NBA schedule 2025-26 release: Key dates, matchups, Lakers-warriors on opening night; thunder-spurs meet on Christmas.

– The NBA today released its complete game schedule and broadcast schedules for TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN Radio for the 2025-26 regular season. The complete schedule and team-by-team schedules are attached and available at NBA.com/schedule.

The 79th NBA regular season Schedule 2024-25, which comprises 82 games per team, will tip off on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, and conclude on Sunday, April 12, 2026.

The 2025 NBA Play-In Tournament will be held on 31st October – , December 16, followed by the start of the 2025 NBA Playoffs on Saturday, April 18.

Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals is scheduled to be played on Thursday, June 4-5.

LAST-YEAR-FINALS-REMATCH - The NBA schedule for the 2025-26 season highlighted by an last year NBA Finals rematch as The Pacers will host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

2025-26 NBA schedule release: Key dates, matchups dates, full season highlights, playoffs games to NBA finals.

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— The Houston at Oklahoma City, Golden State at Los Angeles Lakers, in the NBA opening Night scheduled game on on October 21.

— Five Featured matchups includes on the Christmas Day 2025 games schedule when the San Antonio at Oklahoma City, Dallas at Golden State, Houston at Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 25.

— The Milwaukee at Atlanta, Oklahoma City at Cleveland, Dallas at New York on JAN. 19 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025 Schedule, includes 18 teams will play the games.

— For the 4th Straight season, No NBA games will be played on Election Day. It falls this year on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2026.

— No NBA games will be played on Thanksgiving Day. It falls this year on Nov. 27, 2025.

— For the Fourth time, Rivals Week will Tip-off 11 nationally televised games across four networks from Jan. 21 through Jan. 25.

— As a part of NBA Global games, over 6 teams will play the games as NBA Mexico games & Berlin games and London games that will square off in sequence with Nov. 1, January 15 and Jan 18.

— In the Inaugural NBA In-Season tournament a permanent fixture of regular schedule, known as NBA Cup which takes place from Octo. 31 to Dec. 16.

— As part of All-Star Weekend that will take place at the at Intuit Dome, home of the LA Clippers., from Feb. 13-15, 2026.

— The 75th edition of 2025-26 NBA All-Star Game itself will take place on Sunday, Feb. 15, bro.

— All 30 teams will play on the Last 2 Final days of the regular season that falls on Friday, Sunday, April 11 & 12).

— NBA makes the play-in tournament a permanent fixture of schedule that determines the 7th & 8th seed Playoffs teams, which takes place from April 14-17.

— The NBA regular season 2025-26 will ends on Sunday, April 12.

— The estimated average miles traveled for 2025-26 regular season has been reduced to 40,000 miles per team. (46000 miles in 2024)

— The 2025-26 season will features the NBA Global Games with three regular-season games outside the U.S. and Canada, televised by NBA TV.

— NBA Postseason: NBA Playoffs 2025-26 will begins on Saturday, April 18 and run through mid-June.

— The 2026 NBA Finals will begin on June 4, and as always it will be a best-of-seven series.

— The Celtics and Thunders – the two most recent NBA champions – will square off on March 12 in Oklahoma (9.30 p.m. ET; Prime) and on March 25 in Boston (1 p.m. ET; ABC).

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