The marquee matchups on the biggest NBA days of the year have already been announced. Opening Night, Christmas Day game, and Martin Luther Kings Jr. Day games were already leaked by the NBA. The NBA schedule as a whole will be announced on Thursday, Aug. 14. So what matchups announced so far stand out?

Ranking Opening Night games

The rest of the NBA schedule is to be determined, but Opening Night of the 2025-26 season will be on Oct. 21, 2025.

As is always the case, the defending champions will be a part of the first slate of games of the year. The Oklahoma City Thunder alone are fun to watch. They won the championship with a style not seen during recent championship runs.

Obviously, the Thunder have MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leading the way, but it was really their depth that

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