NBC will showcase opening night, and there also will be Sunday Night Basketball, Peacock NBA Monday and Coast 2 Coast Tuesday.

The first NBA game on NBC since 2002 will pit the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder against the visiting Houston Rockets at 7:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 21. The game features reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander against Durant and the Rockets in a battle of two Western Conference contenders.

After 24 years, the NBA returns to NBC this fall with a massive slate of 100 regular season games. View the complete schedule here!

In addition to NBA Tip-Off games, NBC Sports and the NBA also announced the debut games for Peacock NBA Monday and the four games comprising the first-ever quadrupleheader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- Jan. 19, 2026. The complete NBC Sports’ 2025-26 NBA schedule on NBC and Peacock will be released this Thursday, Aug. 14.

NBC and Peacock are bringing NBA fans a full slate of high-energy matchups this season. From Opening Night to weekend primetime games, you can stream or tune in to see the league’s brightest stars battle it out. Whether it’s classic rivalries or first looks at this year’s rookies, NBC and Peacock have you covered.

It’s a full-court press toward the start of the NBA season, which means it’s time to get down to details. Of course we’re talking the really important stuff — like team matchups, game dates, and times — that will round out the schedule for the full 2025-2026 broadcast calendar when the NBA on NBC tips off this fall.

One hundred regular season games will air across both NBC Sports and Peacock, and we've listed them all out for your below. When Is The First NBA Game on NBC for the 2025-26 Seaso

NBA player Malik Beasley is no longer a target in a federal gambling investigation from the Eastern District of New York, his attorneys told ESPN.

The NBA released its schedule for the 2025-26 season Thursday, and it will have more nationally broadcast games than ever. The league will feature 247 games across ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock or Amazon over the next year — a reflection of the new 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal that kicks in this fall.

The 2025-26 NBA Schedule Release presented by Ticketmaster continues with the NBA on Prime debut and the full Emirates NBA Cup Group Play schedule.

John Wall, the top NBA draft pick in 2010 and five-time All-Star with the Washington Wizards, announced his retirement after 11 seasons.