The 2025-26 NBA season is here and the action starts on Tuesday, Oct. 21 with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder hosting the Houston Rockets at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

This NBA game is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. EDT and will be broadcast on NBC . Fans looking to watch can do so for free by using DirecTV , which offers a free trial, or FuboTV , which also offers a free trial as well as up to $30 off your first month. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but has promotional offers available for streaming the game. Peacock has plans starting at $7.99 a month and has exclusive NBA games on Mondays and also allows fans to watch games that are broadcast on NBC.

The Thunder are coming off a 68-14 regular season that was followed up by a postseason in which t

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