By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

For FOX Deportes

On Thursday the NBA schedule for the 2012-13 season was released. It is a moment where the event itself is hyped but I get zero excitement out of it. Not that the event doesn’t matter, but I got things to do during the summer.

However, once things slowed down I did peruse the schedule. Come and take a walk with me and check out these five games that truly matter early on the schedule.

Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks - November 1, 2012: Let the darby begin with the Nets and the Knicks. Brooklyn residents will be torn over witnessing a team in the Nets land in their hometown burrough and their long-term allegiance towards their city representing Knicks. Its sure to be star-laden affair, as the Knicks big three of Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler will now be matched by the Nets big three of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Brook Lopez….and that’s the just stars that’ll be on the court.

Jay-Z vs. Spike Lee? *cues up Empire State of Mind on the iPod*

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By Eduardo Maisonet, III / @edthesportsfan

For FOX Deportes

The Boston Celtics are in the unenviable position of being the favorite. There isn’t a pundit or prognosticator around that believes that the Philadelphia 76ers have a chance in hades to beat the Celtics tonight in the TD Garden. Boston is better than Philadelphia at virtually every single position on the floor, including at head coach, and yet we sit here at the precipice of a game 7 that no one anticipated.

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