Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania .

Opening night schedule

Houston Rockets at Oklahoma City Thunder

Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers

The NBA will send the new-look Rockets, featuring Kevin Durant , to Oklahoma City for ring night to open the season on October 21, and then finish the night off with one more opening night tilt between LeBron James and Stephen Curry .

All four of those teams will also participate in the Christmas Day festivities, along with six other teams that get the honor of playing on the NBA's biggest day.

Christmas Day schedule

Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks

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