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NBA Unveils Full 2025-26 Schedule as New Broadcast Era Kicks Off

The release inaugurates the NBA’s revamped broadcast partnership by assigning games across ESPN, ABC, NBC/Peacock and Prime Video.

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, leaving the final two matchups to be determined by December’s NBA Cup knockout outcomes.
  • Emirates NBA Cup group play runs Oct. 31–Nov. 28 and counts toward regular-season standings, with quarterfinals Dec. 9–10 and Vegas semifinals and final Dec. 13 and 16.
  • Under its 11-year media-rights deal, ESPN/ABC, NBCUniversal/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video have defined national windows and platform exclusives.
  • Amazon Prime Video will stream all Friday Cup doubleheaders and every knockout-round game, while Peacock will carry Monday nights and NBC/Peacock will share Sundays and Tuesdays.
  • Key return matchups include Kevin Durant’s Nov. 24 visit to Phoenix as a Rocket and Anthony Davis’s Nov. 28 return to Los Angeles as a Maverick.