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© Ross D. Franklin/AP The long-awaited returns of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant will feature prominently in the opening week of the NBA's 2020-21 schedule. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

After racing through its draft and an abbreviated free agency period in November, the NBA released its schedule Wednesday for the opening week of the upcoming 2020-21 season, including the traditional five-game slate on Christmas Day.

Because it seeks to host games in home markets during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the NBA opted to release its 72-game schedule, which is shortened from the traditional 82 games, in two parts to account for the possibility of positive tests requiring that games be delayed. The first half of the schedule will be released in full Friday, covering games from Dec. 22 to March 4.

The second half of the schedule — which covers March 11 to May 16 — will be released once the NBA gets closer to its all-star break, which will run from March 5 to 10. The 2021 All-Star Weekend, which was set for Indianapolis, was postponed to 2024.

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Opening night will highlight the Los Angeles Lakers, who claimed the 2020 championship inside the Disney World bubble in October, as well as the returns of Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant and Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry. LeBron James and the Lakers will play host to Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center, rekindling a crosstown rivalry between two of the Western Conference’s top contenders.

The Dec. 22 doubleheader also will feature Durant and Curry, who won titles with the Warriors in 2017 and 2018, facing off at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. While Curry played just five games last season because of a broken hand, Durant missed the entire season while recovering from an Achilles’ tear suffered during the 2019 Finals. Opening night will mark Durant’s first game with new sidekick Kyrie Irving and the coaching debut of Steve Nash, the two-time MVP point guard who was hired as Brooklyn’s coach in September. The Warriors and Nets are both hoping to emerge as contenders this season, although Golden State’s hopes took a big hit when Klay Thompson suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon last month. Both games will be on TNT.

© Mark J. Terrill/AP Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum scored 31 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out six assists in a Game 5 win over the Miami Heat. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

The second night of the season, Dec. 23, will see back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks visiting Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics in a battle between Eastern Conference powers on TNT. Later that night, the Phoenix Suns, led by new point guard Chris Paul, will host Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks on ESPN.

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association agreed last month to condense the offseason and accelerate the start of the season to get the league’s calendar back on track and to maximize television revenue given that fans are unlikely to return to arenas in high volumes this season. Teams began individual workouts Tuesday and are holding media day interviews virtually with players this week.

After finishing its 2019-20 regular season and hosting the 2020 playoffs on a restricted campus at Disney World over the summer and fall, the NBA will use its home markets for the upcoming season. Because of the difficulty of international travel, however, the Toronto Raptors will relocate to Tampa. While teams will travel from market to market throughout the season, the NBA’s schedule-makers worked to reduce the number of miles each team flies by hosting multigame series within a given market. When a Western Conference team goes to Los Angeles, for example, it will play all its games against the Lakers and the Clippers during a single trip.

Each team’s 72 games will include 42 against teams in its conference and 30 against the opposing conference. In a typical season, teams play 52 games within their conference. The Washington Wizards, for example, will play each Eastern Conference team three times and each Western Conference team twice.

Christmas schedule

The NBA built its Christmas Day slate around James, Durant, Curry and Antetokounmpo. The bubble’s four conference finalists were all included, as were the league’s two highest-profile rising stars: Doncic and Zion Williamson. James Harden’s Houston Rockets, Joel Embiid’s Philadelphia 76ers and Damian Lillard’s Portland Trail Blazers were among the notable omissions. The New York Knicks, long a holiday mainstay, were left off for the second straight Christmas in anticipation of another rebuilding season.

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New Orleans Pelicans at Miami Heat, noon Eastern time on ESPN: Williamson, the 2019 top overall pick and one of basketball’s biggest television draws, will lead a new-look Pelicans roster against Jimmy Butler and the defending Eastern Conference champs.

Golden State Warriors at Milwaukee Bucks, 2:30 p.m. on ABC: Curry and Antetokounmpo have played for only one franchise each during their respective careers, making this a battle between homegrown MVPs.

Brooklyn Nets at Boston Celtics, 5 p.m. on ABC: After a 17-month absence, Durant will go head-to-head with Tatum in an Atlantic Division clash.

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Dallas Mavericks at Los Angeles Lakers, 8 p.m. on ABC: James narrowly beat out Doncic to lead the West in all-star votes last year, and the two sensational playmakers should serve as ideal holiday headliners.

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Los Angeles Clippers at Denver Nuggets, 10:30 p.m. on ESPN: Rather than another showcase matchup against James’s Lakers, Leonard’s Clippers will get a rematch of a thrilling second-round playoff series that the Nuggets won in seven games.