The Bulls will open their 2016-17 regular season at home against the Boston Celtics and will play Christmas Day in San Antonio against the Spurs, the league announced Friday.
Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah will return to the United Center in the season's second week on Nov. 4. Less than a week later, Nov. 10, Dwyane Wade will return to Miami to face the Heat, the team with which he spent the first 13 years of his Hall of Fame career. Tom Thibodeau will bring his young Timberwolves team to Chicago on Dec. 13.
LeBron James and the defending-champion Cavaliers will first visit Chicago on Dec. 2. That's three months earlier than when Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors will return to the United Center on March 2.
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The Bulls have a pair of six-game road trips, in late November and again to begin February leading up to the All-Star break. Their longest stretch of home games will occur in late February, when they play six of seven games at home from February 14 to March 4.
Here's a complete look at the Bulls' 2016-17 schedule.
