NBC SPORTS ANNOUNCES ITS COMPLETE 2025-26 NBA REGULAR-SEASON SCHEDULE, FEATURING 100 GAMES ACROSS NBC AND PEACOCK
Sunday Night Basketball Begins with Lakers-Knicks and Thunder-Nuggets Doubleheader on Feb. 1, 2026, on NBC and Peacock
Coast 2 Coast Tuesday Debuts Oct. 28 with Knicks-Bucks to NBC Stations in ET/CT followed by Clippers-Warriors to PT/MT in Most Markets; Both Games Stream Nationwide on Peacock
NBA Tip-Off Doubleheader on Oct. 21; Peacock NBA Monday Doubleheader on Oct. 27; and Quadrupleheader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 19, 2026
Schedule Packed with Star-Studded Matchups, Postseason Rematches, and Historic Rivalries
STAMFORD, Conn. – Aug. 14, 2025 – For the first time in more than two decades, the NBA is back on NBC -- and making its Peacock debut -- with 100 regular-season games across three marquee nights of the week: Sunday Night Basketball, beginning Feb. 1, 2026; Peacock NBA Monday, debuting Oct. 27; and Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, premiering Oct. 28. NBC Sports' 2025-26 NBA slate begins with an NBA Tip-Off doubleheader on Tuesday, Oct. 21, and also features the NBA Mexico City Game 2025, the first-ever quadrupleheader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, All-Star Weekend, and comprehensive playoff coverage.
All NBA games presented by NBC Sports will stream live on Peacock. Telemundo, NBCUniversal's Spanish-language broadcast network, will present 10 Sunday Night Basketball games as well as the NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 15, 2026.
'Over the past year, we've felt the excitement growing for the NBA's return to NBC and its debut on Peacock,' said Rick Cordella, President, NBC Sports. 'With today's schedule release, the countdown is officially on to our first NBA broadcast in more than 20 years and our first-ever NBA live stream. From the iconic sound of Roundball Rock to cutting-edge streaming on Peacock to a lineup of award-winning and Hall of Fame voices, we plan to celebrate the NBA and its players from the moment we tip off in Oklahoma City on October 21. We love this game.'
There will be 8,532 days between NBC Sports' last NBA game – Game 4 of the NBA Finals when the Los Angeles Lakers swept the New Jersey Nets on June 12, 2002 – and its 2025-26 season debut on Oct. 21 on NBC and Peacock.
NBC Sports' first NBA schedule in 24 years is loaded with star-studded matchups, postseason rematches, historic rivalries, and intriguing storylines. All 30 teams are represented, with the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Eastern Conference finalist New York Knicks, and 2024-25 NBA Playoff teams Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, and Los Angeles Lakers making the maximum number of appearances with 11. Additionally, the 2025 Western Conference finalist Minnesota Timberwolves, 2025 Eastern Conference No. 1 seed Cleveland Cavaliers, plus '25 NBA Playoff teams Boston Celtics, Dallas Mavericks (Play-In Tournament), and Los Angeles Clippers have 10 games each. The first six games on NBC Sports' schedule include every member of last year's All-NBA Teams (excluding two players due to injury) and 14 of the last 17 NBA MVP selections.
In addition to the NBA Tip-Off doubleheader, Peacock NBA Monday debut doubleheader, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day quadrupleheader, which were announced Tuesday, NBC Sports' 2025-26 NBA regular-season schedule highlights include:
On Feb. 1, LeBron James, Luka Dončić and the Lakers visit Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and the Knicks at famed Madison Square Garden followed by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder visiting Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets in the debut of Sunday Night Basketball.
In the debut of Coast 2 Coast Tuesday on Oct. 28, Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks host Brunson and the Knicks followed by Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and the Clippers visiting Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and the Warriors.
Streaming on Peacock NBA Monday on Nov. 24, the Rockets face Kevin Durant's former team, the Phoenix Suns, at 9:30 p.m. ET in his first visit back to Phoenix after being traded to Houston this offseason.
One day later, on Tuesday, Nov. 25, James, Dončić, and the Lakers host Leonard, Harden, and the Clippers in a crosstown L.A. battle as part of the Emirates NBA Cup Group Play.
In NBC Sports' lone Saturday night game of the regular season on Nov. 1, 2025 No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg and the Mavericks face 2021 No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons from Arena CDMX in Mexico City on Peacock. This matchup marks the NBA's 34th game in Mexico since 1992 (the most of any country outside of the U.S. and Canada) and coincides with the country's 'Day of the Dead' celebrations.
