Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (left), Jalen Williams and the rest of the defending-champion Oklahoma City Thunder will be part of NBA opening night on Oct. 21.
The NBA has officially announced the schedule for the 2025-26 NBA season. The 80th NBA season tips off on Oct. 21 on NBC in the same place last season ended — Oklahoma City — as reigning Kia MVP and NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder raise the 2024-25 championship banner and receive their championship rings before hosting Kevin Durant and the new-look Houston Rockets.
Each team’s schedule can be found below. The regular-season schedule includes defined dates and opponents for 80 of each team’s 82 games. The two unassigned games for each team, to be played from Tuesday, Dec. 9 to Monday, Dec. 15, will be determined based on the results of Group Play games in the Emirates NBA Cup 2025. The Group Play schedule, which comprises 60 games that will be played on “Cup Nights” from Friday, Oct. 31 through Friday, Nov. 28. The Knockout Rounds will consist of single-elimination games in the Quarterfinals (Dec. 9-10), Semifinals (Dec. 13) and Championship (Dec. 16).
The 22 teams that do not qualify for the Knockout Rounds will play two regular-season games during tournament off nights that week (Dec. 11 or 12, and Dec. 14 or 15). The four teams that lose in the Quarterfinals will play a regular-season game on Dec. 12, 14 or 15.
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• Emirates NBA Cup games
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