The 2025-26 NBA season will begin on October 21, heading to Oklahoma City to face the Thunder from the Houston Rockets. ESPN’s Shams Charania first reported.
Yes, guys, that means Kevin Durant’s rocket debut will watch the championship banner rise in Oklahoma City. Honors for NBA schedulers.
In the second game of the night, the Golden State Warriors will head to Los Angeles to face the Lakers.
Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James have been a pillar of Christmas games over the past decade, but this time the NBA has swapped it.
It will be Durant, on Christmas Day, the Rockets will face James, Luka Doncic and the Lakers.
Curry will be part of the action for Cooper Flagg, Anthony Davis and the Dallas Mavericks on December 25.
NBC returns to the NBA track to host the opening night of this upcoming NBA season.
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By tradition, New York will host its first game on Christmas Day as the Knicks compete in the Cleveland Cavaliers. Both will become the top two teams in the East. But if it weren’t for Tyrese Haliburton’s injury, it might be the Indiana Pacers, not the Knights.
Over the past few years, the Pacers and the Knicks have resumed competition, and this year’s Eastern Conference Finals battle is particularly tempting. It is very rare for a team to win the East and reach the NBA finals, but it wasn’t outstanding on both nights. Indiana may feel dissatisfied, but it is the reality of how much has changed.
After all the successes of the past few seasons, Boston has obviously fallen and won’t be involved.
Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio Masts will also launch the championship Thunder on Christmas. Many believe that Oklahoma City won the West’s No. 1 seed in 2023-24, last season was Christmas day.
The Lakers’ Card Reserve and the Warriors will become Denver and face the Nuggets will become Minnesota’s Timberwolves.
This has also become one of the better competition in the new era, with Wolves and Nuggets last season performing well in the exciting 7 games of the 2024 playoffs.
All Christmas games will be aired on ABC and ESPN.
