The 2025-26 NBA schedule is slowly starting to roll out ahead of the full official release on Thursday. On Tuesday morning, fans got some more important dates to circle on the basketball calendar. We already knew the two opening night games, as the Thunder will start their title defense against the Rockets , and the Lakers will tip their season off against the Warriors on Oct. 21. The Christmas Day games have also already been unveiled with a full slate of five games featuring the league's top stars, headlined by a Lakers vs. Rockets showdown that will pit Kevin Durant against LeBron James and Luka Doncic .

We'll know every team's schedule on Thursday, but on Tuesday NBC and Disney unveiled some marquee games that will be nationally televised. NBC is returning as a broadc

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