The 2026-27 NBA regular season begins Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. Opening Night features a tripleheader with Boston at Detroit, Philadelphia at New York and Oklahoma City at San Antonio.
It is the start of the NBA’s 81st regular season. The schedule runs through Sunday, April 11, 2027.
The NBA has released the schedules for Opening Night and Christmas Day, with marquee matchups featuring LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes ask if the NBA got the schedules right.
Boston visits Detroit in the first game of the season. The unusual afternoon start matches the two teams that finished with the best records in the Eastern Conference during the 2025-26 regular season.
The defending NBA champion Knicks host the 76ers at Madison Square Garden. New York will raise its 2025-26 championship banner before the game.
Opening Night concludes in San Antonio with a rematch of the 2026 Western Conference Finals between the Thunder and Spurs.
Each NBA team plays 82 regular-season games. The initial schedule assigns 80 games to each team. The remaining two matchups will be set based on NBA Cup Group Play results.
The regular season ends Sunday, April 11, 2027. All 30 teams will play that day, with Eastern Conference games and one cross-conference game starting at 6 p.m. ET. Western Conference games will begin at 8:30 p.m. ET.
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