[...] it will be in the 2017-18 season, when the Warriors are scheduled to make a franchise-record 31 appearances on national TV. The NBA announced its complete schedule Monday — it had released its opening week lineup and the Christmas Day games last week, both of which involved the defending-champion Warriors. Golden State opens defense of its second title in three years with an Oct. 17 home game against Houston — and new addition Chris Paul — before going on the road for games at New Orleans, Memphis and Dallas. The payoff for that will be a three-week run beginning in mid-December in which the team plays nine of 10 at Oracle Arena — including seven in a row — and the lone road game is a quick flight to play the Lakers in Los Angeles. The Warriors, who have had the NBA's best record in each of the past three seasons, play five of their final seven regular-season games on the road, beginning with a March 31 stop in Sacramento.