On Tues., Dec. 2, Brunson and the Knicks visit the Celtics at TD Garden in a rivalry game that doubles as a playoff rematch after New York defeated Boston in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
On Mon., Jan. 5, 2023, in a battle of MVP centers, Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers host Jokić and the Nuggets.
On Mon., Feb. 9, four-time NBA MVP LeBron James and the Lakers take on reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder.
On Sun., Feb. 22, James, Dončić, and the Lakers host 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics in a matchup of franchises that have met a record 12 times in the NBA Finals.
On Sun., April 5, Dončić, James, and the Lakers visit Flagg, Anthony Davis, and the Dallas Mavericks, a little over a year after the stunning blockbuster trade that sent Dončić to L.A. and Davis to Dallas.
COMMENTATORS AND PRODUCTION
In July 2024, NBCUniversal and the NBA announced an 11-year agreement to present NBA and WNBA regular-season and playoff basketball games across numerous platforms beginning with the 2025-26 season. For more information on the agreement, click here.
NBC Sports has announced that Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller, Grant Hill, Brad Daugherty, Derek Fisher, Robbie Hummel, Austin Rivers, and Brian Scalabrine will serve as game analysts; Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter as studio analysts; Maria Taylor and Ahmed Fareed as studio hosts; and Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle, Terry Gannon and Michael Grady as play-by-play voices. Jordan Cornette, Ashley ShahAhmadi, and Zora Stephenson were announced as courtside reporters and Grant Liffmann as an NBA Insider. Michael Jordan has been announced as a special contributor.
Emmy Award-winning producer Frank DiGraci is NBC Sports' NBA coordinating producer. In a nod to its original era of NBA coverage from 1990-2002, NBC Sports is bringing back Roundball Rock, one of the most iconic and beloved theme songs in sports history, and will use an AI-generated voice of the late Jim Fagan, a longtime NBC Sports narrator whose voice was synonymous with its NBA coverage and promotion.
On Peacock, NBA fans will be able to enjoy new intuitive and interactive features that amplify the streaming experience and celebrate the dynamic culture around the sport, league, teams and players, including Peacock Performance View and Peacock ScoreCard, alongside existing features such as Can't Miss Highlights on mobile and Catch Up with Key Plays, plus Courtside Live coming in the second half of the season.
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Following is NBC Sports' complete 2025-26 NBA regular-season schedule (all times ET):
*The NBA Mexico City Game 2025 from Arena CDMX
**Emirates NBA Cup Group Play games
^For Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, the 8 p.m. ET game will usually be presented to NBC stations in the Eastern and Central time zones in most markets, and an 8 p.m. PT game to NBC stations in the Pacific and Mountain time zones. Check local listings each week. Both games will stream live nationwide on Peacock.
NBA TIP-OFF
NBC Sports' 2025-26 NBA season begins with an NBA Tip-Off doubleheader on Tuesday, Oct. 21.
In the first game, Gilgeous-Alexander and the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder will raise their championship banner and receive their championship rings just before they host the Houston Rockets and Durant, who is making his Rockets debut against the franchise he spent the first nine seasons of his career with, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Reggie Miller (analyst), Jamal Crawford (analyst), and Zora Stephenson (reporter) will call the game from Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. A one-hour, on-site studio show will begin coverage at 6:30 p.m. ET featuring host Maria Taylor and analysts Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter.
In the second game, Curry, Butler, and the Golden State Warriors travel to Los Angeles to face James, Dončić, and the Lakers in a Western Conference showdown at 10 p.m. ET. Noah Eagle (play-by-play), Grant Hill (analyst), and Ashley ShahAhmadi (reporter) will have the call from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Host Ahmed Fareed and analyst Tracy McGrady will anchor studio coverage on-site.
Both games will be shown on NBC and Peacock.
PEACOCK NBA MONDAY
Starting Oct. 27, Peacock NBA Monday will stream up to three Monday night games each week throughout the regular season, beginning Oct. 27 and concluding April 6, 2026. A 30-minute studio program will lead into game coverage each Monday night.
Peacock NBA Monday will debut with an exclusive streaming doubleheader on Monday, Oct. 27, when Donovan Mitchell and the Cavaliers face Cunningham and the Pistons at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit at 7 p.m. ET followed by Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves hosting Jokić and the Nuggets at Target Center in Minneapolis at 9:30 p.m. ET.
