NBA schedule release 2025: Christmas, Opening Week reveals (so far)

USA Today

2 days ago

The NBA might be abandoning the Eastern Conference, but it's definitely NOT abandoning us.
On Tuesday, the league began revealing small but notable tidbits from its entire 2025-2026 schedule. This process will continue into Wednesday before the full schedule for all 30 NBA teams is revealed on Thursday, August 14.
And I can't lie: it's making me really hungry for some NBA hoops, dearest readers. The brazen teasing out of small portions as a marketing technique is working. I can't believe the new season is still over two months away! That feels like an eternity to wait THAT much longer. Ugh. But we persevere. We'll live. Thankfully, EuroBasket 2025's star power will help tide us over, and that time will be up before we know it.
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Below, you will find all the notable NBA games on this season's schedule so far, when exactly they'll be played, and what networks and streaming platforms they'll be featured on. From Opening Night to MLK Day, the NBA came out swinging with its marquee national dates, that's for sure.
Opening Night (Tuesday, October 21, 2025)
Opening Week
First "Peacock Monday" (Monday, October 27, 2025)
Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25, 2025)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, January 19, 2026)
We will update this article on this season's NBA schedule accordingly as more reveals come in.