The opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season will star LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a Western Conference doubleheader.

The Houston Rockets will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors will play at the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 21 to tip off the new season, ESPN and The Athletic reported Friday.

The Rockets are Durant’s newest team, and he’ll have to sit and watch one of his former teams, the Thunder, raise their first championship banner before the game. The Warriors and Lakers will meet after that as James enters his eighth season with Los Angeles while Luka Doncic begins his first full season with the Lake Show.

The doubleheader will serve as the first regular-season NBA games broadcast by

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