Release of the NBA program: League confirms the opening evening, the 5 -games Christmas list and 4 -games MLK Day matchups
The losses were all true. The NBA officially announced the opening evening and the matchup of Christmas day Tuesday and will not be a surprise for those who have paid attention.
The reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder will kick off the NBA 2025-26 season on the opening evening in a matchup against Kevin Durant’s Houston Rockets on October 21st. That game will take place at 19:30 et.
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Later that night, the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors will like to open their seasons.
In addition to the famous matchups and players involved on the holidays of the open night, the story will also be made once the Lakers will begin. Once Lebron James takes the field, Vince Carter will pass for the largest number of seasons played in the history of the NBA. James, 40, will begin his 23rd NBA season.
All four of these teams will also play Christmas day, which presents a list full of five games. Here is the complete program of the League for December 25th:
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. New York Knicks at 12:00 et
San Antonio Spurs against Oklahoma City Thunder at 14:30 et
Dallas Mavericks against Golden State Warriors at 17:00 et
Houston Rockets against Los Angeles Lakers at 20:00 et
Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets at 10:30 pm et
NBA fans who pay close attention to the news should not be surprised by those matchups, which have been leaked by Espn’s Shams Charania on Friday. In addition to these games, however, the NBA has also revealed a list of four games on Martin Luther King Jr. and confirmed some other matches for the initial season of the tent.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day gets a list of four games
The NBA has planned Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s games since he became a holiday in 1986. Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks will kick off a list of four games on the day of the MLK this season. The competition will begin at 13:00 et.
They will be followed by the Knights Thunder and Cleveland at 14:30 et, I Mavericks and Knicks at 17:00 et and Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons at 20:00 et.
NBA confirms the first matches of the tent, the first game of Cooper Flagg
Dallas Mavericks’ Rookie Cooper Cooper Flagg will start his NBA career with a historical matchup. His first game will come against the San Antonio Spurs, who held choice n. 2 in the NBA draft of 2025.
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It will mark the second time in the history of the League that the overall choice n. 1 will have to face the overall choice n. 2 to open the season. Flagg, which the Maverks have selected n. 1 in total, will face Dylan Harper, who went n. 2 in total, on October 22 on Espn.
The Cavaliers and Knicks will also play on Espn on October 22nd.
The following day, the Pacers Thunder and Indian sides on the net. They will be followed by Nugget and Warriors.
Peacock will broadcast streaming games on Monday during the regular season of the NBA. The League announced the first set of those games Tuesday, which will begin with Cavaliers and Pistons on October 27th. That race will begin at 19:00 et.
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The Nugget and Timberwolves will meet at 9:30 pm and later that evening.