Additional matchups headlining Peacock NBA Monday include Antetokounmpo and the Bucks visiting Mitchell and the Cavaliers in an Eastern Conference Central Division showdown (Nov. 17), and the two most recent NBA MVPs in Jokić and Gilgeous-Alexander squaring off when the Thunder host the Nuggets (March 9).
COAST 2 COAST TUESDAY
Following NBA Tip-Off on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Coast 2 Coast Tuesday will begin on Oct. 28 and present doubleheaders on Tuesday nights throughout the regular season on NBC and Peacock.
On most Tuesdays, an 8 p.m. ET game will be presented to NBC stations in the Eastern and Central time zones, and an 8 p.m. PT game to NBC stations in the Pacific and Mountain time zones. Check local listings each week. Both games will stream live nationwide on Peacock. A 30-minute studio program will lead into coverage each week on Peacock.
Coast 2 Coast Tuesday debuts with a star-studded doubleheader on Oct. 28 when Brunson and the Knicks visit Antetokounmpo and the Bucks at 8 p.m. ET followed by Curry and the Warriors hosting Leonard and the Clippers at 11 p.m. ET.
NBC/Peacock will have two Emirates NBA Cup Group Play games on Tues., Nov. 25, when the 76ers host the Magic (8 p.m. ET) and the Clippers visit the Lakers (11 p.m. ET).
On Dec. 2, Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder visit Curry and the Warriors, while on Jan. 20, James and the Lakers visit Jokić and the Nuggets. The fourth annual Rivals Week – the NBA's dedicated week in January to classic and budding rivalries between teams and players – will be included on Coast 2 Coast Tuesday, with the Jan. 20 doubleheader of Spurs vs. Rockets and Lakers vs. Nuggets.
# Emirates NBA Cup Group Play games
SUNDAY NIGHT BASKETBALL
After Sunday Night Football and NFL playoff coverage concludes in 2026, NBC Sports will launch Sunday Night Basketball across NBC and Peacock on Feb. 1, 2026. This year, Sunday Night Basketball will pause on Feb. 8 and Feb. 15, 2026, due to NBC Sports' coverage of Super Bowl LX, the NBA All-Star Game, and the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. It will resume on Feb. 22 and run through April 5, 11 games in total including three doubleheaders. A one-hour, on-site studio program will lead into game coverage each week on NBC and Peacock.
Sunday Night Basketball premieres with a can't-miss doubleheader as James and the Lakers visit iconic Madison Square Garden to take on Brunson and the Knicks at 7 p.m. ET, followed by an MVP showdown between Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder and Jokić and the Nuggets.
On March 15, the Warriors and Curry visits MSG – where he broke the all-time three-point field goals record in 2021 – to face the Knicks. On April 5, Curry and the Warriors host Durant and the Rockets, as Durant faces the franchise that he won two NBA Championships with and earned back-to-back NBA Finals MVP honors in 2017 and 2018.
Sunday Night Basketball (excluding Knicks-Thunder on March 29) and the 2026 NBA All-Star Game (Feb. 15) will be available in Spanish on Telemundo.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY QUADRUPLEHEADER
In an NBA first, NBC Sports will present a quadrupleheader on Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 19, 2026 – featuring such stars as Antetokounmpo, Trae Young, Gilgeous-Alexander, Mitchell, Flagg, Brunson, Brown, Cunningham, and more.
1:00 p.m. ET Milwaukee Bucks at Atlanta Hawks (Peacock exclusive)
2:30 p.m. ET Oklahoma City Thunder at Cleveland Cavaliers (NBC/Peacock)
5:00 p.m. ET Dallas Mavericks at New York Knicks (NBC/Peacock)
8:00 p.m. ET Boston Celtics at Detroit Pistons (NBC/Peacock)
ALL-STAR WEEKEND AND NBA PLAYOFFS
As the new home of NBA All-Star (Feb. 13-15), Peacock will stream the Castrol Rising Stars, while NBC/Peacock will present State Farm All-Star Saturday Night and the NBA All-Star Game from Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., home of the Clippers. Telemundo/Peacock will also present the All-Star Game in Spanish. More information about NBC Sports' NBA All-Star Weekend and playoff coverage will be announced at a later date.
ABOUT NBC SPORTS
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