Two of the biggest days of the year in the NBA regular season are opening night and Christmas Day, and Friday we learned the matchups we will see on both nights, courtesy of ESPN's Shams Charania.  The NBA will send the new-look Rockets,

NBC’s return to the NBA broadcast world officially starts with opening night on Oct. 21, when the Thunder (favored by 6.5 points) will receive their championship rings before playing host to Durant and the Rockets in the first game of the season.

The NBA released its schedule for the 2025-26 season Thursday, and it will have more nationally broadcast games than ever. The league will feature 247 games across ESPN/ABC, NBC/Peacock or Amazon over the next year — a reflection of the new 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal that kicks in this fall.