Overview
- No NBA games are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, extending the no-Thanksgiving streak to 15 seasons.
- The last Thanksgiving games occurred in 2010 with a TNT doubleheader featuring the Hawks, Wizards, Clippers and Kings.
- Reporting points to avoiding direct competition with the NFL’s traditional Thanksgiving tripleheader as the primary driver.
- Post-2011 CBA-era scheduling practices are also cited in coverage, and the NBA has not issued a formal, definitive explanation.
- The league stacked nine games on Thanksgiving Eve and returns with 11 on Black Friday, including a Prime Video doubleheader of Bucks–Knicks and Mavericks–Lakers.