2011-12 Heat Schedule Released: Mavs Rematch Set For Christmas Day

​The NBA has released its 2012 schedule (assuming the lockout doesn't delay play), and the Miami Heat will kick off its season at Madison Square Garden against the Knicks. The team will also be working on Christmas Day this year in an NBA Finals rematch against the Dallas Mavericks in an away game.

Despite opening the season on the road, the team will have a large stretch of home games during their first month with nine home games in November and only four away. That should give the team plenty of opportunity to start the season off on good footing.

You can view the full schedule here, but we've picked out some of the best series.

Against Boston:

• vs Boston, Wed, November 16th
• @ Boston, Thu, December 1st
• @ Boston, Sun, April 1st

Against Chicago:

• vs Chicago, Thu, January 19th
• vs Chicago, Sun, January 29th
• @ Chicago, Wed, March 13th
• @ Chicago, Thu, April 12th

Against New York:

• @ New York, Wed, November 2nd
• vs New York, Fri, January 27th
• vs New York, Thu, February 23rd
• @ New York, Sun, April 15th

Against Orlando:

• vs Orlando, Thu, November 3rd
• @ Orlando, Tue, November 29th
• @ Orlando, Thu, January 26th
• vs Orlando, Sun, February 19th

Against LA Lakers:

• vs LA, Thu, December 8th
• @ LA, Sun, March 4th

Against Dallas:

• @ Dallas, Sun, Dec 25th
• vs Dallas, Thu, March 29th

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