Heat heading to Puerto Rico for preseason game vs. Magic. Here's Heat's full preseason schedule
During a press conference at Kaseya Center on Tuesday afternoon, the Heat announced it will play a preseason game against the Orlando Magic at Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan. The exhibition will be played on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. and will count as a Heat home preseason game.
It will mark the Heat's seventh exhibition game in Puerto Rico in franchise history. The Heat previously played exhibitions in Puerto Rico in 1993 (a win over the Denver Nuggets), two in 1994 (splitting a pair of matchups with the Atlanta Hawks), 2003 (a win over the Philadelphia 76ers), 2005 (a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies) and 2006 (a loss to the Detroit Pistons).
Among those in attendance for Tuesday's press conference at Kaseya Center to announce the news were former Heat player and current Heat scout and team ambassador Glen Rice, Heat Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer John Vidalin, Heat Spanish radio announcer Jose Paneda, former Magic player Nick Anderson and Magic Managing Director Ryan DeVos.
Including the contest in Puerto Rico, the Heat will play six exhibition games this year. Two of those games will come against the Magic.
The Heat's full six-game preseason schedule includes matchups against the Magic on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. in San Juan, the Milwaukee Bucks on Oct 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Miami, the San Antonio Spurs on Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Miami, the Magic on Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. in Orlando, the Hawks on Oct. 13 at 6 p.m. in Atlanta and the Grizzlies on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. in Memphis.
The Heat's full 2025-26 regular-season schedule, along with the schedule for every other team in the league, will be announced on Thursday. But two of the 82 regular-season games won't be unveiled this week because they depend on how the group stage of the NBA's in-season tournament plays out.
With the NBA beginning a multi-day rollout of the 2025-26 schedule, the league unveiled the Christmas Day schedule on Tuesday. The Heat again will not be featured on the holiday, as it has played on Christmas Day just twice since 2015.
The NBA will announce each team's four group-play games for the in-season tournament on Wednesday.
The Heat, which has been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, is not expected to have many nationally televised games on its schedule for this upcoming season.
The Heat will hold its annual media day on Sept. 29 before opening training camp on Sept. 30 to kick off the 2025-26 season.
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