Dec 25, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (left) and Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (right) talk before the game at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images

The NBA might be abandoning the Eastern Conference, but it's definitely NOT abandoning us.

On Tuesday, the league began revealing small but notable tidbits from its entire 2025-2026 schedule. This process will continue into Wednesday before the full schedule for all 30 NBA teams is revealed on Thursday, August 14.

And I can't lie: it's making me really hungry for some NBA hoops, dearest readers. The brazen teasing out of small portions as a marketing technique is working. I can't believe the new season is still over two months away! That feels like an eternity to wait THAT much longer. Ugh. But we persevere. We'll live. Thankfully, EuroBasket 2025's star power will help tide us over, and that time will be up before we know it.

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Below, you will find all the notable NBA games on this season's schedule so far, when exactly they'll be played, and what networks and streaming platforms they'll be featured on. From Opening Night to MLK Day, the NBA came out swinging with its marquee national dates, that's for sure.

Opening Night (Tuesday, October 21, 2025)

  • Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock
  • Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers at 10:00 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock

Opening Week

  • Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN (Wednesday, October 22, 2025)
  • San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (Wednesday, October 22, 2025)
  • Oklahoma City Thunder at Indiana Pacers at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN (Thursday, October 23, 2025)
  • Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors at 10:00 p.m. ET on ESPN (Thursday, October 23, 2025)

First "Peacock Monday" (Monday, October 27, 2025)

  • Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons at 7:00 p.m. ET on Peacock
  • Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves at 9:30 p.m. ET on Peacock

Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25, 2025)

  • Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks at 12:00 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN
  • San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder at 2:30 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN
  • Dallas Mavericks at Golden State Warriors at 5:00 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN
  • Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers at 8:00 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN
  • Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets at 10:30 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 19, 2026)

  • Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks at 1:00 p.m. ET on Peacock
  • Oklahoma City Thunder at Cleveland Cavaliers at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock
  • Dallas Mavericks at New York Knicks at 5:00 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock
  • Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons at 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock

We will update this article on this season's NBA schedule accordingly as more reveals come in.

This article originally appeared on For The Win: NBA schedule release 2025: Christmas, Opening Week reveals (so far)

Reporting by Robert Zeglinski, For The Win / For The Win

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