Wizards to host 76ers on NBA’s opening week and play the Celtics on Christmas Day

Wizards fans received two pieces of good news on Thursday when the NBA released its Opening Week and Christmas Day schedules for the 2017-18 season.

The Wizards will open the 2017-18 season at home on Wednesday, October 18 when they host the Philadelphia 76ers at Capital One Arena (f/k/a Verizon Center) at 7 p.m. ET. Furthermore, the game will be on ESPN. This is the first time the Wizards opened the regular season at home since the lockout shortened 2011-12 season.

In addition, the Wizards will head to Boston on Monday, December 25 to play the Celtics at 5:30 p.m. ET on ABC TV. It’s a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference semifinals that went to the brink. Unfortunately, the Wizards didn’t win the series, but that was last year.

The remaining games of the 2017-18 NBA season will be released at a later date. I’m stoked that the Wizards will start the season at home and play a rival on Christmas Day. How about you?