Following the summer break, teams hold training camps in October. Training camps allow the coaching staff to evaluate players and prepare the players for the regular season. Before the NBA regular season begins, the preseason exhibition games are held.
(Video: Top 10 Blocks of the 2007/2008 NBA Regular Season)
The NBA regular season begins in the first week of November. During the regular season, each team plays 82 games, 41 each home and away.
(Video: Top 10 Alley-Oops of the 2007/2008 NBA Regular Season)
As of 2008, the NBA is one of only two major leagues in North America in which teams play every other team during the regular season (the other being the NHL). Each team hosts and visits every other team at least once every season. However, this results in each team playing nearly double the number of games against teams from the opposite conference (30) as teams in their own division (16).
(Video: Top 10 Clutch Shots of the 2007/2008 NBA Regular Season)
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Wow, can't wait NBA season to get started!