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Opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season features a massive doubleheader, starting in Oklahoma City, where the reigning NBA champion Thunder host Kevin Durant and the new-look Houston Rockets.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company took the league by storm last season, winning 68 games en route to OKC’s first world championship.

They face an early challenge opposite the Rockets’ young core that added Durant, a two-time NBA Finals MVP, to its roster in the off-season.

OKC opens as 7.5-point favorites in their home opener, with the Over/Under sitting at 226.5 total points per oddsmakers.

Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC

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