Playoff rematches, player return games and superstar matchups highlight 15 must-see games from the first two-plus months of the 2025-26 NBA season, available exclusively on NBA League Pass .

NBA League Pass in October 2025

Oct. 24: Hawks at Magic ( 7 p.m. ET ): We get an early look at two teams that made significant trades in the offseason — the Hawks acquiring Kristaps Porziņģis from Boston and Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Minnesota, the Magic getting Desmond Bane from Memphis — as they look to climb the ranks of the Eastern Conference.

Oct. 25: Hornets at Sixers ( 7:30 p.m. ET ): A matchup between the No. 3 and No. 4 picks in the 2025 NBA Draft when VJ Edgecombe and the Sixers host Kon Knueppel and the NBA 2K26 Summer League champion Hornets in the second game

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