kings' final season at Sleep Train Arena before moving into the new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. The Kings will play their final regular-season game there on April 9, 2016 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
On October 26, Utah Jazz owner group Larry Miller Sports & Entertainment announced a new 10-year naming rights deal for the team's arena with home security provider Vivint, renaming the arena to Vivint Smart Home Arena.
The Philadelphia 76ers began to refer to their home arena, the Wells Fargo Center, solely as "The Center" in team correspondence, due to Wells Fargo not being a corporate partner in the team. The team's redesigned floor at first de-emphasized the sponsor of the team's arena, with the text of the Wells Fargo Center logo rendered in white that blended in with the floor in a minimal font. However, television and radio broadcasts still use the full arena name. Eventually the logo text was restored to a normal-sized black font by the start of January after input from arena owner Comcast Spectacor, with the 76ers signing a non-signage 'official bank' deal with Firstrust Bank.
Regular season
The regular season began on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls, who hosted a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at 8:00 p.m. EDT, then the 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors hosted the New Orleans Pelicans at 10:30 p.m. EDT at the Oracle Arena. Christmas Day games were played on Friday, December 25, 2015. The regular season ends on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The schedule was released at 6:00 p.m. EDT on August 12, 2015.
Arenas
This season will be the Sacramento Kings' final season at Sleep Train Arena before moving into the new Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento. The Kings will play their final regular-season game there on April 9, 2016 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
On October 26, Utah Jazz owner group Larry Miller Sports & Entertainment announced a new 10-year naming rights deal for the team's arena with home security provider Vivint, renaming the arena to Vivint Smart Home Arena.
The Philadelphia 76ers began to refer to their home arena, the Wells Fargo Center, solely as "The Center" in team correspondence, due to Wells Fargo not being a corporate partner in the team. The team's redesigned floor at first de-emphasized the sponsor of the team's arena, with the text of the Wells Fargo Center logo rendered in white that blended in with the floor in a minimal font. However, television and radio broadcasts still use the full arena name. Eventually the logo text was restored to a normal-sized black font by the start of January after input from arena owner Comcast Spectacor, with the 76ers signing a non-signage 'official bank' deal with Firstrust Bank.
