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NBA Releases 2025-26 Schedule and Emirates NBA Cup Calendar

Amazon Prime debuts as a national NBA broadcaster under an 11-year media deal that makes Cup outcomes critical to finalizing each team’s schedule

Apr 11, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; A view of an NBA basketball and the NBA logo before the game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Toronto Raptors at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images/File Photo
Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Overview

  • The league published 80 of each team’s 82 regular-season games, confirming Oct. 21 opening night with the Thunder defending their title against the Rockets
  • Emirates NBA Cup group play runs Oct. 31–Nov. 28, followed by quarterfinals on Dec. 9–10, semifinals on Dec. 13 and the championship in Las Vegas on Dec. 16
  • Amazon Prime Video will stream 10 Cup group games and all seven knockout-round matchups; NBC/Peacock hold a designated Cup doubleheader and ESPN/ABC share additional national windows
  • Each team’s two remaining regular-season games will be assigned after group-play results determine Cup advancement and matchups
  • New 11-year, $76 billion media-rights agreements with Amazon, NBCUniversal and Disney boost nationally televised and streamed games to 247 and guarantee every team at least two national appearances