The Dallas Mavericks announced their 2021-22 schedule today, which tips off on the road against Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. CT on TNT.

The 2021-22 campaign will mark the 42nd season in Mavericks history, including the club’s 21st playing at American Airlines Center. The NBA will return to its traditional 82-game format for its 75th anniversary season.

Dallas’ first two home games will come against in-state rivals Houston and San Antonio on Oct. 26 and 28, respectively, at 7:30 p.m. CT.

Dallas is scheduled to play 26 nationally televised games, including 11 on ESPN, seven on TNT, six on NBA TV and two on ABC.

The team’s local broadcast schedule will be announced at a later date.

The Mavericks will host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers twice this season (12/15, 3/29). Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets will also visit American Airlines Center twice (11/15, 1/3). 

Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets will make their lone trip to American Airlines Center on Dec. 7. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks will make their sole trip to Dallas on Dec. 23. Chris Paul and the 2021 Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns will also visit once on Jan. 20.

For the second consecutive year, Dallas will play on Christmas Day. The Mavericks will travel to Salt Lake City to face Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz, the team with the best record from a season ago (52-20), in the final game of the NBA’s Christmas Day slate (9:30 p.m. CT, ESPN).

Dallas is scheduled to play a season-high 16 games during the months of December, January and March.

The Mavericks have three five-game road trips this year (12/25-1/2; 2/15-3/1; 3/11-3/19), one of which is separated by All-Star Weekend (2/18-2/20). Dallas also has two four-game trips (11/17-11/23; 3/30-4/6).

The club’s longest homestand of the season will be a six-game, 11-day stretch at the beginning of February (2/2-2/12)

Dallas is slated to play 12 back-to-backs. Of those back-to-backs, five are home-to-road, three are road-to-home, two begin and end on the road, and two require no travel (begin and end at home).

Fans can conveniently add the full season or home game schedule to their calendar by going directly to mavs.com/addtocal and syncing to their preferred application.

Single game tickets will be made available to current season ticket members through an exclusive presale opportunity beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 25, at 10 a.m. and the general public on Friday, Aug. 27, at 10 a.m.

For more information on becoming a season ticket member or purchasing single game tickets, please visit mavs.com or call (214) 747-MAVS.