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NBA Releases Complete 2025-26 Schedule and Broadcast Blueprint

Finalizing 80 of 82 dates, the NBA plugged Cup nights plus knockout rounds into its first season of an 11-year deal covering Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, ESPN/ABC.

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 set 80 of 82 regular-season dates for all 30 teams with the final two matchups to be determined by Emirates NBA Cup outcomes.
  • This season’s new 11-year media-rights agreement ends Turner Sports’ national package and shifts windows across Amazon Prime Video, NBCUniversal’s Peacock and ESPN/ABC.
  • Emirates NBA Cup group play runs Oct. 31–Nov. 28 on designated Friday Cup Nights and select midweek dates before quarterfinals on Dec. 9–10, semifinals on Dec. 13 and the final on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas.
  • Amazon Prime Video will air all Friday Cup group-play doubleheaders and every knockout-round game including the championship, while Peacock will stream up to three Monday-night national games each week starting Oct. 27.
  • Key return dates include Kevin Durant’s Nov. 24 visit to Phoenix on NBC and Anthony Davis’s Nov. 28 game back in Los Angeles on Amazon Prime Video.