Although the 2022-23 NBA schedule will not be released until 3 pm Wednesday, several elements already have been leaked from the Miami Heat calendar.

Among them:

— Despite making it within one game of last season’s NBA Finals, the Heat will not be featured on opening night. The season-opening doubleheader on Oct. 18 will feature the Philadelphia 76ers vs. the Boston Celtics and and the Los Angeles Lakers taking on the defending champion Golden State Warriors.

— The Heat will open defense of their No. 1 Eastern Conference playoff seed at FTX Arena on Oct. 19 against the Chicago Bulls.

— On Oct. 21, the Heat will host the Celtics in the first of four meetings against the team that eliminated them in seven games in last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals.

— The Heat are not scheduled for a Christmas Day game — the only team to appear in last season’s conference semifinals not scheduled on Dec. 25. Instead, their place has been taken by the New York Knicks.

— The Heat are scheduled to play in Atlanta against the Hawks on Martin Luther King Day in a matinee.

The full schedule will be released on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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