Overview

• Opening night on October 21 pits the Thunder’s championship banner-raising home game against Kevin Durant’s Rockets alongside a Lakers–Warriors prime-time tipoff.
• NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime replace TNT and join ABC/ESPN to deliver 247 national games and establish daily midseason windows from Monday through Sunday.
• Golden State, Los Angeles, New York and Oklahoma City each lead with 34 nationally televised appearances while Utah, Brooklyn, New Orleans, Toronto and Washington receive only two games apiece.
• The NBA has barred teams from playing before all opening-week national windows, Emirates NBA Cup contests, Christmas Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and key ABC/NBC showcases to limit back-to-backs.
• Headline matchups span holiday showcases and emerging rivalries, including Christmas Day and MLK Day games plus marquee showdowns like Thunder at Lakers on Feb. 8 and Thunder at Nuggets on Feb. 1.