In addition to games broadcast on NBC television, this season will also feature several games available exclusively on Peacock – NBC’s streaming platform – beginning with a doubleheader during the season’s opening week. With 1,200 total games announced, here’s a look at when and where to catch the season’s marquee events, beginning with an opening night doubleheader in the return of the NBA on NBC. The final week of Group Play opens with an NBC doubleheader on Nov. 25 with a clash between two of the game’s top players under 25 (Orlando’s Paolo Banchero and Philadelphia’s Tyrese Maxey) followed by the Clippers visiting the Lakers. The second game of the doubleheader is a 2025 First Round rematch between Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves and Luka Dončić, LeBron and the Lakers after Minnesota ended L.A.’s season in five games last spring. The NBA will play three games outside of the United States and Canada this regular season as the game continues to grow globally. The debut NBA game on Prime Video features two teams that have both finished top three in the East in each of the past two seasons when Jaylen Brown and the Celtics visit Brunson and the Knicks at The Garden.

• The NBA on ESPN campaign debuts with All-Star guards meeting at Madison Square Garden as Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers visit Jalen Brunson and the Knicks in a clash of teams that finished first and third, respectively, in the East last season.
• Exactly four months and one day after the Thunder defeated the Pacers in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals to win the first NBA title of the OKC era, the teams will meet again on the third night of the new season.
• That clash is followed by a pair of former champions and multi-time Kia MVPs – Curry and Denver’s Nikola Jokić – squaring off in the Bay as both players and teams eye another title run.
• No team has appeared in more Christmas Day games (57) and has more Christmas Day wins (25, tied with the Lakers) than the Knicks.
• In a season of firsts for this year’s No. 1 overall pick, Cooper Flagg will play his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden when Dallas visits New York on MLK Day.
• The NBA will play three games outside of the United States and Canada this regular season as the game continues to grow globally.

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• In addition to games broadcast on NBC television, this season will also feature several games available exclusively on Peacock – NBC’s streaming platform – beginning with a doubleheader during the season’s opening week.
• A season ago, Cade Cunningham and the Pistons pulled off one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in league history.
• Thanksgiving Eve features an ESPN tripleheader of Group Play matchups beginning with Cade Cunningham and the Pistons visiting Jaylen Brown and the Celtics before a pair of 2025 Western Conference Playoff rematches.
• The Opening Night doubleheader – featuring the NBA on NBC for the first time in more than two decades – concludes with the latest chapter in the LeBron James-Stephen Curry rivalry as the two icons meet for the 57th time in their careers.
• The second game of the doubleheader is a 2025 First Round rematch between Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves and Luka Dončić, LeBron and the Lakers after Minnesota ended L.A.’s season in five games last spring.

That clash is followed by a pair of former champions and multi-time Kia MVPs – Curry and Denver’s Nikola Jokić – squaring off in the Bay as both players and teams eye another title run. Exactly four months and one day after the Thunder defeated the Pacers in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals to win the first NBA title of the OKC era, the teams will meet again on the third night of the new season. The Opening Night doubleheader – featuring the NBA on NBC for the first time in more than two decades – concludes with the latest chapter in the LeBron James-Stephen Curry biglucky norge rivalry as the two icons meet for the 57th time in their careers. A season ago, Cade Cunningham and the Pistons pulled off one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in league history. Now, as they look to keep ascending, they’ll face a perennial playoff team and title contender when Brown and the Celtics come to Motown to close out the holiday slate. In a season of firsts for this year’s No. 1 overall pick, Cooper Flagg will play his first NBA game at Madison Square Garden when Dallas visits New York on MLK Day.

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No team has appeared in more Christmas Day games (57) and has more Christmas Day wins (25, tied with the Lakers) than the Knicks. NBA on Prime is the exclusive home for 10 Group Play games of the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup as well as the four quarterfinals, two semifinals and the Cup Championship game. Then, the top two picks in the 2025 NBA Draft, Dallas’ Cooper Flagg (No. 1) and San Antonio’s Dylan Harper (No. 2), make their professional debuts against each other in a game that also features the return of 2023 No. 1 pick, Victor Wembanyama. The NBA on ESPN campaign debuts with All-Star guards meeting at Madison Square Garden as Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers visit Jalen Brunson and the Knicks in a clash of teams that finished first and third, respectively, in the East last season. With Thursday’s release, 80 of the 82 games for each team have been revealed, with two games to be determined based on Group Play results in the Emirates NBA Cup. The NBC tripleheader tips off in Cleveland, where last season’s No. 1 seeds – the Cavs in the East and the Thunder in the West – take the spotlight again after facing off in two of last season’s most highly anticipated regular-season matchups.

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In primetime, the top two active scorers in NBA history – James, the No. 1 all-time leading scorer, and No. 8 Kevin Durant – meet for their 44th head-to-head matchup and fifth on Christmas Day. Thanksgiving Eve features an ESPN tripleheader of Group Play matchups beginning with Cade Cunningham and the Pistons visiting Jaylen Brown and the Celtics before a pair of 2025 Western Conference Playoff rematches.